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Jan 19, 2020
alyssa
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This was A Lot and the parts on loneliness were especially a lot and time to pack an apocalypse bag I guess
'Station Eleven' is one of the most lyrical post-apocalyptic novels I’ve read. This might be due to the central theme of the book – Because survival is insufficient.
Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world’s population, a Traveling Symphony moves around the Michigan area to bring music and Shakespeare to the random ‘towns’ they encounter. Their mantra is painted on the side of the caravan and, while being a Star Trek reference, points to the very reason of their existence. J ...more
Twenty years after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world’s population, a Traveling Symphony moves around the Michigan area to bring music and Shakespeare to the random ‘towns’ they encounter. Their mantra is painted on the side of the caravan and, while being a Star Trek reference, points to the very reason of their existence. J ...more
4.5/5 stars
After seeing so much praise and enthusiasm for this book on bookstagram and booktube, I was worried it wouldn't live up to the hype.
Alas: it was even better than I expected.
What a rare work. Quietly haunting imagery, a compelling plot, lyrical writing that is consistently beautiful but never verges on being florid or "purple." Though it has been categorized as post-apocalyptic and speculative fiction, it reads like a relatable contemporary novel, with characters and scenes so real, ...more
After seeing so much praise and enthusiasm for this book on bookstagram and booktube, I was worried it wouldn't live up to the hype.
Alas: it was even better than I expected.
What a rare work. Quietly haunting imagery, a compelling plot, lyrical writing that is consistently beautiful but never verges on being florid or "purple." Though it has been categorized as post-apocalyptic and speculative fiction, it reads like a relatable contemporary novel, with characters and scenes so real, ...more
This is a lovely, beautifully structured, beautifully sad novel about a society after a flu wipes out 99 percent of the human population. It's elaborately constructed, but never confusing, flashing back and forth between the time before the flu and the world after.
Elaborately constructed - almost patterned - the plot almost moves backward from Year 20 after the flu, with each piece of the plot falling into place like a puzzle. This book is also incredibly sad, a meditation on our society now, o ...more
Elaborately constructed - almost patterned - the plot almost moves backward from Year 20 after the flu, with each piece of the plot falling into place like a puzzle. This book is also incredibly sad, a meditation on our society now, o ...more
Let’s just go ahead and get this out of the way. I really wanted to love this book. The premise is exactly what I enjoy about a dystopian novel, but the execution just wasn’t something that left me hooked. I tried reading this one twice (once as a physical book, successfully as an audiobook) because so many people have raved about it. I hoped the look at post-civilization band of misfits would provide sufficient explanations as to how or why things are the way they are. For me, it just fell sho
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