There is no mention of plague doctor until your almost done reading and the ending kind of slaps you in the face a little bit with how rushed it was. Some parts I found myself skipping paragraphs, telling myself just to get through it.

It becomes too descriptive at times and often goes into detail on stuff that's not even furthering character development. They are enough to keep you reading through them and keep you at the edge of your seat and make the character feel human.īesides the fighting scenes, it feels like I'm following the boring life of an average character. The action scenes in this are well written. So I'll start with the only reason why I'm giving any stars at all. I was ready for a good mystery to be had. 'Oh it sounds like a modern day killer in the mindset of a Plague Doctor ' is what came to mind. So I picked up this book because I was looking for something to have plague doctors involved and seeing how creepy the cover art was, I was ready to read it. They are It was just OK.even a little disappointing. It was just OK.even a little disappointing. For that, and only that reason, it gets 2 stars. I did enjoy the character of Laurie, he seemed and felt like a he was a genuinely caring soul. Redeeming quality? I didn't expect a 'super hero'. I had difficulties with the often repeated phrases that began with the word 'as'. Instead I got a highly amateurish story that had very little to do with a Plague Doctor especially when the title doesn't even come into play until after reading 70% of the book and even then, no explanation to why or how it is even a thing that's relevant to the story.Īt one point, the protagonist,Laurie, is strangely dropped by his date only later to have the police show up at his door to deliver bad news. At one point, the protagonist,Laurie, is strangely dropped by his date only later to have the police show up at his d Yea I thought a book titled The Plague Doctor was gonna be a juicy,ĭark romp with some medieval coolness in it. Instead I got a highly amateurish story that had very little to do with a Plague Doctor especially when the title doesn't even come into play until after reading 70% of the book and even then, no explanation to why or how it is even a thing that's relevant to the story. Yea I thought a book titled The Plague Doctor was gonna be a juicy, dark romp with some medieval coolness in it.

The plague doctor 2016