I had heard great things about Connie Willis, and the concept of this book sounded interesting. It seemed like a fine introduction to Willis's work. I found Doomsday Book a fairly tedious read though. There were interesting bits to be sure, and I enjoyed the way the book handled time travel mechanics. Large portions of character interaction seemed to be neither entertaining nor particularly necessary for the story though. If I hadn't subsequently read and enjoyed Willis's "Now Showing" novelette from the Rogues anthology, I'd suspect that I'm just not a fan of her writing style. I want to read more of her other material now (there's certainly plenty to choose from!) - but I think I'll skip the rest of this series.