A review by myreaderacct
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry

informative slow-paced

3.75

Reading a 20-year old book post COVID was an almost eerie experience.  Barry does a good job of explaining the 1918 pandemic and the politics around it, but the book could have done with a tighter editor as Barry tends to go off on semi-relevant tangents (the book doesn't even really begin to cover the pandemic until a third of the way in).  The audiobook narrator was incredibly flat--I suggest reading it over listening if possible.