A review by vynexareads
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

"Perhaps we believe on some level that if the world were to end and be remade, if some unthinkable catastrophe were to occur, then perhaps we might be remade too, perhaps into better, more heroic, more honorable people."

Station Eleven prepared me as to what to expect in content delivery and The Glass Hotel prepared me with characters and history depth (I'm glad I read it even if I did not enjoy it).

This book is what I enjoy Mandel's novels! This entire book is it! Kept me intrigued and had my brain working overtime because I wanted to miss none of it.

Reading this book the day after The Glass Hotel was a great idea as characters and scenes from that book is heavily involved in this plot. I highly recommend doing the same. Station Eleven, too but very faint. Maybe just read these three in publishing order to get the best out of this one, but in general.

"It's kind of narcissism. We want to believe that we're uniquely important, that we're living at the end of history, that now, after all these millennia of false alarms, now is finally the worst that it's ever been, that finally we have reached the end of the world."