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Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

53 reviews

leahthesith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

When I first started reading, I didn’t think I was going to enjoy or finish it. However, I hit a point where it started to pull me in and I’m so glad it did. I loved the humor in the book and the characters were entertaining. I would definitely recommend reading! 

At the beginning of the book, I knew eventually Sara would have to end up with him. Although, while reading I just kept thinking, “how is she going to love him after doing this to her?” but when it hit the point that he put her on his horse and let her ride with him, I knew he was gone for her and that was how it started.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

chocokinoko's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

arruiz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lisashelves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Sexual assault

blissfullibrary's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

faith99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

smuttymcbookface's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Although I occasionally found Sara's dialogue cringy, I still absolutely adored this book. Sara's strength, and Pestilence's steadfast love & longing makes this a wonderful read. It still held up just as well the second time around.

Laura Thalassa also did a wonderful job of portraying all the other types of people: those who forgive endlessly, those who fight cruelly, those who continue to care for others when they know it will kill them too. It was wonderful reading about them, and how mercy might be applied to them or from them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit

allyareads's review against another edition

1.0

To quote Alyssa Edwards “What the fuck is going on here on this day?” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

queerloras's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Can definitely tell its the first book in the series as author is still finding her stride.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

astridsbookshelf's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

This book just wasn’t giving. It was pretty repetitive in the plot and there was no character development. The main female protagonist seemed to fall in love very quickly with the horseman and I just wasn’t buying it. The topics are also a little triggering in a post pandemic world. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic