bjg222 's review for:

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

4.25

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ok, Emily St John Mandel really likes to write about pandemics... There were a few spots where this book got a little too real. But the pandemic wasn't the focus of the book, so it wasn't as much of a challenge as the last one. I did thoroughly enjoy he self referential qualities of the Olive character, and perhaps it made me even a little more accepting of what I felt were the flaws of Station Eleven (Olive directly mentioned all ofy criticisms in her dialog! I felt very seen, maybe a little rebuffed). But the overall story was fun and engaging, if a littleatter of fact at times (occasionally things just happened that felt like curve balls and left me unsure why).  And it held onto it's final mystery a while, I didn't understand the cause of the anamoly until about 2-3 chapters before it was actually revealed, which I enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent

Pandemic