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A review by thebooknerdscorner
The Dancing Plague by Gareth Brookes
1.0
This has got to be one of the weirdest books I've ever read. . . And not in a good way.
This book's pages are graced by horrific images of people/demons dancing, many people praying, and lots of death. And these images pretty much sum up the majority of the story. There's a (dancing) plague that was started by a mysterious cause though the people speculate that it was the Jews, women, or prostitutes (you got to love history). And many people go and dance their lives away, praying to God as they do so, until they die.
The scariest part about this book is the fact that it is based in truth. Medieval times were quite horrifying, and I feel this book does a great job of summing up why.
Overall, this book is not for me in any way, shape, or form. I know I'm not the target audience for this book, but I picked it up because I thought it might be funny. It was not. I'll leave it at that.
This book's pages are graced by horrific images of people/demons dancing, many people praying, and lots of death. And these images pretty much sum up the majority of the story. There's a (dancing) plague that was started by a mysterious cause though the people speculate that it was the Jews, women, or prostitutes (you got to love history). And many people go and dance their lives away, praying to God as they do so, until they die.
The scariest part about this book is the fact that it is based in truth. Medieval times were quite horrifying, and I feel this book does a great job of summing up why.
Overall, this book is not for me in any way, shape, or form. I know I'm not the target audience for this book, but I picked it up because I thought it might be funny. It was not. I'll leave it at that.