Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Book Review

This book is truly a masterpiece. 🤩🤩🤩

If you enjoy post-apocalyptic dystopian fiction, you HAVE to read this one (if you haven’t already... I’m a few years late to the party on this).

I read The Glass Hotel earlier this year and while I enjoyed aspects of the story, I didn’t love it as much as I anticipated. However, when I posted my review, many of you encouraged me to pick up Emily St John Mandel’s first novel, Station Eleven, and I’m SO glad I did.

Station Eleven begins with the very public death of world-famous actor, Arthur Leader. Mere days after Arthur’s death, a lethal virus takes the world by storm - killing 99% of the population - leading to the breakdown of civilization practically overnight. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, we learn the stories of various survivors and how they managed to endure the decimation of the human race and modern society. While each character has their own unique story and past, they all ultimately intersect.

I can't say enough good things about this book - I absolutely loved it. The way the author created a link between the characters that tied everything together in the end was truly masterful. Not to mention the incredible world she imagined where everyday essentials like credit cards and cell phones become entirely obsolete. This is certainly a new favorite for me.

If you’ve already read (and enjoyed) Station Eleven, I encourage you to pick up The End of Men by debut author Christina Sweeney Baird. Another incredible post-apocalyptic story about a plague that decimates modern civilization. Clearly I have a thing for books about the end of the world… 😅

OH and exciting news for those of you that enjoyed this one… HBO Max adapted it into a ten-episode series, which is set to premiere sometime later this year!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Are you a fan of dystopian fiction? If so, any recommendations on what I should read next??