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Wow this book is SO good. I kept NOT reading it, knowing it was one of those "how I survived the plague when others around me fell" books.....and you definitely have to be in the right state of mind for that.
Well, I'm actually listening to this on CD, and the narrator is fantastic and the story is one I have to tear myself away from. Possibly a tiny bit of contemporary sensibility transplanted onto the young widowed protagonist, but not enough to be distracting, and probably just enough to attract the listener (reader) ever deeper into her story. This event (well, the several outbreaks of plague over decades) in Europe is horrific to contemplate and humbling to grasp. The parallels to our time, not in disease alone but in scapegoating, illusion of immunity, and religious imperative are really thought provoking. But if you only want to read it for the great writing and the wonderful voice (written or spoken) that brings compassion, empathy, despair and hope alive in yourself for the characters, that is enough!
p.s. If this kind of story intrigues you, I also recommend "The Domesday Book" by Connie Willis, another plague book but this one with time travel --- and extremely well researched and written!