“This book made me mad. Brooks started off wonderfully with a compelling narrator who chronicles the hardships of living in her tiny, quarantined village during a resurgence of the Plague in 1666. While it's difficult to read about all of the deaths (especially of the young children), it was interesting to see just how Anna, the narrator, and the other villagers were able to persevere in the face of pestilence.

Once the Plague ends, however, Brooks seems to lose both steam and focus,...”

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