Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Doomsday Book
Book Review: dry and boring
Summary: 2 Stars
It's really dry and boring; I cannot see why it's a hugo and nebula award winner. The way the author is trying to create suspense is really frustrating. Please don't waste time on this book.Book Review: exceedingly tedious
Summary: 1 Stars
I listened to the book on unabridged audio. I usually love long books, but 1/3 of the way through I had to stop. Ms. Willis uses language beautifully, but many of the sections are tedious and repetitive. The story creeps forward slower than her protagonists recovery from her sickbed. Ms. Willis may have researched the Middle Ages, but she didn't do much research on medicine-- it would be have been better to make up some drug than to have the physicians of 2054 using antibiotics we gave up on 30 years ago. If you want good historically based science fiction, read Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.Book Review: excelent, deserving of the nebula
Summary: 4 Stars
From the point of view of a historian this book is an excelent attempt at viewing the past how it really was with an engrossing spin of sci fi added. Willis obviously did a great deal of research before writing this novel because many of the misconceptions about medival times are not illustrated here, instead she manages to accuratley portray a time that is virtually unknown to us even though it is on our very own planet.Book Review: exceptionally absorbing!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love time travel stories when I want to just have some fun! This is by turns exciting, moving, and funny. A real plus is a female protagonist in an adventure story who shows -- to anybody who needs convincing -- that courage and nurturing femininity are not contradictions. If you have ever taken care of little girls you will appreciate how real Agnes, the little girl in the 14th century, is and find you really care about her and the other characters. I don't say this about much fiction, but it was hard to put down when I had to stop reading and deal with mundane reality.Book Review: fabulous!
Summary: 5 Stars
this is one of my all-time favorite books. everyone should read it. it was breathtaking. you were in the fourteenth century with her. michael chrichton's "timeline" is very similar, but nowhere near as good a story. his was much more technical.