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katieklysmic's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Gun violence, Animal death, Violence, and Animal cruelty
byrdy1022's review
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death and Death
hanschub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Animal death, and Torture
Minor: Rape
mzquirk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Animal death, Death, Violence, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture
Moderate: Cursing and Physical abuse
allyareads's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Abandonment, and Death
isabellesimone'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Child death, Confinement, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Rape
madoav's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Violence and Sexual content
wait_whoissheagain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Despite this, I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the plot. The premise of the story is interesting, and I was intrigued to read a fantasy book that takes place in the “real world”, but I feel like this book’s plot was lacking. We had the hero, but there was no real villain to fight. If we consider Pestilence the villain, then the FMC didn’t do much fighting at all. I’m hoping that the plot intensifies throughout the remainder of the series.
Another aspect of the book that I’m still trying to process, is the FMC’s internal struggle with her feelings for Pestilence. The horseman put Sara through A LOT (no spoilers, but Chapter 18 had me in tears) and she seems to get over these things pretty quickly because “it’s hard to be mad at something that’s so pretty” and because he made a sandwich. I feel like this is a stark contrast to her beliefs at the beginning of the book. It wasn’t until the last few chapters, when Pestilence’s character started developing, that I began to accept this change. Once again, I’m hoping their relationship will be explored and expanded upon in the next book. I would love to see more of Pestilence’s character development.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this book, and look forward to continuing the series. I am intrigued to see the role that the other horsemen will play in this world.
Graphic: Medical trauma and Violence
Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Animal death, Blood, and Physical abuse
bethanieawp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Animal cruelty
alex_baker'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Child death and Animal death