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Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

18 reviews

bromptonymous's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Beautifully written, with a finish that will

break your heart.

It’s not quite as polished as ESJM’s later novels but follows the same style of timeline jumps and revealing little details about her characters as you go along. The characters all have trauma to resolve and their actions reflect those traumas to some extent. I felt the setting was vivid, having spent time in many of the places the characters visit.  If you’ve enjoyed other works by this author you’ll probably enjoy this one too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

carlytenille's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

pollyflorence's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Abandonment

leahisdudish's review against another edition

3.75

the vibes - immaculate
i am in love with emily st john mandel’s brain. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Car accident

books_withblooms's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Car accident

karmapen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

kommatator's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

When Lilia does what she always does and disappears, her boyfriend Eli follows her to Montreal and discovers what it means to skate along the surface of life.

I just love Emily St John Mandel. Every book of hers that I read is another intensely emotional experience for me. While this is my least favourite of the three I’ve read, I still whole-heartedly enjoyed it and wanted to learn Lilia’s story more and more. 

I would say that given this is one of her earlier novels, it isn’t quite as polished as some of her more recent ones, but it is still beautiful and speaks to me in a way I can’t describe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Stalking, Car accident, and Abandonment

hanz's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Death of parent

leahbrown's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Certainly literary, though I can’t see much character development. The turns at the end of the book were intriguing, but you had to make it through the preceding 200 pages of minimal plot to arrive, and then the book ended. 

She had some powerful lines throughout the book, the last 10-20 pages were nicely written, but I felt that the characters were quite one dimensional the entire time, and had minimal growth. Not a terrible book, just not my cup of tea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, and Car accident