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Mar 11, 2024
A plague that desolates humanity, a troop of actors traveling their loop to perform at survivor settlements and a book that moves and connects those who read it. Station Eleven journeys along a gritty and bleak setting with full and…
Feb 04, 2024mmichelleng21 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Good book. Slow paced and a bit convoluted with the number of characters. It is cool how they all intersect with each other and the writing is well done with just enough analysis and storytelling and imagery
Jan 28, 2024kwsmith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This slowly paced melancholic post apocolyptic novel features elegant prose and subtle themes about the importance of memories and the enduring nature of art. Told through a series of intertwining time jumps, the book requires careful…
Jan 27, 2024
My kind of book--a tapestry of characters, a sprinkling of sci-fi, reflections on how we use art to make meaning in our lives. Really lovely stuff. Left me very grateful for modern conveniences.
Jan 20, 2024msswanso rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing story. Told from the perspectives of several individuals after a flu wipes out 99% of the population. Makes you appreciate everything in life: air planes, cars, electricity, oranges, shelter, people, and even high heel…
Jan 01, 2024lmorte rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Great book! Can be slow at times but the books ending was well worth it. Very suspenseful and full of surprises from start to finish. Read it in 3 days
Dec 29, 2023InnisfilTeenReads rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The book, “Station Eleven” written by Emily St. John Mandel, is a post-apocalyptic novel set in a world devastated by a deadly flu pandemic like Covid-19. The story follows a group of interconnected characters, including a traveling…
Dec 25, 2023FinnLang rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Why is this book not more popular? Everyone is reading 'Severance' by Ling, Ma and this one is much better!
Nov 04, 2023ch3rnych3rny rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is a fine, beautifully written book. Even though the plot is complex, multilayered, the author has managed to keep the each of the myriad of different character and plot threads -that intersect and overlap across time and space- loose…
Sep 25, 2023SarahTink rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is POETRY. It scratches a very specific itch I have about the necessity of art even in a post-apocalyptic environment, and how narrative weaves these invisible strings of connectedness even in deeply lonely and isolating times.
Aug 10, 2023tfassett88 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Reading the first few chapters in 2023 is quite chilling and anxiety inducing. Overall, the characters feel well thought out and cared for which lends a sense of emotional relatability to them. The chapters pertaining to the pre-apocalypse…
Aug 05, 2023SnoIsleLib_Teen rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Station Eleven is a dystopia that follows a few characters through their life after a pandemic that altered and destroyed the world. Kirsten, one of these characters, witnessed a death on-stage during a production of King Lear. Twenty…
Jul 25, 2023GPL_Ethan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Cozy post-apocalypse? Almost. A tangibly delicious non-linear book that I loved so much I started it over halfway through on audio. Considering the subject, it's not as bleak as I expected, though there's a section towards the end that…
Jul 02, 2023learn5 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is the second book I've read by Mandel and wow does it take some patience and focus to finish one of her novels. The story is intricate and attention to detail is a must while reading. By the end of the book, everything comes together…
Jun 30, 2023impossibooks rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Interesting to read post covid.
Jun 17, 2023HPL_Teen_Volunteer3 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Station Eleven follows a group of interconnected characters as they work through a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a pandemic. Told through Kristen Raymond, a member of a traveling troupe known as the Traveling Symphony, readers are…
May 23, 2023Bebu rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I really don't know what people found appealing about this book. The non-linear timeline of the book was amateurish, implausible, confusing and really boring. It skips from the beginning of the pandemic to 20 years later without any other…
May 12, 2023bibken rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A rich story, with vivid characters and an all too plausible premise and narrative. What would happen to quotidian life in a big city (Toronto, in this case) if a virus, easily passed, quick acting, and deadly stops global society in its…
Mar 24, 2023ellenorndorf rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Station Eleven written in 2014 tells the story of the world post a flu pandemic that killed 99.9% of the population. The story intertwines several characters so of which are in a traveling symphony. It does have a slight feel of "The…
Mar 13, 2023sunnyblonde rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A very well written book that borders on depressing but pulls back just before it becomes totally bleak. Interwoven stories of a number of connected characters. Worth the read. Possibly a good book club book.
Mar 08, 2023cathyj_lee rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Feb 17, 2023jennchooo rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I picked up this book because I LOVED Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility, but this one disappoints. The pacing seems off with less interesting storylines being followed instead of how the apocalypse happened. While the jumping of character…
Feb 15, 2023QNBKPR rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Brilliant.
Feb 08, 2023dirtbag rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Disliked this book when I read it. It has been resurrected a second time for Canada Reads 2023. I assume that when they did the same thing with 15 Dogs a few years back it is because this year Station Eleven is going to win.
Jan 13, 2023Jan847 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I wonder if the author wrote the book in unconnected chunks in a forward time line, and then, not wanting to fill in the chunks of missing narrative, just stirred them around a bit. This must of cut the length of the book. However, I…