This is a reread eight years later and wow, what a fantastic book! Now that I'm older, wiser, and have lived through a pandemic, I could appreciate it even more than the first time I read it. The writing is wonderful and the shifting perspectives and timelines work so well together to create an immersive tale. Can't wait to finally read some other St. John Mandel books!

(My review eight years ago was a 4. Upped it to 4.5. Didn't quite get to that rare 5-star "je ne sais quoi"/magic for me.)