…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.
Her followup, To Say Nothing of the Dog, is edited far better, it’s an incredibly tight book (almost too much considering how much is packed in there).
Then Blackout/All Clear gets even worse than Doomsday even though there’s good bits in there.