Station Eleven in Overdue Podcast

Jan 19, 2020 alyssa added it

This was A Lot and the parts on loneliness were especially a lot and time to pack an apocalypse bag I guess

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Feb 04, 2015 Thekelburrows rated it it was amazing

“The beauty of this world where almost everyone was gone. If hell is other people, what is a world with almost no people in it?”

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Jan 20, 2015 Jillian Getting rated it it was amazing

Shelves: borrowed, all-time-favorites

'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

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Apr 28, 2016 Alexandra rated it did not like it

Shelves: library

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 ...more

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Jul 17, 2016 Devin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: trade-paperback

Really fantastic book, the interweaving storylines were handled fantastically, I really enjoyed the book, and I know that it is going to turn out to be one of my favorite books of the year.

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