A review by seventhswan
To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek
5.0
I wouldn't feel right leaving a 5-star review without making it very clear that a lot of this story is about rape. I think it was handled incredibly well, but I definitely wasn't expecting it.
That said, this is the best fiction book I've read in a very long time. Reading about a pandemic during a pandemic won't be for everyone but this story was so much more than that, and proves that it's possible to include realistic representation of people who would now be considered LGBT in historical fiction.
That said, this is the best fiction book I've read in a very long time. Reading about a pandemic during a pandemic won't be for everyone but this story was so much more than that, and proves that it's possible to include realistic representation of people who would now be considered LGBT in historical fiction.