Plague Tales The Plague Tales, Book 1, (Paperback)

from stubbyfingers

The is two interconnected stories about outbreaks of the bubonic plague in England--one set in the near future and one set in 1348. The stories were somewhat interesting with characters you might care about, but somehow I just couldn't suspend belief enough to get into this. And things just got m...

from puckrobin

Interesting premise and written well enough to be interesting, but I needed to care far more about the characters in order to care more deeply about the story.

from crazybatcow

The characters are not very realistic, particularly in the modern era part of the book where people behave in ways that just don't make sense, and/or they respond/act/react in given ways only because they are required to do so to move the story forward. Like the director has an accident in a bact...

from puckrobin

Interesting premise and written well enough to be interesting, but I needed to care far more about the characters in order to care more deeply about the story.

from Mrs_McGreevy

So here ya go-a book that's both a fascinating historical novel about a Jewish physician during the plague AND a futuristic medical thriller about a contemporary outbreak of the bubonic plague. You'll love the characters, and both halves of this story are first rate.