Reviews tagging 'War'

Une Seconde Après by William R. Forstchen

8 reviews

smashingreads's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

Initial thoughts: This book is awful to the point that I’m confused how and why other people like it. It objectifies women, acts as if being American is the be-all and end-all, treats conversations as historical monologues, and has a questionable timeline. I stuck through it because Wikipedia mentioned

there would be a fight against cannibals

, but it was an extremely small portion of the book.

I was also disappointed that the book was all about the MC. I cant even pretend to care about the MC because of his views towards women, constant references to being American, and monologuing.

My other heartache was that I was interested in the things the book didn’t spend time on (the town as a whole, the impact of the disaster, the conflicts that are mostly glazed over, the things the town did to improve the situation, the deaths and causes of death in town, etc.) and I didn’t care for the things the book focused on (the MC and monologuing about history).

Overall, this book felt as shallow as its MC.

(It may be worth mentioning - I currently have to interact with a sexist monologuer and I have lost all tolerance for it)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cannibalism, Child death, Gun violence, War, and Vomit

hhabig310's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Animal death

charmiecm's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

Reads like the political propaganda it is. The cast of characters is predictable.

The point when he refused to talk to his daughter about safe sex and then wanted to be mad when she was pregnant…maddening. And that he never had a conversation with her about the dangers of getting pregnant or staying pregnant. Just absurd.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexism, Medical trauma, War, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Alcoholism, Classism, Grief, and Child death

kaisu's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, War, and Violence

tnarg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Cannibalism

Minor: Rape

hiseat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Cannibalism, Blood, Violence, and War

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Homophobia, and Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs

jharman44's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Dementia, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Cannibalism, Police brutality, Suicide, Gun violence, Murder, Cursing, Chronic illness, Ableism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal death, Grief, Blood, Child death, Misogyny, and War

shellybelly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A little too pro-military and "rah rah America" for my liking. The writing was just ok, but the story was engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Gun violence, Murder, and War