A review by maddiebusick
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked it overall, I wish the ending was stronger for the characters in year 20. It felt really tense and suspenseful for most of the book but the final scene with the prophet just didn’t do it for me for whatever reason, I think maybe it was slightly rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual content