Reader’s Note
7 out of 10
An actor dies on stage during King Lear and a flu arrives in the same week. Twenty years later a group of musicians and actors walk between settlements in Michigan performing Shakespeare. A comic book connects them.
by@commuterfictionWritten 14 August 2026Read 12 August 2026Edited 18 August 2026
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Read a novel about the end of the world on public transport, surrounded by strangers coughing, and I'd do it again! The Travelling Symphony in the snow. Survival is insufficient, yes, fine, put it on a caravan — it worked on me.9 out of 10@quietcarriage
Station Eleven reviewed by @tinyapartmentbigtbr
Weirdly cosy for a book about everyone dying.9 out of 10@tinyapartmentbigtbr
Station Eleven reviewed by @kepler22b
structurally excellent, epidemiologically silly8 out of 10@kepler22b
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