Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Boy am I glad I got my flu shot before I started reading this book!
An airplane from Russia lands in Toronto bring with it a deadly virus, the Georgia Flu. People start dropping like flies within a matter of hours. Kirsten Raymonde is a young child actress onstage in a production of King Lear the night the flu arrived, when the famous actor, Arthur Leander dies onstage of a heart attack. The lives of those left in the post apocalyptic world remain tied to those who left their mark in the past.
Those who survive become scavengers, hunters, and travelers on foot. Abandoned cars litter the roads, food must be hunted and the internet has gone dead. The gadgets of the past are kept in a makeshift museum. Life as we knew it had ceased to exist.
This was one of those books that I didn't want to stop reading and when I was forced to turn out the light, I couldn't wait to start reading again. The author created a sparse and barren new world and moved the characters through it in such a realistic and believable way, I became immersed in the story. Could this type of event really happen? Maybe it could. But then again maybe it couldn't. The level of doubt circled in my head.
I never want to know the answers to all my questions. So please. Get your flu shot.
Boy am I glad I got my flu shot before I started reading this book!
An airplane from Russia lands in Toronto bring with it a deadly virus, the Georgia Flu. People start dropping like flies within a matter of hours. Kirsten Raymonde is a young child actress onstage in a production of King Lear the night the flu arrived, when the famous actor, Arthur Leander dies onstage of a heart attack. The lives of those left in the post apocalyptic world remain tied to those who left their mark in the past.
Those who survive become scavengers, hunters, and travelers on foot. Abandoned cars litter the roads, food must be hunted and the internet has gone dead. The gadgets of the past are kept in a makeshift museum. Life as we knew it had ceased to exist.
This was one of those books that I didn't want to stop reading and when I was forced to turn out the light, I couldn't wait to start reading again. The author created a sparse and barren new world and moved the characters through it in such a realistic and believable way, I became immersed in the story. Could this type of event really happen? Maybe it could. But then again maybe it couldn't. The level of doubt circled in my head.
I never want to know the answers to all my questions. So please. Get your flu shot.
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