A review by reese_lanier
On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony

2.5

I originally read it when I was 14, and thought it was such a cool concept with really great world building. Upon rereading it this year, a lot of the magic in the book kind of faded for me. It is a very bingeable book, though there is an element of women being no more than tools for men to accomplish their own goals. I was also not a huge fan of how prominent the God vs Satan aspect was; it felt a little tacked on in a world where men become Death, Fate, Time, etc. The Incarnations themselves, and the roles they take on are super incredible, as well as the general feeling of the world they inhabit; it's dirty and grungy and you can practically feel the air. I love the concept, I just wish a different author wrote it in a more contemporary setting.