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An Emily St. John Mandel book is not to be rushed. It's to be savored. She writes beautifully. I seemed to have forgotten that science fiction is not my forte, but her story was such that I wanted to read this and taste this and see what happened to her characters. It took about the first 80-100 pages for things to pick up for me. I loved how everything is interwoven and the lives of Arthur, Jeevan, and Kirsten - and even Miranda - are connected. I did get confused as far as timelines going back
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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
This is a very readable book. It goes quickly and is entertaining. I expected more time to be spent in the post-apocalyptic world, and was excited to read about the Shakespearean acting troupe traveling around. That was certainly part of the book, but it spends more time in flashback with the actor Arthur Leander (whose death on stage, just before the Georgian Flu outbreak that ends the world as we know it, starts the book) and the many other characters that in some way connect to him. The book
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I liked this book, but it was a little confusing for me at first. Maybe because Im always reading a lot of books at once? I don't know, but it did take me a while to get into it. And at the end I did enjoy it.
Its a dystopian adult novel. Not very disturbing and even has a hint of hope at the end. Probably not a book for everyone, but if you're a dystopian junkie like me, might as well add it to the list! ...more
Its a dystopian adult novel. Not very disturbing and even has a hint of hope at the end. Probably not a book for everyone, but if you're a dystopian junkie like me, might as well add it to the list! ...more
Gripping apocalyptic read but somewhat directionless and unsatisfying in the end. I liked how all the storylines were tied together and I liked that it made me think about what I might miss if civilization suddenly ended. And the futility and dumb luck of the survivors. But why are we following these particular people? Felt like LOST in some ways, only on a grander scale.
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!
Jan 17, 2015
Beth Given
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Sounds like this one has the f-bomb in it too many times for my liking:
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