Station Eleven

This book was both easy and difficult to read at the same time. It was easy because the writing style was simple, but the jumping around in the story and following so many different story lines was difficult. It was sort of like a big puzzle that you put together really slowly. There were also approximately a gagillion characters, and I had problems keeping them all straight and remembering who they were. After I had a whole half page in my reading journal filled with a list of characters, I just stopped writing them down.

The story, though, was interesting and enjoyable to read. It held my attention, and I was definitely excited about what might happen next. However, I felt like I didn't have any time to connect with any of the characters. I liked a couple of them, but there was too little time spent on each one. So you'd be reading a part of the story about a character you loved, but then you'd be jerked away to another part of the story, possibly in a whole other decade, before or after the collapse of civilization.

Read my full review at http://www.literaryquicksand.com/2016/05/review-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel/