Laurie's Reviews > Blackout

Ha! Turnabout is fair play. I love her too.

I also love her work. I'll be waiting longer, most likely, due to a buried "to be read" shelf. But anticipation is the sauce.

After I read Doomsday, it completely changed my life -- my rather romanticized version of the period of history that the book covers was replaced by an avid pursuit of the REAL Middle Ages. I'm delighted to report that, when I finished my Doctorate in Medieval History, I felt very much that I owed a great to Connie Willis, and to this book.

Blackout is all of that and then some. I'm halfway through All Clear and enjoying it too, though I have a minor complaint in the amount of filler that drags some of the story down. This was originally meant to be one book, then grew into something bigger. One surmises that the editor didn't want to publish one too-large volume or two too-small ones, so it had to be puffed into two average-sized books. The intrigue is great, but the filler deflates the dramatic tension to an extent.

I like the time-traveling historian concept, but this one lost me. I don't think it was well executed; it took forever to become engaged with the book and then it was confusing. I have never been so angry about a book as when I realized that Blackout stops literally in the middle. I probably won't read All Clear--for sure I won't be buying it!

Yes, the best way to enjoy this story is definitely one volume after the other. If you wait too long, you lose the plot, and she doesn't do any flashbacks, either.

I loved the first book. Didn't finish the second. This is the first time I've not finished a Connie Willis book. Very disappointing. Normally, I lover her stuff.

I just finished this book, and I only have to wait until the sequel comes in from Amazon.com. And I Can't Wait!!

So happy to return to Oxford and time travel. I gave it 4 stars because I didn't realize that it was a two-parter and I had to wait to get All Clear.