Helpful Score: 1
This book had points where it was very difficult to read, not because of the writing style but because of the horrible details. However, in a way, that made me appreciate it more because I really got a sense of how devastating the Plague actually was, and the depths to which humans can sink when faced by tragedy.
This should have been a five star book, and until I got to the epilogue, it was. That ending, though! Ugh! It seemed entirely implausible and does not fit at all with the rest of the story. Maybe if this had been a series and that epilogue was a segue into a second novel.... but as it is, it doesn't work for me.
All that aside, Year of Wonders is worth reading. Brooks has an incredible command over the English language, using a style that would be familiar to people in 1666 but is still very readable today, and if you can stomach the REALLY graphic descriptions, you'll find yourself wrapped up in a poignant tale of life, death, and rebirth.
This should have been a five star book, and until I got to the epilogue, it was. That ending, though! Ugh! It seemed entirely implausible and does not fit at all with the rest of the story. Maybe if this had been a series and that epilogue was a segue into a second novel.... but as it is, it doesn't work for me.
All that aside, Year of Wonders is worth reading. Brooks has an incredible command over the English language, using a style that would be familiar to people in 1666 but is still very readable today, and if you can stomach the REALLY graphic descriptions, you'll find yourself wrapped up in a poignant tale of life, death, and rebirth.
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