A review by chrisscorkscrew
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

5.0

Wow!  A searing and heart-rending masterpiece.  Very powerful and perhaps rendered all the more so by the pandemic we experienced at the start of 2020.

This is not an easy rate, but it is worth the emotional journey,

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Blood