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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility
4/5. Short novel/long novella following several storylines over a few hundred years, including a twenty-third century moon-born author on tour on Earth when the next pandemic is brewing. It’s about time travel, to be clear.
I don’t know how she does it. Like the prior book of hers I read, this one is extremely, casually on-the-nose. Like yes, Emily, thanks, I got it. But she turns it on a dime, and one moment I’m kind of bored by it, and the next she’s giving me a spare fifty words on being a two working parent household with a small child during pandemic lockdown and I’m there, my adrenaline is going, I’m remembering my 4-8 a.m. work shifts followed by a baby care shift followed by another work shift followed by – oh wait, my hands are shaking, thanks a lot, Emily.
So yeah, this book is simultaneously weird and also obvious, but yet again, she made it work.
Content notes: Pandemic. False imprisonment. Glimpses of violence.
4/5. Short novel/long novella following several storylines over a few hundred years, including a twenty-third century moon-born author on tour on Earth when the next pandemic is brewing. It’s about time travel, to be clear.
I don’t know how she does it. Like the prior book of hers I read, this one is extremely, casually on-the-nose. Like yes, Emily, thanks, I got it. But she turns it on a dime, and one moment I’m kind of bored by it, and the next she’s giving me a spare fifty words on being a two working parent household with a small child during pandemic lockdown and I’m there, my adrenaline is going, I’m remembering my 4-8 a.m. work shifts followed by a baby care shift followed by another work shift followed by – oh wait, my hands are shaking, thanks a lot, Emily.
So yeah, this book is simultaneously weird and also obvious, but yet again, she made it work.
Content notes: Pandemic. False imprisonment. Glimpses of violence.