valrus reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled …
Works on every level
5 stars
Plot, characters, themes, all flawlessly executed. A total package. Structurally really similar to Cloud Atlas—apparently an intentional borrowing on the author's part—but hangs together as a single work a lot better than Cloud Atlas did.