Kivrin is stranded and conditions in 13 are deteriorating rapidly and terrifyingly. But we don’t know for quite a while just what is wrong, and by the time we figure out it’s far too late.
“Something’s wrong,” Badri repeats endlessly, and we know it’s true. Through this gradual and relentless build-up, Willis allows the growing dread to creep up on Kivrin, Dunworthy, and the reader. At first I was slightly tempted to agree with the reviewers who complain of the occasional repetitiveness of the prose and the characters, but the more I thought about it the more I realized that this is part of the point of the story. Plot: For anyone who doesn’t know, Doomsday Book is about an Oxford undergraduate (Kivrin) who, in the year 2054, time travels back to the Middle Ages to study the local people or “contemps.” Due to unforeseen circumstances, she ends up about 30 years later than what she’s supposed to, and the plague is rampant. So a side note: Reading this book while commuting on the SEPTA subway during flu season may not be the brightest idea I’ve ever had.
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