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Emily St. John Mandel: Station Eleven (Hardcover, 2014, Knopf Publishing Group, Knopf) 4 stars

Gripping Read

5 stars

This was recommended to me and I went in knowing very little about it.

I found it to be a really gripping novel; hard to put down. I was really excited to see how the characters lives intersected and how they handled the trauma of the devastating pandemic.

The book tells the story of the characters at various stages of their lives ranging from many years before the pandemic, to around 20 years after. This gives a really interesting perspective on the characters, and keeps the pace of the book fast and interesting.

Highly recommended!

Fredrik Backman: Anxious People (2020, Atria Books) 4 stars

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and “writer …

Eventually Enjoyable

4 stars

This was a slow start for me, perhaps because I didn’t initially grasp what the book was doing. As it progressed it all clicked and I loved it.

It's quite a moving story about people, first impressions, assumptions, and the impact we have on each other.