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> Tag: Emily St. John Mandel

“Station Eleven”, a book about the end and the continuation, about, life, art, and time.

"Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel

February 10, 2021 by Miramuffin Leave a Comment

To write about writing is a strange exercise. When we view stories, we usually view them, somewhat, as experiences, more than as texts. This adds a dynamic dimension, one that is difficult to capture when reviewing and critiquing literature. I talk from the point of my experience of the literature in these writings, but there is undeniable a connection, between the quality of language, of development of setting and character, and the use of the devices of writing, in how the experience of the reader […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Emily St. John Mandel

Miramuffin's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: Emily St. John Mandel ·
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Not my “best of” but YMMV.

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Memorial by Bryan Washington

December 29, 2020 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

In which it becomes clear to me that a “best of” list means next to nothing. I’m trying (and doubt I will make it) to catch up with my long backlog list from 2020 and to actually reach my goal of 52 reviews. Putting together mini-groups to review together has made this somewhat easier, and yes, I know that some of my groupings are probably random. Here we have two books that I thought were fine. I probably wouldn’t recommend them to friends, but if […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bryan washington, CannonBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, memorial, Scootsa1000, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bryan washington, CannonBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, memorial, Scootsa1000, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel ·
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“It’s just one future slipping away and being replaced by another.”

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

December 13, 2020 by Sophia 2 Comments

I’ve seen a number of comparisons between Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel (2020) by Emily St. John Mandel. It seems that the majority of people prefer Station Eleven. I remember liking Station Eleven, but it has been so long I honestly cannot remember it well enough to compare it to The Glass Hotel. And I really liked The Glass Hotel–probably more than many of the reviews I’ve seen. The plot is kind of hard to sum up. There are a lot of characters that may overlap but don’t necessarily have too much […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Emily St. John Mandel

Sophia's CBR12 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Emily St. John Mandel ·
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Not as good as her last one

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

December 10, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description: Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass and cedar palace on an island in British Columbia. Jonathan Alkaitis works in finance and owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it’s the beginning of their life together. That same day, Vincent’s half-brother, Paul, scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: “Why don’t you swallow broken glass.” Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune Logistics, sees the note from […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #CannonballBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, literary fiction, Malin, The Glass Hotel

Malin's CBR12 Review No:80 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CannonballBookClub, cbr12, Emily St. John Mandel, literary fiction, Malin, The Glass Hotel ·
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“There is a pay phone by a truck stop near the town of Leonard, Arizona. Sometimes at night it starts to ring.”

Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

November 23, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

I was first drawn into Emily St. John Mandel’s world back in 2015, when Station Eleven caught my eye after popping up in a few “best of” lists.  It became an immediate favorite, and I know that love is shared here within our CBR community! I’ve read it twice since first picking it up, most recently in March, right as the world started to dip further and further into pandemic horror. I wrote in a previous review that I would not have picked up The Glass Hotel […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Brooklyn, Canada, child abduction, Emily St. John Mandel, family, identity, language, last night in montreal, loss, memory, montreal, quebec, unreliable narrator

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:122 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Brooklyn, Canada, child abduction, Emily St. John Mandel, family, identity, language, last night in montreal, loss, memory, montreal, quebec, unreliable narrator ·
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