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A review by jenniahw
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
I reallt enjoyed this book and the dynamic between Sara and Pestilence. Two beings put in shitty circumstances who are forced to see the other side of things and how they're both victims in all this. I really loved that Sara began to see that this was hard and that before Ruth passed she really drove that home for her. Of the two I do believe she needed to open her eyes the most about the world and why Pestilence was doing what he does.
However, I think I would have enjoyed it more if there was more of thought about what comes after you stop Pestilence. There are still 3 brothers to go and while I get being focused on the current threat it felt odd to talk about the other horsemen but not see her think much about how stopping Pestilence would just bring them next. Or hell, bring God. That and I can't imagine seeing first hand how people treated each other pre-arrival, post arrival, and while riding with Pestilence and not having a moment where she thought about how humanity refused to change even in the face of death. How that is problematic and how even if she stopped Pestilence and the others didn't come her family in the future could still be under threat because no one is changing.
However, I think I would have enjoyed it more if there was more of thought about what comes after you stop Pestilence. There are still 3 brothers to go and while I get being focused on the current threat it felt odd to talk about the other horsemen but not see her think much about how stopping Pestilence would just bring them next. Or hell, bring God. That and I can't imagine seeing first hand how people treated each other pre-arrival, post arrival, and while riding with Pestilence and not having a moment where she thought about how humanity refused to change even in the face of death. How that is problematic and how even if she stopped Pestilence and the others didn't come her family in the future could still be under threat because no one is changing.