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Martin Rundkvist reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Low-key time-travel scifi

4 stars

내용 경고 Discussing core plot point

I'm OK with the time travel paradoxes -- those are inevitable. But to me it's a pretty bad plot weakness here that the Time Institute notices, and manages to find documentation of, a glitch in the matrix that just looks to three observers like a migraine symptom or a petit mal epileptic fit. People's brains and senses make up all sorts of weird shit all the time, and nobody takes it as evidence of anything particularly significant.

Eric Wagoner 📚 reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Touching and Hopeful

4 stars

An easy read, and the crossovers with her other books were interesting. I enjoyed this one quite a bit.

Florian reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Superb time travel

5 stars

Sea of Tranquility is probably the best time travel story I’ve read. Super interesting and so well written

Amanda Quraishi reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

A perfect novel.

5 stars

Not too long, not to short. Her writing is tight and I wasn't bored for even a second. She weaves together the different storylines perfectly and by the end, it's a marvelous piece of speculative fiction that hangs with you for days after you're finished. I loved it.

Wolfgang Wopperer reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

"Man merkt die Absicht und ist verstimmt"

3 stars

내용 경고 Slight spoiler towards the end of the paragraph

… which is Goethe and translates as "one notices the intention and is disappointed". Which is the feeling I got from reading the book: While the sections set in the early 20th century work very well, the sci-fi settings have a forced and constructed feel; while the overall story arc makes sense, the details of the construction are visible too often (how everything is about what is real and what is virtual, about connection and loneliness, and in the end really only about the experience of Covid-19); and while the idea of using time travel as a plot device, not as the main topic, is great, there are just too many inconsistencies in how it is used (sometimes things happen the way they have always done because of some cross-time intervention, sometimes such an intervention causes things to change). Overall a nice read, but not much more.

DavidB reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Beautiful

4 stars

I didn't think I'd love this book as much as I did. It was a fascinating story, with very compelling characters. I love the references to Station Eleven (and I'm hearing that there's even more with Glass Hotel that I haven't read yet). The pandemic is woven into the story in a very sensible way that really spoke to me. My only criticism is that it's too short. Some characters and storylines really should have been more developed. Maybe in future books, as it seems that the author is slowly building a more or less shared universe.

Jorge Sanz reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Review of 'Sea of Tranquility' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Really nice plot around time and family and friends relationships. The story evolves well and the last part and conclusion are just fantastic and pleasing. I'd love to see this on a movie, to be honest.

David H reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

A hopeful pandemic novel

4 stars

I liked the story of isolated humans trying to find meaning in their lives, all tangled together and touched by the miraculous. It left me feeling hopeful and reassured.

PanaX@bookwyrm.social reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Review of 'Sea of Tranquility' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Nice short book. Nothing groundbreaking but adequately conveyed it's purpose.

Koven Smith reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Fun, lightweight

3 stars

A breezy, fun(ish, given some of the subject matter) read. The resolution of the book hinges, somewhat, on a twist that is revealed near the end, and I must confess that I was finding the book far more satisfying up to the point that the twist was revealed. It just felt a bit too “plotty” to me in a book that otherwise revels in nice details.

bbbhltz reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Absolutely Meta

5 stars

Fantastic to a point I did not expect. Very meta, and covers aspects that took me by surprise. I rarely read the descriptions of books written by authors that I have read before, and here it totally paid off. If you have read the previous two works by this author, you will like where this book takes you.