With some trepidation, but trusting the recommendation of a friend, I recently picked up Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, from the library.
I am certainly glad I listened. On my own, this would have most likely passed me by. I am not typically a fan of futuristic tales of the world ending and what life is like for survivors, but Sharron recommended it, and we tend to have similar tastes in books.
I'll not go into great detail about who's who and what's what. There's a pandemic, the world as we know it changes drastically, most people die, some survive, they get on with life the best they can. It follows a group of characters over a span of years, allowing the reader to see how some cope with death and some with survival. There are some unbelievable/coincidental connections through the years (it's a book, that's allowed).
In the middle of a pandemic, it's quite interesting to read a book written in 2014 about a fictional pandemic.
Recommended. Thanks Sharron for the heads up about it.
I hesitated to read her first book for many of the same reasons, but have now read and enjoyed them all.
Posted by: Terri W. | 08/11/2022 at 05:31 PM