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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
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it was ok
bookshelves: fiction, read-in-2020, adult, adult-sff

I’ve been meaning to read this book for years, and now that I finally did, I feel the sort of acute disappointment that comes from wanting something for so long that the eventual achievement of it is a loss.

There are many things this book does well, but in the end I'm not sure Station Eleven was the book I really wanted it to be, though it was undeniably itself.
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Reading Progress

November 4, 2018 – Shelved
February 10, 2020 – Started Reading
February 14, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by nat (new) - rated it 5 stars

nat IT IS IT IS IT IS IT IS IT MOST DEFINITELY IS!!!!!!!


Karen F This book HAUNTED me. Couldn't stop thinking about it for ages after I read it!!!


Emma It actually is though


Tinichix (nicole) I really enjoyed it. The first couple chapters not as much as the rest of the book but once I got into it I couldn’t stop. 🙂


Mayasser I thought the characters were plain, and their stories weren’t as broad as I hoped they’d be


Angela tbh I thought it was Just OK


Kaycee Leigh Ugh, it sucks hard. I DNF @ 47%


Garrett I’m at 72%. It’s been so easy to lose myself in it.


message 9: by Pat (new) - rated it 4 stars

Pat I liked it!


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ nat wrote: "IT IS IT IS IT IS IT IS IT MOST DEFINITELY IS!!!!!!!"

IM PUMPED


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Karen wrote: "This book HAUNTED me. Couldn't stop thinking about it for ages after I read it!!!"

OOHH can't wait to be haunted


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Emma wrote: "It actually is though"

glad to hear that!


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Tinichix wrote: "I really enjoyed it. The first couple chapters not as much as the rest of the book but once I got into it I couldn’t stop. 🙂"

Glad you did!


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Kaycee Leigh wrote: "Ugh, it sucks hard. I DNF @ 47%"

Angela wrote: "tbh I thought it was Just OK"

Mayasser wrote: "I thought the characters were plain, and their stories weren’t as broad as I hoped they’d be"

oohh it's interesting to see how polarizing this book is. i'm only a few chapters in but i guess i have to curb my expectations!


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Garrett wrote: "I’m at 72%. It’s been so easy to lose myself in it."

Glad to hear that you're enjoying it!


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Pat wrote: "I liked it!"

YAY


message 17: by Ania (new) - added it

Ania I agree with your rating. Don’t understand the hype of this book. Not a fan


message 18: by Katie (new) - added it

Katie I feel so apprehensive about this book for the reason you said. I have no doubt that it is a good book, but is it a good book FOR ME?


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Ania wrote: "I agree with your rating. Don’t understand the hype of this book. Not a fan"

I don’t think it’s a terrible book, but it’s definitely not the book for me :/


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Katie wrote: "I feel so apprehensive about this book for the reason you said. I have no doubt that it is a good book, but is it a good book FOR ME?"

Yeah, exactly. I just did not vibe with it lol


Lesley Burgess Schultz I was so drawn into this book. I actually loved it a lot!


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Lesley wrote: "I was so drawn into this book. I actually loved it a lot!"

I’m glad you did! I really wish I could say the same 😔


message 23: by BradburyTree (new) - added it

BradburyTree Thanks for this honest review, I was going back and forth on picking this up or not as something was drawing me to it and pushing me away. I think I'll wait longer as I have a thousand books to read already.


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ BradburyTree wrote: "Thanks for this honest review, I was going back and forth on picking this up or not as something was drawing me to it and pushing me away. I think I'll wait longer as I have a thousand books to rea..."

I felt the same way! I’m glad I read it, though; if anything, The mystery surrounding this book is now gone 😅


Contrarius Oh, I'm sad that you didn't really like this one. I thought it was great!


Katie • forevermorepages yeah this one didn't slap for me


Megan I tried. I couldn't. I DNF. When it feels like homework, it's time to stop 😕


Kaycee Leigh I'm so happy we agree on this !!


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Contrarius wrote: "Oh, I'm sad that you didn't really like this one. I thought it was great!"

Yeah, same :/ I'm glad you enjoyed it, though!


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ BookHugger wrote: "yeah this one didn't slap for me"

i simply do not vibe with it, ur honor


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Megan wrote: "I tried. I couldn't. I DNF. When it feels like homework, it's time to stop 😕"

I felt the same way honestly


chai (thelibrairie on tiktok!) ♡ Kaycee Leigh wrote: "I'm so happy we agree on this !!"

same lol i'm glad i'm not alone in this bc everyone else seems to love it :/


message 33: by Toby (new) - rated it 3 stars

Toby Hi....finished this an hour ago; fully agree with you. So much cliche - so banal at times!


message 34: by nat (new) - rated it 5 stars

nat Right?? I keep thinking about it every day lately, wow


Whitney I keep thinking about this book lately, and it freaks me out!


Garrett I had just started reading it as news of the coronavirus began to come out if China. Definitely amplified everything for me.


message 37: by Cass (new) - rated it 5 stars

Cass Same! I think about it every day!!!!


message 38: by Eliza (new)

Eliza Adler I revisited Fever 1793 and cringed so hard


Emilee Your edit! Same,I keep thinking about this book and just got on good reads to see if I thought I liked it or not. 😂


message 40: by jay (new) - rated it 2 stars

jay LOL bro me too. I just started this book last week and, after I fished the first section, I just went, "uh oh"


message 41: by Toby (new) - rated it 3 stars

Toby Completely agree with you - I really didn't get all I wanted from Station Eleven; it could have been so much deeper.


message 42: by Mia (new) - rated it 2 stars

Mia It's painful to pick up this book and try to continue reading. Thats how slowpaced and boring it is.


Brandy I just started this book and it is so relevant that I got creeped out and had to put the book down for a minute! It scares me!


Abigail This is one of these things you either love or hate. I found it sooooooooooooooo boring. Honestly didn't care about any of the characters. Got a third of the way through, should have stopped earlier. Kept waiting for something to happen.
Obviously I'm in the minority.


Dorian I am 90 pages deep and I don’t know if I can go any further. Came to look at reviews here to see if it would change my mind... Unfortunately I think it’s going to be a DNF for me 😔


Emmie I had trouble finishing it. I only did because people said it was so good and because I wanted to watch the TV show. So far, I've found the show to be better than the book.


Kristina @Emmie and @Hannah, I also thought the show was better, which never happens to me.


message 48: by Chela (new) - added it

Chela At 65, maybe I’m a “young reader�. What I mean is, even though reading this during the Covid pandemic, and being an avid consumer of dystopian fiction, I was so disappointed that the parallel threads were not tied into a bow of mutual recognition at the end. I was listening to the audiobook, with kudos to the narrator, but it all felt a little slow to me. No regrets for having “read� it, but just a little disappointed.


Jordan This book was so bad it almost seems good


David Cuen I really enjoyed it and even enjoyed the HBO adaptation. Well written, clever, intimate.


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