Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of Doomsday Book

Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
Author: Connie Willis
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Paperback
alaina avatar reviewed on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1


It has a lot of interesting details about the plague and how it was dealt with in that time period. I liked how Willis handled the whole time travel concept; she managed not to make it too complicated. I liked that the main character is female, but her relationship with the fatherly professor left me with a lot of question. Something that I found mildly annoying was that she seemed to repeat herself frequently. I wish the story had focused more on the time during the plague, but some of the interesting and explanatory facts about the plague years appear in the sections set in the (future) present. All in all, I enjoyed this book and recommend it as a good sci-fi read.