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Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
Read Completed 9/15/23 | 3.75 stars
Finally, I managed to read STATION ELEVEN. I've been curious about it for a long time and I've always been craving adult dystopian books. It took me a while to get into because this book is really a character-driven story at its heart. There's so much in the beginning just introducing the characters, their life before, and how things came to be and it took a while to really get into the post-apocalyptic parts and really spend time there, which is what I was most interested in. In the end, it's still a character-driven book and while it was fascinating and hard to stop reading, I also feel like there was no real plot. We spend time with these important characters before and after, all the while bouncing around timelines, but there's no driving purpose other than general survival. No one really has a goal to accomplish.
It was a beautiful read and I really enjoyed a couple little twists where we find out how the characters connect and some surprising connections at that. It's hard to say if I'd recommend it? I did enjoy it but I don't really feel a sense of accomplishment or like I completed the book because it feels like the story isn't done. It really was captivating, though, and I'm happy I finally read it!
Finally, I managed to read STATION ELEVEN. I've been curious about it for a long time and I've always been craving adult dystopian books. It took me a while to get into because this book is really a character-driven story at its heart. There's so much in the beginning just introducing the characters, their life before, and how things came to be and it took a while to really get into the post-apocalyptic parts and really spend time there, which is what I was most interested in. In the end, it's still a character-driven book and while it was fascinating and hard to stop reading, I also feel like there was no real plot. We spend time with these important characters before and after, all the while bouncing around timelines, but there's no driving purpose other than general survival. No one really has a goal to accomplish.
It was a beautiful read and I really enjoyed a couple little twists where we find out how the characters connect and some surprising connections at that. It's hard to say if I'd recommend it? I did enjoy it but I don't really feel a sense of accomplishment or like I completed the book because it feels like the story isn't done. It really was captivating, though, and I'm happy I finally read it!