By Jennifer Wright
Publication Date - February 7, 2017
4 stars
Detailing history's worst plagues, the heroes who fought them and the not-so-heroic people who helped spread them, this book uses dark humor to lighten the grisly material. I thought this book was very well done and included some frightening facts about how human stupidity can cause so much damage in times of plague, especially by leaders. Surprisingly, there were times while reading this book that I laughed out loud which is quite strange considering the subject matter. Much of this was entirely new information but the mix of humor, sarcasm and overview made this an interesting read. I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
All Our Wrong Todays by Eland Mastai
Publication Date - February 7, 2017
3 stars
Tom lives in an alternate reality much more advanced than ours. People live in architectural wonders with myriad technologies that make life much easier and suffering basically nonexistent. Tom's genius father has created a time machine and in order to prove to himself that he is not the wastrel son and to take revenge on his father, Tom decides to illicitly travel back in time. He somehow messes this all up and ends up in today's current world, which he considers dystopian compared to his own. The plot behind this novel is inventive and I really thought the idea of the two alternate realities interesting, however, I found myself not really liking the characters and at times it proved a slog as I stopped really caring which reality Tom ended up in. I can see why people really loved this book for its exciting premise and overall I mostly liked it. I received this book from Penguin's First to Read Program in exchange for an honest review.
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