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I just couldn't get interested in the story. The time jumps drove me crazy and made it even more difficult for me to to get into the book. Plus the narrator of the audiobook didn't help things at all. She used the same voice for every character. Which tends to get very boring. I made it to the 65% mark and couldn't go any further.
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I read this immediately after reading a completely different type of dystopia (The Water Knife). In Station Eleven, we encounter a much softer, post-technology world. Here, a pandemic has quickly killed 99% of the world's human population. The survivors are working to continue and this book traces an optimistic set of survivors who form a traveling orchestra and Shakespeare company.
This book is as much a homage to the wonders of modern technology as it is a story about the collapse. The structu ...more
This book is as much a homage to the wonders of modern technology as it is a story about the collapse. The structu ...more
3.75 stars! I enjoyed it and it seemed all too plausible. Was hoping for something more from the ending, however!
A ton of friends raved about this book to me, so I thought I'd give it a try. I like apocalyptic lit most of the time, and this story was certainly gripping from the beginning.
However, it is far more cerebral than I expected, with so many flashbacks and other time line jumping. At least the transitions to the flashbacks are strong and obvious, and I felt like a lot of the characters' decisions post-flu-world were reasonable and understandable instead of outrageous. And the end is pretty satisfyi ...more
However, it is far more cerebral than I expected, with so many flashbacks and other time line jumping. At least the transitions to the flashbacks are strong and obvious, and I felt like a lot of the characters' decisions post-flu-world were reasonable and understandable instead of outrageous. And the end is pretty satisfyi ...more
Loved this so so much.
I loved this book! It is a story about a wandering symphony at the end of the world, after a flu has wiped out most of humanity. Electricity and the internet no longer exist. It is beautifully written--a few interconnected story lines. Kind of like The Road but not disturbing at all--just very hopeful and lots of humanity. Such a good read!
I liked this book more than I thought I would. There were some things I wanted more of (holes in some of the back stories filled in for one) and others I could have taken less of (mostly Arthur, he was devoid of likeability and tedious to read about). It didn't amaze me but it did entertain me.
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Jan 17, 2015
Beth Given
marked it as shelved
Sounds like this one has the f-bomb in it too many times for my liking:
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Dec 03, 2014
Leslie
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it was amazing
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Rachel
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