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A review by yegua_blanca
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2.0
"Even after all these years there were moments when he was overcome by his good fortune at having found this place, this tranquility, this woman, at having lived to see a time worth living in."
I found moments of this hope, so beautifully articulated, scattered throughout the book. However, much of the rest of the book fell flat. The prose was pleasant. The characters were not entirely uninteresting but already I am having trouble remembering particulars about any of them. I was impressed by the range of the book, its multiple perspectives and shifting timelines that were fluidly weaved together by the author. But I never found myself drawn in by this novel, to care deeply about the plot once connections were revealed later in the book, and the impact from certain passages was never sustained.
I found moments of this hope, so beautifully articulated, scattered throughout the book. However, much of the rest of the book fell flat. The prose was pleasant. The characters were not entirely uninteresting but already I am having trouble remembering particulars about any of them. I was impressed by the range of the book, its multiple perspectives and shifting timelines that were fluidly weaved together by the author. But I never found myself drawn in by this novel, to care deeply about the plot once connections were revealed later in the book, and the impact from certain passages was never sustained.