A review by dryriver
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

After reading Sea of Tranquility and Station Eleven, I was quite excited for another book by Emily St. John Mandel. However, I had to apply effort to finish this. The characters were semi complex and the plot had many moving parts, but I found many of the elements to be tiresome. Lilia is very much a manic pixie dream girl, Eli is a bit hopeless, Christopher is weirdly and wildly obsessive… a lot of things just didn’t add up or make sense. The characters’ choices often  left me frustrated and wondering why something was mentioned.