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A review by curlyc90
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
4.0
A Post apocalyptic literary fiction that drew me in through the writing style, characterization and humanities’ will to survive.
The book starts out with a very familiar scenario where the characters face the emotions of panic, realization, and the impending doom of a flu pandemic that can’t be controlled and is killing people rapidly. Sound familiar? Yeah. But this is on an extreme level. The crash of society.
Beyond this lies the after…wayyyy after…kids who turned into adults and adults who remembered it all, who witnessed the fall of the modern day world, navigating their way, finding new families, friends (or just people to survive along with). Interesting to read about what that would be like to go from the world we live in now to a time when the idea of an iPhone is a history lesson. But also thoughtful in the way the book highlights things that remain even when all is lost.
The book follows multiple POVs (not always a fan of this) which I think helps everything tie together in unexpected ways. The ending was smooth and felt well done.
I really enjoyed it. I switched between the hard copy and audiobook during my commutes to work and it was great.
4.5/5 ⚡️
The book starts out with a very familiar scenario where the characters face the emotions of panic, realization, and the impending doom of a flu pandemic that can’t be controlled and is killing people rapidly. Sound familiar? Yeah. But this is on an extreme level. The crash of society.
Beyond this lies the after…wayyyy after…kids who turned into adults and adults who remembered it all, who witnessed the fall of the modern day world, navigating their way, finding new families, friends (or just people to survive along with). Interesting to read about what that would be like to go from the world we live in now to a time when the idea of an iPhone is a history lesson. But also thoughtful in the way the book highlights things that remain even when all is lost.
The book follows multiple POVs (not always a fan of this) which I think helps everything tie together in unexpected ways. The ending was smooth and felt well done.
I really enjoyed it. I switched between the hard copy and audiobook during my commutes to work and it was great.
4.5/5 ⚡️