Sea of Tranquility: A novel

Having read Station Eleven already, I was really excited to read this, and I wasn't disappointed. I loved every chapter, especially Mirella's one - which led me to also read the Glass Hotel. The sci-fi elements made is so mysterious, while also rooted in reality. Highly recommend.

Cool story about the connections across time and space. Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an ill-conceived diatribe at a dinner party. He enters the forest, spellbound by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, and suddenly hears the notes of a violin echoing in an airship terminal—an experience that shocks him to his core.

This story began (for me) fragmented and disjointed. But it quickly began to make sense. I was thrilled with the ending! It's one of those books that I will read again and pay more attention to detail now that I know the end. I enjoyed Emily St. John Mandel's sci-fi and will read her other books.

Lots to ponder here. Are we living in a simulation? Does it matter? This book about a pandemic and time travel was surprisingly easy to follow in audio, despite slipping around among several different time periods. There were separate readers which helped. Very enjoyable.

**3.5⭐️** It’s not that the book wasn’t good or that I didn’t like it, but I was still confused at the end. I more enjoy a story that is tied up nice and neatly at the end, and this just didn’t do it for me. Multiple timelines can be really entertaining, but I feel like this story just moved too quickly and we only got bits and pieces throughout. However, I absolutely love that h IMMEDIATELY broke the first rule of time traveling. Not a secon...read more