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jsholman2002's review
4.0
May not be great literature, but a very satisfying and engaging story. Perfect reading for a chilly, rainy day.
gracenow's review
5.0
Outstanding, excellent. Found a few minor points that I'd have preferred to have been clarified, but they were minor for sure. Really love the 14th century story with Alejandro, he's such an amazing character, love everything about him. The "future" story line was better than most of the first book's "future" story, in my opinion, but it did build on the first book with some amazingly wonderful story lines of its own. This is my fourth read of this series. I am starting The Physician's Tale now!
gnull's review
5.0
Just as interesting and compelling as the first, which I read at least a year ago. Love historical fiction. Is it wrong to enjoy books about plagues??
abookishtype's review
When you read a fantasy series, you can often expect plot arcs that span across books. I wasn’t expecting that when I picked up Benson’s historical and medical series, but it’s starting to look like this series has multi-book plot arcs. When I wrote about The Plague Tales, I wrote that I was disappointed that I didn’t get the disaster I was expecting. It looks like that disaster is finally happening in book two, Burning Road...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
cathepsut's review
I liked The Plague Tales, although I thought the book dragged on a bit in the middle. But at least the story was novel, combining the 14th century with a not too distant future - both main characters are doctors, one battles the plague, the other lives in a modern world that has survived a super bug, transforming the lives of everyone.
Although The Burning Road is a stand-alone book, I would recommend reading The Plague Tales first. It just helps to understand the characters better. This second book just did not work for me. I found the whole thing too contrived. I did not like the storyline set in the 14th century. I just did not identify with the characters and was skimming paragraphs fairly early on, because I was bored. It might have worked better for me, if each story had actually been a separate book. I battled on for about 200 pages, but then gave up. I skimmed through the last chapter and it does sound like an interesting story, it just did not manage to keep MY interest.
Although The Burning Road is a stand-alone book, I would recommend reading The Plague Tales first. It just helps to understand the characters better. This second book just did not work for me. I found the whole thing too contrived. I did not like the storyline set in the 14th century. I just did not identify with the characters and was skimming paragraphs fairly early on, because I was bored. It might have worked better for me, if each story had actually been a separate book. I battled on for about 200 pages, but then gave up. I skimmed through the last chapter and it does sound like an interesting story, it just did not manage to keep MY interest.
aunt_t's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed the book. I like the premise with both the modern and historical story lines; however there wasn't anything that surprised me. A predictable plot.
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