Review: Station Eleven

Station Eleven Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I honestly don't know what to say about this book. I've finished it over the weekend and still don't know what to say. I also can't give it five stars, as I feel something is missing in this story. Not sure what, though. 4,5 stars should be a fair rating.
I loved how this story is written. It's not straight forward, but everything connects. Everything clicks in the end. I guess there's even a little bit of hope left in the end. Some sort of opening.
Reading this particular book during a pandemic felt a bit odd. Still, I think the general message was that humans can co-operate in hard times. I don't know, maybe it's more of my interpretation. There's a difference between now and situation from the book, as we, as people, are doing a bit better. At least for now. It's crazy how quickly things can fall apart in times of pandemic. It'd hard to believe if I weren't living through such times.
Travelling Symphony is quite something in times when there are very few towns or camps or whatever. Their mission is to bring some art and beauty into the lives of people, who are trying to survive from one day to another.
There are people, who want to destroy it, of course. They have their vision of the world. Isn't that a common vision in post-apocalyptic stories? There's always some psycho with a vision.
So yeah, I don't know. It's a good book, a good story and the characters are well written. Still, there's something missing. Maybe it's the ending? Felt little hurried. Maybe it's something else. I'm left with an aching soul, with questions and thoughts after reading the book. If I'll think of something smarter to say in the future, I'll let you know. For now, I don't know what else to say.


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