Doomsday Book

There are some books that are in a class of their own. This is one of them. The writing is outstanding, definitely a five star for writing style. This book reads so smoothly with naturally flowing conversation. The characters are so well developed, it felt like reading about actual people rather than fictional characters.

I thought Willis does a great job of showing how even through the passage of time and the development of technology, human nature doesn't change much. On a deeper level, the story depicts how our view of others changes when we stop to listen to their stories and try to understand them as people with real struggles, strengths, and short comings. Lastly, I see how caring for others can hurt. But caring brings strength that fear and hatred do not have not can understand.