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This is a fascinating look at a small English village in the 1600's. The plague arrives, apparently in an infected bolt of cloth from London, and it strikes the village intensely. The local pastor directs the town to isolate themselves, with the intention of saving other people by not spreading the disease beyond their boundaries. So the townspeople face it alone. This story is all about relationships and how they bend and change as hardship is endured. What's so sad about this story is that no
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Jul 03, 2018
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This is my second novel by Brooks, and much like the first, the writing is absolutely fantastic. Her style melds modern prose with period-appropriate dialogue in a way that makes perfect sense. The only thing preventing this from being a five-star read for me is the ending. The author takes one of the main character and completely destroys anything redeeming about that character in the span of a single chapter. All in all it's an incredibly well ...more
This is my second novel by Brooks, and much like the first, the writing is absolutely fantastic. Her style melds modern prose with period-appropriate dialogue in a way that makes perfect sense. The only thing preventing this from being a five-star read for me is the ending. The author takes one of the main character and completely destroys anything redeeming about that character in the span of a single chapter. All in all it's an incredibly well ...more
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