A review by donnawr1
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

4.0

This is a fun time-travel novel with characters in different centuries, past and present, whose stories are deftly woven together. I also like that this novel contains a character and references to some of those in The Glass Hotel, which I also very much enjoyed. One character is a novelist who wrote about a fictional pandemic right when a new pandemic is starting... very much like Mandel herself. There are details in this that resonate with our experiences of Covid-19, so it brings that to life again, but just as a small (and familiar) part of this novel. The Sea of Tranquility is a "lake" on the moon, and part of the novel involves colonies on the moon. Mandel creates interesting characters and teases us with philosophical ideas about what is reality and what really makes us happy. Expert writing and enjoyable read.