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bemaline's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-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
4.0
I was shocked to find out this book was written before 2020, and reading it after 2020 made it a heavier read, but 'survival is insufficient' really struck a chord.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Infidelity
sar_willow's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
peachpie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
bookybeckyboo's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic
blueup's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
<3
It's a look at an ensemble of characters who have in one way or another, for the main ones, have a link to this one actor in the book, and how their lives intersect and connect thanks to this person they have in common.
It makes you think of the butterfly effect, really, the unknown effects we have on people we meet for a short or long time. And this, set in a pre+during a society collapse.
Something I didn't expect is that half the book is flashbacks, context for all the connections to make sense to us. It's not written in chronological order, you get pieces of context as you go, even up to the end. So it's quite cool to figure out where the links are as the story progresses and you go back and forth in time.
It's a soft and realistic look at what a collapse could be like. It's about community, people being there for each other, and also not. Loss in big and small ways. It's very very rich in detail in these characters' lives so you feel for each of them.
I went in for the pandemic content, was confused as to why we were spending so much time on one guy at the beginning, then started to understand as the book made its direction clearer. I wasn't disappointed, in the end.
It's the kind of book that's a little heartbreaking, but in a soft way. In a "we've lived through painful times, but we're still here, and there still exists beauty in the world somehow. People to hold on to, memories to share and cherish, and the future to meet, and make."
It's truly a beautiful story about humans in relationship to each other. A little gem.
It's a look at an ensemble of characters who have in one way or another, for the main ones, have a link to this one actor in the book, and how their lives intersect and connect thanks to this person they have in common.
It makes you think of the butterfly effect, really, the unknown effects we have on people we meet for a short or long time. And this, set in a pre+during a society collapse.
Something I didn't expect is that half the book is flashbacks, context for all the connections to make sense to us. It's not written in chronological order, you get pieces of context as you go, even up to the end. So it's quite cool to figure out where the links are as the story progresses and you go back and forth in time.
It's a soft and realistic look at what a collapse could be like. It's about community, people being there for each other, and also not. Loss in big and small ways. It's very very rich in detail in these characters' lives so you feel for each of them.
I went in for the pandemic content, was confused as to why we were spending so much time on one guy at the beginning, then started to understand as the book made its direction clearer. I wasn't disappointed, in the end.
It's the kind of book that's a little heartbreaking, but in a soft way. In a "we've lived through painful times, but we're still here, and there still exists beauty in the world somehow. People to hold on to, memories to share and cherish, and the future to meet, and make."
It's truly a beautiful story about humans in relationship to each other. A little gem.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Grief
Minor: Rape
There's a cult/cult leader and enacted by them.skylarkelly242's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This book is about a flu epidemic that causes most of civilisation to collapse and become corrupt. The book starts with a tragic situation concerning the protagonist, and then jumps the timeline to the period before the tragedy happened, and then at the end of the book it circles back to the death. This novel is a full circle story, it isn't left on a cliffhanger. The main themes were tragedy, civilisation, survival, and death. Death and survival were very common themes throughout the novel.This is because of the epidemic causing citizens to die hastily, also causing a lot of society survival instincts to kick in. Society had to make a lot of important decisions concerning their life and well being. The beginning was the most interesting when the epidemic and flu were being talked about, but shortly after that the novel became a little too slow paced for me. I enjoyed reading about Jeevans preparations for the epidemic, liked how many trips he had to make to the food store while snow was falling and the store was about to close.
I like this book because it goes into depth about the characters relationships with one another. The characters change throughout the book because a lot of friendships and relationships often do not last, for many reasons. For me 1984 is similar to this because of the dystopian fiction, but it differs because Station Eleven jumps back and fourth, and it has different timelines. The one piece of symbolism that stuck through the whole book with me was the cloudy paperweight, I always thought it resembled the setting of the book because of the flu that spread. The point of this book shows survival between life and death. The take away message is that there is a chance of survival. A trigger warning may be useful before the protagonists death, because they died from a heart attack. I recommend this book if you like a novel that jumps around a lot, because there are quite a lot of storylines. My favourite part of this book was the dinner party. " There are ten guests here tonight, an intimate evening to celebrate both the anniversary and the opening weekend figures." The dinner party was full of drama thats why I liked it. A part of the book I didn't enjoy was the story of the Traveling Symphony I felt that it was very slow paced and kind of unnecessary. "There were moments around campfires when someone would say something invigorating about the importance of art, and everyone would find it easier to sleep that night." This shows basically what the Traveling Symphony would be doing and I just think that this storyline is unimportant to the book, we don't need to know about their campfire stories.
I like this book because it goes into depth about the characters relationships with one another. The characters change throughout the book because a lot of friendships and relationships often do not last, for many reasons. For me 1984 is similar to this because of the dystopian fiction, but it differs because Station Eleven jumps back and fourth, and it has different timelines. The one piece of symbolism that stuck through the whole book with me was the cloudy paperweight, I always thought it resembled the setting of the book because of the flu that spread. The point of this book shows survival between life and death. The take away message is that there is a chance of survival. A trigger warning may be useful before the protagonists death, because they died from a heart attack. I recommend this book if you like a novel that jumps around a lot, because there are quite a lot of storylines. My favourite part of this book was the dinner party. " There are ten guests here tonight, an intimate evening to celebrate both the anniversary and the opening weekend figures." The dinner party was full of drama thats why I liked it. A part of the book I didn't enjoy was the story of the Traveling Symphony I felt that it was very slow paced and kind of unnecessary. "There were moments around campfires when someone would say something invigorating about the importance of art, and everyone would find it easier to sleep that night." This shows basically what the Traveling Symphony would be doing and I just think that this storyline is unimportant to the book, we don't need to know about their campfire stories.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Death
sarasreading's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
So a few years ago I read Sea of Tranquility, not knowing three of her novels were connected. So I've now gone back to read Station Eleven, and I'll continue on and reread the last one. I took this one camping, and it was a great atmosphere for this book. The writing is beautiful and thought provoking, and I loved how the jumping time periods and perspectives kept you guessing for how everything was going to converge.
And it was a really satisfying ending too! I think this one is going to stay with me, and I'll be ruminating on it for a long time. I may even bump it up from 4.5 to 5 stars if it really sticks.
And it was a really satisfying ending too! I think this one is going to stay with me, and I'll be ruminating on it for a long time. I may even bump it up from 4.5 to 5 stars if it really sticks.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping
sertzo19's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
What a beautiful fucking novel. Station Eleven is a masterpiece of storytelling. I had seen the HBO series back when it came out and loved it so much that I stupidly avoided this book expecting to be disappointed but it’s actually 1000x better than the immaculate series. The world-building, the characters, the inner dialogue… beautiful written! It really is crazy though how well Emily St. John Mandel was able to capture the psychology of a pandemic that happened 6 years after she wrote this book… felt myself chilled to the bone a few times just reminiscing on those early months of 2020.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence
reading_slump's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Rape and Suicide
gaymoonreader's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault