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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
5.0
adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

TW - pandemic/covid-19

*Though this is marketed as a standalone, I would highly recommend that you read The Glass Hotel prior.*

Wow. Excuse me while I go buy every book Emily has written. I really enjoyed Station Eleven when I read it last year, and was pleased to be approved to read Sea of Tranquility. By chance I saw a review that mentioned you should read The Glass Hotel first, so I dutifully ordered and devoured it, and I'd definitely recommend reading it prior.

The Sea of Tranquility is a book about Gaspery, a man who through luck (?) becomes an investigator of anomalies in time - though this doesn't quite describe what the book is about. Maybe it's about a violinist, the moon, or an author, or a pandemic...it's about them all and I can see me thinking about it for a long time.