Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Een seconde later by William R. Forstchen

8 reviews

mementomoriiv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death

longhornrach's review against another edition

Couldn't handle the dogs dying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

maryehavens's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

As hard as this was to listen to, given the subject matter, I did like this book. I thought it brought up a lot of really good issues that would happen immediately after a devastating event. Jokingly, I wanted to say "that escalated quickly" and I wondered if events would unfold exactly as described. Prior to March 2020, I would have said no. But, we have lived through a pandemic and the hoarding behaviors of humans were revealed during that time. 
What struck me the most, besides the lack of communication which sent most people in a tailspin (and, agreed!) was how quickly people started starving. I thought back to the Holocaust and other war-time events where so many people starved. Like Forstchen said towards the end: you think of 2/3rds of people dying in an area and it doesn't seem like a big deal. But when you are there and understand how many individuals that is, you start to really understand the impact. 
I cried at the end. I knew it was coming but still. 
I picked this book because it was recommended a long time ago as a companion piece, of sorts, to "Alas, Babylon". I read it now for the Reading Challenge since I used to live in North Carolina and was familiar with some of the area. It's a challenging read but I think it's worth it. It can get a little preachy at times on the patriotism but I'm sure most military personnel would think the same thing: not in America. But we too are humans with our human nature so why not America?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism

saighnean's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Animal death, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Child death, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape and Racial slurs

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

bertrandlm's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Animal death

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