This was a very good book. The things that really shines to me about this book were the characters. Following these people throughout their years pre and post Gerogia flu was especially interesting.

St. John Mandel managed to do a sometimes difficult thing and make characters come to life on the page. A fascinating character from this book was Arthur Leader, the story flowed from him and he was the keystone that connected each character. I loved seeing his character grow and change from being seventeen and unsure of his future to a fifty year old man filled with regrets over his choices in life. All the things we get to learn about him, his childhood best friend V who he used his letters to like a personal diary to his ideas of what celebrity meant to him were so interesting and we'll explored in this book.

I loved so many characters in this book so much. I loved Miranda and seeing the relationship she had with her graphic novel and it was so unique to see an artist who actually liked her corporate job. I loved Jeevan and seeing him cope with the end of the world and learning about his relationship with Arthur and Miranda and his struggle to find fulfillment in life. I absolutely loved Clarke he was so, for lack of a better word, cool. I instantly related with the idea of wanting to preserve human existence because it's something I've always found really important.

All the protagonist in this book were actually very relatable. I think St. John Mandel created characters we can see peices of ourselves in and it just heightens the reading experience to a new level

This book was a great read. I found it a compelling character study of different multifaceted interesting people. I loved it