A review by startjpw23
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is an adult dystopian novel. Early in the book a very contagious, very virulent version of the flu overtakes the world. Most of the earth's population is wiped out. The story is told from multiple perspectives. It bounces back and forth between various time periods. It goes as far forward as 20 years after the onset of the flu. It does a great job with what would happen with civilization in situations like this. If that was the only focus of the story, it would be a great book. What makes it exceptional is it goes way back in time (long before the flu) for some of the characters. It shows them early on and how their lives progressed. It shows their successes and failures. Not all of the characters survive the flu.
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