I'm not far in yet, but it's a bit surreal to be reading about a worldwide pandemic (and the reasons it spread so quickly) after COVID-19 and 2020. Covid is still with us, but it's not necessarily the death sentence it was when it first emerged.
I read often about Victorian endemics like cholera and not had the same brain shift. This is the first time in a while that I've read about a pandemic, and I didn't expect to so tangibly feel the POV difference between a pre-COVID author and my current lens. It's weird. Fascinating, but weird.
I read often about Victorian endemics like cholera and not had the same brain shift. This is the first time in a while that I've read about a pandemic, and I didn't expect to so tangibly feel the POV difference between a pre-COVID author and my current lens. It's weird. Fascinating, but weird.