Review Of Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven

I read the book Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The main characters are Kirsten Raymonde and Miranda Carroll. The novel’s setting is around the Great Lakes area. The setting affects the novel because the area is desolate because it has been 20 years since the end of civilization. Kirsten lives and works with a group of artists called the Traveling Symphony. They go around to towns in caravans and perform plays and music to other survivors. The book switches around from before/during the epidemic hit Earth and post epidemic. The book also switches point of views.
Kirsten was 8 when she saw the famous actor, Arthur Leander die from a heart attack on stage. Kirsten played Arthur’s daughter in the production King Lear. Kirsten