Excellent, I hope you like it =)

That's absolutely fair, I'm glad you decided against it if it wasn't right for you at the time. I was really struck by the shift from unexpectedly funny to heavy and heartbreaking. If you haven't already read it I would recommend Station Eleven - again, read with caution, but it's a much more oddly uplifting and beautiful pandemic book.

I adored Doomsday Book! I work in a bookshop and run a sci-fi book club, a friend had recommended so I suggested it for the group. We read it February 2020, just before lockdowns started here, and I felt like I had cursed us slightly. Still love it though and think about it frequently, I recommend it all the time at work when I get the opportunity.

Very sadly my dear friend who recommended it to me died last year. I haven't been able to go back to many of the things she told me about, but I do hope to read more when I feel up to it. I did pick up a copy of Crosstalk recently because I found it cheap!