REVIEW: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Janine: Jennie and I loved Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel’s breakout novel (Jennie even caught up on one or two earlier books by the author), so we reviewed her follow up, The Glass Hotel, together. When we heard she had a new book, Sea of Tranquility, we decided to write another joint review.

Sea of Tranquility, narrated in both third person and first person, is a speculative literary novel that follows four separate storylines. We begin in 1912 with eighteen-year-old Edwin St. John St....