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Title: Bodice Ripper
Review: I wonder when real book reviewers, Pulitzer Prize not withstanding, will acknowledge that Geraldine Brooks is not that good a novelist. The book purports to be a story of one town's heroic decision, but only passing mention is made of that happening. Most of the novel focuses on the protagonist's "heroism" (She treats plague victims and learns how to deliver babies.) and her dime-novel, bodice-ripping love affair. If we want to read about the plague, why not pick up Defoe's JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR (he knew how to write) or PEPY'S DIARY. Either is far more entertaining.
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