![]() ![]() Overall, it was a rewarding experience and I miss reading it.And that's always a good sign.Įdit: One rather trivial thing I couldn't understand. I definitely felt like I have a slight understanding of what those people went through. And though morbid, Willis did a great job describing the black death and it's symptoms. ![]() I really felt the accuracy in this period give otherwise perhaps dull passages (like Roche giving midnight mass on Christmas) so much more life and reality. I welcomed all the "peril" that finally did arrive at the end, but was a bit shocked.I never expected it to be as complete (as in number of deaths). That aside, I loved Kivrin's storyline and all the associated characters, and felt they had an incredible amount of depth. And I think that is why I kept asking myself "how many times are we going to have Dunworthy attempt to get info on the initial drop from Badri while he was in the hospital?" I felt like this suspense plot device (in particular) was so overused as to cause me more frustratration than I can recall while reading a book. Willis seems to try to take this present-day storyline, which has less substance, and stretch it out to match Kivrin's. I was extremely engrossed in Kivrin's storyline in 14th century, but far less in present day timeline. ![]()
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