Review by laurenleigh - Station Eleven

laurenleigh 's review for:

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Big thank you to my sister-in-law for gifting me this book! 😘 It’s almost hard to believe this was written pre-pandemic; it’s so on the nose. At times it almost hit a little too close to home and made me sad for the things we’ve lost, but I also gained some perspective. In no way would I minimize the effects of COVID, but at least we still have electricity and running water. I guess things could always be worse? The most important perspective though is the importance of art (in ALL its forms) during crisis. As a creative outlet, as a distraction, as a social setting, and as a message to the future of how life felt at the moment of its creation, art is extremely powerful. I love the connection drawn between our modern pandemic times and Shakespeare’s plague era. There were moments all the disparate storylines felt confusing, but I do think St. John Mandel is a talented writer, if based on nothing else but that stellar opening chapter.

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