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mybookishdelights's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
I don't know what I was thinking picking up a book called Pestilence and it not even entering my head that it might be sad. Good grief. I don't like apocalyptic books for a reason. A lot of my personal anxiety stems from this type of content and, unfortunately, this didn't have a great effect on me after reading. However, I don't regret reading it, if that makes sense.
This is a series of books that follows each of the four Horsemen and it's set up like a contemporary romance series where each book follows a different couple. The overarching story between the four is that the end of the world is here, etc. Since I'm not a fan of these types of plots I'm not going to really comment on it other than the fact that this book made me cry several times, which is rude.
The characters were good. The book is told in first person present tense, which took some getting used to. It was very graphic for the unpleasantness and I've listed some content warnings. This book was written in 2018 and has a different feeling to it with a topic like pestilence and what's going on in our world today. It hit a little too close to home. I'm not sure that I will be able to continue the series, but that is definitely a me thing.
The romance was good. The steamy scenes were steamy. There were a few parts where I felt like things could have been better explained, but for the most part I enjoyed the tension and the angst. Even though this didn't blow my mind, I see it being a book that I won't forget anytime soon and I would recommend to anyone who can handle the content.
CAWPILE Score: 7.86 = 4.25 stars
Characters: 8
Atmosphere: 9
Writing: 8
Plot: 7
Intrigue: 8
Logic: 7
Enjoyment: 8
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
Minor: Animal death and Child death
emilyclairemcauley's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, and Toxic relationship
books_bunny's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Blood
Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Medical content
jasirepe's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence
deerestdoe's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness
Minor: Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, and Vomit