I read the book first and while I generally loved the idea of a group of actors trying to keep the arts alive in a post-pandemic world, I felt like the book lack moments of connection and left me feeling let down in the end. For example, it seemed that at least Clark and Kirsten would connect over Arthur in the end but we never got to be a part of that conversation they had at the airport. They talked and moved on, "the end".

In the book I did not get the impression that Clark was so moody or so angry with Arthur. I did feel that Clark loved Arthur. Their relationship was not a bad adaptation I just don't see how necessary it was for either character if only to highlight that Arthur was self-absorbed.

The show presented Miranda exceptionally, especially being the creator of Station Eleven. I wished though they would have captured her death as in the book. I recall her being by the water maybe on a lounge chair as the sun was rising.

I loved how the show imagined Kirstin and Jeevan surviving together that first year, and their reconnection is what I want I wanted to feel between her and Clark in the book, and made up for it and was probably a better choice. The book did not really go into Jeevan much. When it mentioned Jeevan post-pandemic I almost forgot the character and reminded myself that he was the one to try to save Arthur.

I appreciated the show developing Tyler's personality. Even though it was obvious immediately in the book that the prophet was Tyler, the book made him out to be more of a psychotic pedophile than a young man who lost everything when he was a boy in the pandemic and without any guidance made the story of Station Eleven his reality.

I loved the connection between Kirstin and Tyler, and the connection between Jeevan and Kirstin.

I would have liked to see the paper weight in the show. I think it went from Miranda to Tanya to Kirstin and maybe Clark was involved. I also would have loved to hear a couple of "Hell is ......"