Review: Plague  3.5 rating
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
Novella length horror story that asks the question how far would you go to protect those nearest and dearest to you. Johnny and Liz and their young son Nathan are effectively quarantined (along with others in their neighbourhood) when young Nathan contracts the bubonic plague.It's got to be a 3.5 star rating for me. Would have liked to have rated it higher because it was a recommendation but......Although parts of the novella were heartwrenching, frightening and angst filled, I felt that those themes were somewhat overplayed towards the end and bogged the story down.I would have liked some information as to how the plague started and I found it very hard to believe Nathan's dialogue, it didn't come across as the "voice" of a four year old and hence didn't gel with me.When this was previously published I know some reviewers alluded to the ending which was abrupt but I felt that it suited the novella quite well. I just didn't feel that the story was evenly paced and felt heavy in places which is a shame because I enjoyed the premise of the novella and thought that aspect was very well presented.