Vasectomyfan53’s Reviews > Station Eleven > Status Update

Not sure if this revelation was meant to be so predictable or not. Regardless, really interesting set of chapters showing life 15+ years after the collapse when things have kinda settled down. Life seems depressingly boring at this point but there are fleeting moments of beauty scattered throughout

Interesting to read about how quickly everyone at the airport found a semblance of normalcy after how abruptly civilization collapsed. Oddly a really hopeful take on 99% of the people on earth dying, with it being framed more as the beginning of a new era of humanity as opposed to the end of the world. Also it seems like everything we knew about Clark’s life up to this point is completely irrelevant now. Word limit

Refraining from saying too much on this last part to avoid spoilers. Very haunting little segment considering we know a decent amount about the life of the character involved. Damn. Very tragic and bleak close to a heartfelt scene established way earlier in the book.

Arthur was a fake ass motherfucker. Semi-sweet moment with an abrupt reminder of tragedy at the end of the chapter. Also a very beautiful little segment of the characters theorizing lives the could have lived

Bummer section. Im very glad jeevan’s story is being touched on more and I love how insignificant it seems to the present day characters, who don’t even know his name when discussing an old newspaper that briefly mentions him. So so so so so good holy shit.

This is the best book ever written and I won’t hear arguments to the contrary

Very heartbreaking glimpse of the old world. The last chapter told a whole story of the family dead in their beds just by giving a glimpse into their abandoned home. Hard to read in the car with my parents

Read a little bit more. Hell is the absence of the people you long for. Goodness gracious

Such immersive depictions of life before and after the collapse, it almost seems like 2 entirely different worlds and storylines. Remembering that everything does in fact take place in the same timeline adds a really depressing tone to the before parts of the story, especially with how realistically the characters think and act. Thoroughly enjoying this one so far

God fucking damn this is fire. Every scene is set up so vividly without being over explained. The parts of the story that take place pre-collapse are so beautiful in such a melancholic way, with Miranda’s life being described a way that paints it as eventful yet insignificant since the almost whole world has ceased to exist by the present. The last section made me feel like nothing really matters but so hopefully.