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Posted 2015-05-20 7:48 PM (#10586 - in reply to #9182)
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I had been reluctant to read this book after having read Willis' Blackout/All Clear double novel. I just don't care for her writing style. Doomsday Book, which I believe was written earlier, doesn't suffer as much from this. It is slow paced and fairly long, but it is a good story; and once things finally get going, about two-thirds of the way along, it's well told.

This is the fourth Connie Willis book I've read. She has one more that has garnered some acclaim: To Say Nothing of the Dog. I read Three Men in a Boat in preparation for it. I think maybe if Willis had been writing a century ago, she could have written Three Men in a Boat. I may yet get around to reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, but I'm in no hurry.

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