Reviews

The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde

pinenoodle's review

2.0

Misery for the sake of misery. One of the viewpoint characters has a close real life analogue, except the fictional version is incredibly incompletent and incredibly miserable. But I guess that's why some people go to lit fic?

The above is why I didn't enjoy this. I was also annoyed by the book because the author didn't bother with a lot of research. Or, if she did, then she didn't want to let it get in the way of conveying misery to her audience. Aspects of the climate apocalypse didn't make sense (almost all insects have disappeared, but that has some how not led to complete and utter catastrophe--and apparently in the event of the break down of society, staying on a working farm where you can produce food is a bad idea and one should instead just wander with no goal in mind?). Also, despite the books focus on a species of wild horses across 3 timelines, the text makes any number of errors about the animals.

It didn't help that one of the narrators of the audiobook narrates in peak 'bored literary reader' voice.

fernweh85's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.5

irgendwasmitmond's review

adventurous hopeful informative reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

chris_hendriks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

It’s what we are heading for … so dystopian it is, a little to much to my tasting. 

hermanssonida's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5. Tyckte mycket om den här boken och om karaktärerna. Tyckte mer om denna än om Binas historia men tror pga just karaktärerna. Också hemskt. Framtiden hon målar upp känns så nära. Så nära och otäck. Och hurra! Lyckades precis läsa klart böckerna jag köpte på förra årets bokrea lagom till årets.

cdsg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

kaybrooke's review against another edition

3.0

 I didn't realize this was part of a collection. I feel like I should have read the other two books first. They're on my list now.

As for this book, it was okay. There were parts I liked a lot, and parts that dragged and were a struggle for me to get through. I was expecting more direct connections between the three storylines. As it is they're all very separate and isolated from each other outside of the horses. 

lexcellent's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

readgina_la_987's review against another edition

3.0

I didn’t realize this was part of a trilogy. I listened to the German audiobook. The reader who did Eva was very monotonous. Possibly on purpose. I really didn’t like Eva or Karin - both seemed slightly or not so slightly on the spectrum.
I did like the end. Not really tempted to read the first 2 books though.

tiuvi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, and Grief