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Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
To start, I was really looking forward to this book based on the description; it seemed right up my alley. While this did turn out to be true, the reviews are also spot on about the strange vernacular, pacing, and what seems like a lack of editing.
This started out incredibly hard for me to read. Very slow pacing, far too much he said she said. It could have been trimmed better to get you to the meat of the story, which doesn’t happen right away and once it does, takes a bit to ramp up. Once it did though, it was hard for me to put down.
One thing I really like about this book is the humanity of it. Kivrin - the main protagonist - is a the modern reader. Yes we know things of the past and have more ideas besides, but we don’t experience it and it often comes across as cold, hard figures and facts. Living it with Kivrin, our eyes open as hers do and in the end, it leaves quite a tender mark.
I really liked the concept of this and I hope there are more like it
This started out incredibly hard for me to read. Very slow pacing, far too much he said she said. It could have been trimmed better to get you to the meat of the story, which doesn’t happen right away and once it does, takes a bit to ramp up. Once it did though, it was hard for me to put down.
One thing I really like about this book is the humanity of it. Kivrin - the main protagonist - is a the modern reader. Yes we know things of the past and have more ideas besides, but we don’t experience it and it often comes across as cold, hard figures and facts. Living it with Kivrin, our eyes open as hers do and in the end, it leaves quite a tender mark.
I really liked the concept of this and I hope there are more like it