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kat1105's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and War
alibookedup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
What I liked”
- “wife”
- “for your soft heart”
- war was a more amusing and attractive male counterpart and I was very here for the Khal drogo vibes (without rape)
- Miriam as a MFC was also more enjoyable - she was less annoying for me personally than sarah. I loved her strength, attitude, and determination. In other words, she was a badass!
- much more interesting backstories delved into with both war and Miriam. I felt the world expanding in really interesting ways. Loved war talking about his brothers and some chapters from his perspective along with Miriam and her grief of losing her family
- faster romance, spicier, and really cute moments. their relationship progression was just the right speed
- he fell first
-loved that there were more things interacting with war and Miriam like Zara and the Phobos soldiers. Having a community made from war prisoners was really interesting
- wars redemption
- “surrender”
- THE ENDING!!!!
What I didn’t like:
- sometimes I still felt like the author would have Miriam say things to sound cool or hip that felt super out of character. It was really distracting in pestilence and I feel like she reigned it in more this book but there were still sometimes that Miriam said cringey things. Like “he knocked me up real good”. 🫣🫣🫣
- plot sometimes still felt repetitive but way less so than previous book. Because the pacing was way better it was less noticeable
- there was always some iteration of saying “the horseman”, “my horseman”, etc. it’s honestly just said way too much in both books but I did feel like it was better in this one
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Rape, Child death, and War
headbangerhijabi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual assault, and War
Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual violence
Minor: Vomit and Xenophobia
whitney427's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, War, Death, Pregnancy, and Child death
Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, and Torture
Minor: Slavery and Suicidal thoughts
mspilesofpaper's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Slightly better than Pestilence.
Pestilence was boring and certainly hated it to kill people. War is pretty much Ares (or is Ares like War? who knows) as both enjoy battle, killing, bloodlust etc. War has zero issues with the fact that his men would rape women in the war camp until it would’ve happened to Sara. (All these rape/sexual assault mentions really tell me that I would just kill myself if we have to live through an apocalypse.)
The ending is so … ugh, stereotypical? It’s an happy ending but so predictable.
I hope that Death will live up to his two scenes because he’s an ass in both.
Concerning the world state: Pestilence went through the USA and Canada with parts of Mexico. War took Asia (from Vietnam starting), the Middle East and Egypt/Sudan. I suppose that one book will play in Europe then. South America and Africa (aside Egypt & Sudan) are still possibilities but somehow I doubt that one of the remaining books will play there.
Graphic: War, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
tiana_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, Violence, War, Confinement, Grief, Death of parent, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Animal death
dxisymitch's review against another edition
3.25
Moderate: Rape
beth_waller97's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Genocide, Rape, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Blood
Moderate: Pregnancy
xlaurareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, and War
Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Vomit
karina_dreamsinwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
I loved the strong willed heroine in this story. She was very much a "take no sh*t" from anyone type of person, the horseman especially! This was very much a hate to love scenario. War was pretty smitten from the jump and seeing his coldhearted exterior soften the longer he was with Miriam was so sweet! I love being able to see the hero open up and change his outlook all because of the women he loves. It just does it for me, friends. It really does.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault and Pregnancy
Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt