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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Looking for a book about a pandemic to make you forget about our ongoing pandemic? Pandemiception.
Station Eleven is a dystopian science fiction novel written by Emily St. John Mandel. This novel follows a few individuals, looking at their lives before and after a mutation of the swine flu knocks out 99% of the Earth's population and shuts down most of the planet's infrastructure. 🦠❌
cw: pandemic, death, murder, suicide, cults, violence, kidnapping
This book was... wow. Let me start this by saying - if you think this book isn't a great one to read during a pandemic, you get a free pass. Put it back on your TBR shelf for a while. If you're feeling up to it, though, Emily St. John Mandel's writing does NOT disappoint. This novel is beautifully written and hard to put down, unwrapping the intricacy of relationships and survival in a post-apocalyptic world. The only thing that kept this book from being a five ⭐️ read for me was the ending - I felt like the ending was a bit rushed for my liking and didn't address a couple of topics and storylines that I was really curious about.
In short.. check in on your headspace and comfort level before picking this one up, but if you are feeling good about it - you're in for a dystopian treat!
Station Eleven is a dystopian science fiction novel written by Emily St. John Mandel. This novel follows a few individuals, looking at their lives before and after a mutation of the swine flu knocks out 99% of the Earth's population and shuts down most of the planet's infrastructure. 🦠❌
cw: pandemic, death, murder, suicide, cults, violence, kidnapping
This book was... wow. Let me start this by saying - if you think this book isn't a great one to read during a pandemic, you get a free pass. Put it back on your TBR shelf for a while. If you're feeling up to it, though, Emily St. John Mandel's writing does NOT disappoint. This novel is beautifully written and hard to put down, unwrapping the intricacy of relationships and survival in a post-apocalyptic world. The only thing that kept this book from being a five ⭐️ read for me was the ending - I felt like the ending was a bit rushed for my liking and didn't address a couple of topics and storylines that I was really curious about.
In short.. check in on your headspace and comfort level before picking this one up, but if you are feeling good about it - you're in for a dystopian treat!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Murder, Death, Grief, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship