…and came away wildly frustrated that nobody milked that poor fucking cow!

The medieval chapters were among the best historical fiction I’ve ever read. I found myself frustrated with the present day chapters because I was dying to get back to the 14th century.

I felt that there was a lot of repetition in the present day part, which probably contributed to the frustration. I stuck it out though since the other half was so rich.

Gonna ask my therapist why I was so much more upset about the cow than the people literally dying of the plague.

  • secretid89@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Is anyone going to mention how the “present day” pandemic events in her book were eerily similar to actual pandemic events? She predicted human behavior 30 years before it happened!

    I read the book before the pandemic, and said to myself. “There’s no way people would be that stupid in the present day.”. Wow, was I ever wrong!!!

    • basiden@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I read it at the start of the pandemic with no idea what it was about going in, and it was wiiild

    • katesbush_@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This was the most redeeming part of the professor’s chapters - I couldn’t believe how accurate it was. So eerie!

    • lughioch@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I last read it in the early 2000s, I’m going to have to reread with that in mind. Especially since I’m currently making my way through blackout/all clear and loving it.