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Set in the days of civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time—from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a theater troupe known as the Traveling Symphony roams the wasteland of what remains—this suspenseful, elegiac, spellbinding novel charts the strange twists of fate that connect five people: the actor, the man who tried to save him, the actor's first wife, his oldest friend, and a young actress with the Traveling Symphony, caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous self-proclaimed prophet

FINALLY PICKED THIS UP!

The Theatre : (view spoiler)[This is the first dystopian novel I am reading that deals with pandemics and I am amazed at how many parallels I can draw with the recent Covid outbreaks (hide spoiler)]

A Midsummer's Night Dream : (view spoiler)[Oh it took a leap, I incorrectly assumed we’d stay in the same time period. The description of different members of the Traveling Symphony was good, It’d be interesting to see what happened to Charlie (hide spoiler)]

I Prefer You With a Crown : (view spoiler)[The writing style is unique, I am liking getting glimpses of Arthur and Miranda's life in the past and getting to know them as characters while at the same time interacting with Kirsten 20 years later (hide spoiler)]

The Starship : (view spoiler)[I don't understand where this is going or what we are supposed to focus on - Kirsten and the traveling symphony, Arthur and his personal life, pandemic in general? (hide spoiler)]

Toronto : (view spoiler)[Reading about a world after pandemic is sure as hell scary ngl, and to think this could become a reality *shudders* (hide spoiler)]

The Airplanes : (view spoiler)[I have grown attached to several characters and reading about how they died is breaking my heart :(((( Although I am resenting Arthur tbh, HOW MANY AFFAIRS CAN A GUY HAVE IN A LIFETIME FFS? (hide spoiler)]

The Terminal : (view spoiler)[This part was my favourite so far, how Clark and the others on the flight survived and how the Museum of Civilization came about, it held my interest completely (hide spoiler)]

The Prophet : (view spoiler)[THAT WAS AMAZING!!!! I didn't think this book would turn this way! But I am so happy for them allll. Finally they can settle down it seems!! (hide spoiler)]

Station Eleven : (view spoiler)[Perfect ending!!! I am glad to have finally read this book, I actually picked this up a couple of times before but put it down without even going through the first chapter but I pushed through this time. The first part is a bit slow and confusing but I absolutely devoured the later parts. (hide spoiler)]