Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World by Laura Spinney is certainly adequate to the task of explaining both the pandemic and the events that came before and after. I’d say Spinney’s book lacks the logical and organized flow that can be found in Barry’s work on the same topic, The Great Influenza. Barry’s work has more push. This book lags in certain areas, as if the author has lost herself in her own maze. There is also a great deal of needless repetition, which further retards the book's energy and drive. It is disheartening to read at times.
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