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Das Meer der endlosen Ruhe by Emily St. John Mandel
32 reviews
heather_harrison's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
* Slow burn plot
* Interconnected characters
* Time travel
* Processing the pandemic experience
* Meta science fiction
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Death, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and War
maddiearthur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Forced institutionalization
summerb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Colonisation and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
casssiopeia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Suicide and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Forced institutionalization
miller8d's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Note: I pictured Gaspery as Jacob Wysocki from College Humor.
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol
I’m quite a sensitive person and even I’d say that despite the content warnings for this book, it is not an upsetting read (at least for me). The mentions of upsetting topics are justified and unsurprising in the context of the book, and very rarely is any upsetting detail given for the sake of indulgent displeasure. The bits that did upset me wereannaofjesup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Colonisation
Minor: Suicide and Death of parent
Derealization, pandemic, COVIDscifi_rat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Prose: 3.5★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 4.75★/3.75★
Characters: 3★
Worldbuilding: 4★
Ending: 4★
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
danaaliyalevinson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Murder
Minor: War
clemrain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
It took me a while to get into this book. I’m not sure what it was but I think it was the pacing. It’s nailed a bit in the beginning but once the book picks up it’s hard to put down.
The characters in Sea of Tranquility are small and—in turn—real. I deeply feel for all of them. The hurt I feel for these characters isn’t easy to describe without spoiling the book and rambling for paragraphs. But Mandel has a talent for writing real people living their real lives. And without it, the ending on the books wouldn’t land as hard.
I love the writing style of this book. I wish this were longer. I want to know more about all of these characters. I have read about some of them in Glass Hotel and Station Eleven, and I hope as I read more of Mandel’s work I’ll run into the other characters as well. Especially Edwin. He’s such charming character. Back to the writing though, I love a past future and present and Mandel really kicks that idea up a notch in this novel. So fun to follow the narrative.
The dialogues are real. They feel like human interaction and it’s easy to get invested in them. The literary cadence is effective most times.
The ending caught me by surprise.
It’s not easy to write time travel. I don’t care much about the science. I only care about a good timeline and something that isn’t corny. Just good writing, science can be bad. It’s fiction afterall. Madel’s time travel sections are very entertaining.
I really wish this book were longer. I know the plot was centred around the shared experience of all the characters and we did get a good glimpse into the characters lives but I just want more.
Great book, it made me think and added new perspectives into my life.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Abandonment
Minor: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Colonisation, and War