Station Eleven

I usually have a special affinity for dystopian novels with a literary style rather than a thriller plot, but this one just didn't work for me. The structure of jumping from pre-collapse to post-collapse was distracting and kept me from getting into the characters enough to keep their plot lines straight. There were some very beautiful, lyrical passages, but I was expecting more after all the buzz online surrounding this novel. It wouldn't be my first choice if I were asked for a recommendation of a good dystopian novel.