A review by finnthehuman217
American Rapture by CJ Leede

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

I loved this book! It was definitely a hard read. A lot of gore and sexual violence (it’s in the description but just in case you needed a warning, there are some serious scenes where an infected person sexually assaults another person. This book is about who will be with us at the end of the world and who is going to make it through. I find the juxtaposition of a late bloomer being the center of a story about a growing disease pandemic that makes people sexually violent and to see her witnessing this while figuring out her own body and sexuality is so fascinating. I wish that Sophie would have gotten a chance to kiss Helen because it would have made it easier for her to understand her body in relation to others. 

Also I love Barghest. Even though he is a scary dog he is literally the best boy! Just awesome!!

One thing I despise is the backrooms ass clown museum in the House on the rock. Too creepy!!! I also don’t like the idea of a carpet in any dark colors because it is too old fashioned and gives me flashbacks to really weird night in my early 20s
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