Doomsday Book

A little taste of post-apocalyptic during the Black Plague in jolly Olde England–that's the core driver of Doomsday.

Kivrin was a likeable enough character who has her whole gung-ho academic perception of turned on its head when she's popped back on assignment to the Middle Ages. She's capable takes all challenges in stride, but there's only so much she could do in the face of disease.

In light of Brexit this year, there was some interesting tidbits about the English xenophobia interwoven into the book.

My favorite character and arguably the most beautifully written character in the book was Father Roche. He never ceased to be practical and human in the face of pestilence. His reasoning and poetic leanings balanced out the cast in the Middle Ages and painted a picture of how much a leader of small parish meant to people of that era.

I could have done without so much of the annoying American bell-ringers, but solidly good time-travel sci-fi overall.

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