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5 stars
I'm here for the definition of moral compass and deep love between two men
I'm here for the definition of moral compass and deep love between two men
eBook, 300 pages
English language
Published June 30, 1947 by Éditions Gallimard.
This Plague of Days, Season 1
An autistic boy + elements of The Stand + 28 Days Later = A haunting protagonist versus the Running Dead
Jaimie Spencer is a strange autistic boy caught in a fight for survival as the Sutr-X virus spreads across the United States. While governments lie
Richard M reviewed The Plague by Albert Camus (Modern library college editions)
Perhaps too real
4 stars
I started reading this nearly a year ago and it was just moving so slowly and perhaps was too reminiscent of real quarantines that we experienced just a couple years back.
This is one of the hardest books I've fought my way through in recent memory, but I think that's largely me, and covid that have made this difficult.
It's well written and definitely conveys much of the feel of a city shut down as happened in 2020, decades after it was written.
The characters are well described and motivations, such as they exist, are also outlined well. Some people break down, perhaps not just the weak. Situations like this where control is absent, the end is unpredictable for many.
Characters die, for no particular rhyme or reason, just as happens in life.
I'm not clear on why the narrator's voice was a big secret …
I started reading this nearly a year ago and it was just moving so slowly and perhaps was too reminiscent of real quarantines that we experienced just a couple years back.
This is one of the hardest books I've fought my way through in recent memory, but I think that's largely me, and covid that have made this difficult.
It's well written and definitely conveys much of the feel of a city shut down as happened in 2020, decades after it was written.
The characters are well described and motivations, such as they exist, are also outlined well. Some people break down, perhaps not just the weak. Situations like this where control is absent, the end is unpredictable for many.
Characters die, for no particular rhyme or reason, just as happens in life.
I'm not clear on why the narrator's voice was a big secret throughout. While I didn't guess, the answer makes sense, though any other surviving character would make sense as well.
Subjects
- plague
- epidemic
Places
- Oran