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Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

41 reviews

cluckieduck's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

An interesting premise, but I found most of it to just be sorta…meh. The world building, the writing, the “romance” - it just lacked the substance that allows me to fully invest in what I’m reading, though I did think Pestilence was an intriguing lead. I found myself wondering, like Sara did, how can one fall for him? Is it his naivety? He did make quite a funny nursemaid. 

The sex scenes were rough (and not in a good way) - poor Sara’s vag deserves a break from all the furious pounding. Much like the rest of the story, it’s overly repetitive and not written well. A very underwhelming read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Rape

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, War, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

punwithbooks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Gore, and Toxic relationship

alexhyder's review against another edition

tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

rogueblackwood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This one was hard, but the writing style was solid. The characters go through hell no pun intended. It's not a series I'll continue but I'm excited to explore her other work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

There is detailed sickness and death throughout as well as straight-up torture. It's for a reason and it makes sense but it keeps going.

queenie_ofthe_void's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

foxbox4's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

This book is the very definition of Stockholm’s syndrome but with an immortal creature of the apocalypse. There were also details mentioned that contradicted each other. For example, Pestilence states he is older than time and human memory, has walked among men and lain with every kind there has ever been and found them all damnable and unworthy. But then admits to Sara that he’s never been with a human? Small thing but bothered me lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Minor: Physical abuse

becxreadz's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Liked
*Enemies to lovers
*Slow burn romance
*The banter between the two
*Watching Pestilience learn to understand humanity

Disliked
*Could have used more sex
*Sometimes it got a bit repetitive

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Torture

tanazja_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

jasirepe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence