I may have picked up Station Eleven without a clue of what I was about to read, yet it held a twisted tale and collision of events that had me gripped throughout.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the tale follows the survivors of the Georgia flu virus from their first encounter at a King Lear production to year twenty of the new world. Whether it be the Travelling Sympathy, who spread music and Shakespeare to the lost civilisaion, or the community stuck at the Severn City Airport; small communities continue to exist in an empty world.
It’s a clever collection of the stories of survival, it shows how we prioritise what is left from a community to allow a new civilisaton to grow. I enjoyed seeing how these tales were woven toegther, the switch between the present and the days leading up to the epidemic to show how life was lost while hope remained.
Once started its a book you’ll struggle to put down, and you’ll begin to question what matters most to you in life.
Just finished it. You are right, hard to put down. For a post apocalyptic novel I Found it more entertaining than ‘The Road’. Any one else agree??
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Certainly unputadownable, it was the mixture of characters and how they dealt with their new world which held me captive over any other post apocalyptic read.
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Also opens up some serious questions about the role of religion. Loved the way the past and present intertwined, and shows how impressionable young children are. Do you think it could be adapted for the big screen?
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It would be interesting to see how they could combine it all for the big screen, intertwining the past and present is always tricky! Plus the theology questions it brought to light shows how impressionable children are and adaptable the human race can become. It’s great to hear your thoughts, it’s making me want to reread.
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Great insight! I also couldn’t put down ‘Americanah’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (spelling??) recently. Looking forward to reading more of your reviews!
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Thank you! And I’ll have to find Americanah, thank you for the recommendation!
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Found this to be a surprisingly good read.
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