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

2.0

I think I may have missed the point of this book. It has received such good reviews from others but I never got into the story. For one thing, I didn't get why the story revolved so much around Arthur. For another, I kept thinking about Maslow's hierarchy of needs. In a post apocalyptic world where people are struggling to survive, a traveling theater group performing Shakespeare from town to town seems a bit silly.
Finally, after 15 years since the epidemic began, why were these people still living in an airport? With the majority of the population dead, there are plenty of abandoned houses with comfortable beds and other essentials available for the survivors to choose from.
The story didn't make much sense to me. 2.5 stars.