Reviews

El libro del día del Juicio Final by Connie Willis, Rafael Marín

megane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

ailenach's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

drewdelidou's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

huntland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense fast-paced

4.75

clarkiesparky's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

cool idea, bad writing

bookstin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

the_other_yvonne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

hedgielib's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

rycantread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

ninette's review against another edition

2.0

Dreadful. I give up. If I had to endure one more page of this drivel, I would throw it out of the god damn window! Could she get to the point sometime this century?! Does she know that there is a difference between tension and frustration? Did she have an editor? How many times can someone faint just before they are able to dispense some vital piece of information?! And why is communications technology basically the same as in 1992 except with video and without answering machines? And computers for accessing the NHS-database and seemingly nothing else? They invented time travel, but couldn't figure out a more efficient way to communicate?! I guess we can not fault her for failing to envision cell phones. But morse code was already better than this. Hell, pigeons or smoke signals would have been more efficient.

Also, somehow while they have time travel, the historians have forgotten most of what they already knew about the middle ages and seem to be laboring under the same misconceptions that the general public has. And considering how important infectious diseases and public health are to the plot, the understanding of them seems somewhat basic. It seems to me that Willis was so bogged down with minutiae of human interactions, that factual research and the bigger picture of her story have fallen mostly by the wayside.