by The WandererAuthor: Connie Willis
Publisher: Bantam
Genre: Science Fiction, Time Travel
Series: Oxford Time Travelers Book One (Unofficial)
Pages: 592
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Repetition, First World Problems, and Terrible Technological Predictions … Oh My!
Disappointment
noun
Definition: the feeling of sadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations.
I walked into reading this book completely naked. No not literally naked, but naked in that sense that I had no idea what the book was going to be about. I bought this because it was on sale, it had a reputation, people had raved about it, the author is the most decorated in the history of the Hugo’s and Nebula’s etc. etc. A couple of dozen pages into the book Willis had established herself as a writer with some solid writing ability and when I saw what the plot was going to be I was very excited because this is a book that I’ve always wanted to see written.
Unfortunately the euphoria didn’t last long. Never has the word disappointment or its definition been more true in my reading experience than when I read Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book. This is a book that could have easily been one of the best books I’ve read, but it disappoints so many times, frequently taking you out of the story, that by the end you just thank God that it’s finally over.
