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Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

Start date: November 1, 2016

Finish date: November 28, 2016

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last updated Nov 29, 2016 02:19AM

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Dec 25, 2014 Chinook rated it it was amazing

Shelves: america, canada, apocalyptic, toronto, 2-on-shelves, book-riot-box

So, so good. I've been reading it in huge chunks, usually with Kait curled up next to me, napping. Wyatt had to make me stop and go to sleep at 5 am this morning - that inhaling of a book hasn't been something I've done in ages.

The intertwining of the characters, the use of Shakespeare and Star Trek to drive it all home, the fascinating descriptions of the Station Eleven story, the description of Toronto falling to the flu. So good. ...more

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Nov 24, 2016 Red Dog rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: literally-geeky

A quiet and empty apocalypse
I wasn't initially sure that I'd like this book, if only for the fact that I'm a bit apocalypsed out in terms of my popular culture intake. But the fact that the first chapter (with little or no foreshadowing of the world's ultimate doom) could be read as a beautifully written short story in its own right piqued my interest, whilst the way in which the book approached the end of the world from a very roundabout and low-level point of view actually made it feel more en ...more

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Nov 29, 2016 Aaron rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: literally-geeky

I can't be the only one who wants to see the Station Eleven comic which plays an important role in the story and gives this book its title actually released as a graphic novel, can I?

Get on it, Mandel. Take my money. ...more

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Dec 24, 2015 Hannah rated it liked it

Shelves: 2016-reads, popsugar-2016

This book was really well-written and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Unfortunately, as does happen with books that have multiple intertwining plots, I found that I liked some of the plot-lines more than others, which made for entire portions of the book that I had a lot of trouble staying invested in.

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Jun 29, 2015 Gord Matheson rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Absolutely loved this. A richly drawn post-apocalyptic world, a plot that spans decades yet never loses touch with the strands that hold them together. Characters full of depth and warmth. A poetic, thought-provoking page-turner.

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