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    Doomsday Book (Paperback) By (author) Connie Willis

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    Short Description for Doomsday BookFor nearly a decade, Willis has dazzled readers with her short fiction. Her first novel, Lincoln's Dreams, received unanimous high praise and won the John W. Campbell Award. Now she pens a sensational work about human struggle and redemption set in the time of the Black Plague.
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  • Doomsday Book by Connie Willis5

    Penny Cunningham What a GREAT book I loved it. Funny considering the gruesomeness of some of it!! Such a clever plot though.
    It is set in 2 different time periods 2054 and the1300s, Kivrin a feisty history student is keen to go back to the 1300s to study more closely the period and as time travel has been discovered this can be done but not without a lot of research. Something goes dreadfully wrong and Kivrin is stranded in the middle ages, sick herself and bang smack in the middle of the Black Death!
    The storytelling is gripping and it was hard to put the book down, I had to find out what was going to happen! It was packed full of history and if you are interested in the middle ages you will love it.
    A very well earned 5 stars from me. by Penny Cunningham

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    An enthralling read, if your expectations are not too high4

    Dovile A captivating historical/sci-fi novel, the best part of which was the medieval setting. It's about a time traveller Kivrin who gets stuck in medieval England and is not able to get back to her time, while the Plague slowly approaches the village she is staying; while another deadly plague strikes in the future where she's come from, and the people who sent her have many obstacles to to deal with before they can go to her rescue.

    I'm not an expert on medieval England, so to at least to me the descriptions seemed quite believable, and the medieval characters were quite engaging, though the overall plot did take time to develop to something really interesting. I particularly liked the part towards the end of the novel, when the Plague finally strikes Kivrin's village.

    The future setting wasn't particularly interesting and had little developed characters. It serves more as a contrast to the mediaval England and also for heightening the overall suspense. Besides, the plausibility of the plot suffered due to the novel having been written in the eighties. There was not much of future technology described, but the lack of mobile phones especially jarred. Half of the problems in the novel could've been solved if the characters used any kind of a mobile communication device.

    All in all, this is a novel that is best to be approached with your heart and emotions, and not your mind. I'd recommend it for historical fiction and soft sci-fi fans.

    If you'll like this book, there's also a second novel, set in the same (future) universe and concerning time travel - 'To Say Nothing of the Dog' by Connie Willis. by Dovile

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