A review by boxcar
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Fantastic. Wonderful storyline that ties itself together at the end. The setting being in the past, present and future (and super-future) somehow didn't feel disjointed--a feat. Cool to see characters from Glass Hotel come back. Just a masterful exercise in plot and the power of an individuals choices. Hell, they even found a way to make the time travel not be a mess of paradoxes and impossibilities! Dealing with a pandemic, dwindling earth, corrupt government/mega-corporation, all with a matrix simulation idea hovering over it. Cool cool cool cool cool