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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
5.0
"Survival is insufficient."
I really enjoyed this book. Set both before and after a flu wipes out 90 percent of the population, it mostly follows a group of traveling actors and musicians who perform plays in different towns they come upon. There are time jumps in this novel but they're done extremely well and never seem jarring. I actually read this book while waiting in an airport for four hours and I can't think of a better setting. I am definitely interested in picking up some of Mandel's other works. I can see why this book has won all the things and been on all the lists. Reading Station Eleven was effortless and I'm sort of hoping it gets made into a movie.
I really enjoyed this book. Set both before and after a flu wipes out 90 percent of the population, it mostly follows a group of traveling actors and musicians who perform plays in different towns they come upon. There are time jumps in this novel but they're done extremely well and never seem jarring. I actually read this book while waiting in an airport for four hours and I can't think of a better setting. I am definitely interested in picking up some of Mandel's other works. I can see why this book has won all the things and been on all the lists. Reading Station Eleven was effortless and I'm sort of hoping it gets made into a movie.