A review by charmiecm
One Second After by William R. Forstchen

slow-paced

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

1.5

Reads like the political propaganda it is. The cast of characters is predictable.

The point when he refused to talk to his daughter about safe sex and then wanted to be mad when she was pregnant…maddening. And that he never had a conversation with her about the dangers of getting pregnant or staying pregnant. Just absurd.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexism, Medical trauma, War, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Alcoholism, Classism, Grief, and Child death