ooooooh I'd love to know if there were any particular elements that struck you as trite or didn't land?

I think I really liked station eleven because it reads kind of like prose poetry to me: the meditation on images, the way Mandel leaves a lot of space in her writing for contemplation and turn of phrase, the way she shapes narratives around absences and small connections rather than immediate action. I wasn't really in love with any of the plot elements by themselves, or the characters, really--I agree, miranda was one of the most compelling (I think the way Mandel was writing made characterization a lower priority, which ymmv with!). I don't think the conclusion landed for me the way she wanted to either, despite me wanting it to. but despite all of that, there's part of me that's still floating in the fake snow and the light shining above Jeevan as Arthur died, you know? that's why I liked the book--it's the same reason I like poetry

also LMAO I'm also sorry I read the midnight library, I hope you never do