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Why did I wait so long to read this? It was beautiful. I'd worried a bit about reading it during our current pandemic, since when I read Severance by Ling Ma I got very caught up in what the author had "gotten wrong" about how the U.S. would respond to a pandemic. But since Mandel had her pandemic hit so quickly, there wasn't much focus on it actually, mainly on the before and after. The book is suspenseful and in places even charming, but what stood out for me was the way it viewed our current
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I've had this book for a few years now, but it's taken me joining a science fiction book club to finally get around to reading it. I'd heard a lot of good things about it, so I went into it with high expectations. For the most part, it met those expectations.
Mandel is a fantastic writer. The plot hooked me right from the start, and her prose kept me immersed in the story. Even with all the time jumps and POV shifts, I stayed interested in all of it.
The thing is, though, is that this book feels l ...more
Mandel is a fantastic writer. The plot hooked me right from the start, and her prose kept me immersed in the story. Even with all the time jumps and POV shifts, I stayed interested in all of it.
The thing is, though, is that this book feels l ...more
"Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel is a story of how lives change after a pandemic wipes out 99% of the human population. It jumps from before and after the Georgia Flu, from one character to another, but I found the first half dragging; the characters were not engaging, and my interest in details of the world immediately post-disease was not fulfilled until the second half. I thought it was a roundabout way for the author to portray how people are interconnected, like a degrees of separa
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3.5 stars
Although this book plodded slowly for the first third, by its end I appreciated the tapestry it wove. I found the story interesting, but the writing lacked rich imagery, and it contained much more telling than showing in terms of dialogue and characters' inner reflections. ...more
Although this book plodded slowly for the first third, by its end I appreciated the tapestry it wove. I found the story interesting, but the writing lacked rich imagery, and it contained much more telling than showing in terms of dialogue and characters' inner reflections. ...more
Fascinating post apocalyptic book that ties characters together in before and after sequences.
Apr 21, 2015
Adrienne
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Rachel Piper
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it was amazing
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