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Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

27 reviews

tatiannaskye's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

Ugh I don’t know what to say about this book other than I’m not the biggest fan. Was it worth it to waste my time? Maybe. Will I ever read it again? Hell to the no. Wish I could have gotten more out of it but oh well, it’s done and over with so I’m happy about that at least!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

I don’t know what to say other than smut and a whole lot of death

katemaxwell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

parfwen's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror

laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s a good premise and I did enjoy it. A solid contemporary fantasy romance with some mild spice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Gun violence

mybookishdelights's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Heat Level: High

multiple graphic sex scenes, kissing

I don't know what I was thinking picking up a book called Pestilence and it not even entering my head that it might be sad. Good grief. I don't like apocalyptic books for a reason. A lot of my personal anxiety stems from this type of content and, unfortunately, this didn't have a great effect on me after reading. However, I don't regret reading it, if that makes sense.

This is a series of books that follows each of the four Horsemen and it's set up like a contemporary romance series where each book follows a different couple. The overarching story between the four is that the end of the world is here, etc. Since I'm not a fan of these types of plots I'm not going to really comment on it other than the fact that this book made me cry several times, which is rude. 

The characters were good. The book is told in first person present tense, which took some getting used to. It was very graphic for the unpleasantness and I've listed some content warnings. This book was written in 2018 and has a different feeling to it with a topic like pestilence and what's going on in our world today. It hit a little too close to home. I'm not sure that I will be able to continue the series, but that is definitely a me thing. 

The romance was good. The steamy scenes were steamy. There were a few parts where I felt like things could have been better explained, but for the most part I enjoyed the tension and the angst. Even though this didn't blow my mind, I see it being a book that I won't forget anytime soon and I would recommend to anyone who can handle the content.

CAWPILE Score: 7.86 = 4.25 stars
Characters: 8
Atmosphere: 9
Writing:  8
Plot: 7
Intrigue: 8
Logic: 7
Enjoyment: 8 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death and Child death

emilyclairemcauley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

books_bunny's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

This book surprised me, whilst I went in relatively blind and expecting an average read I found myself really enjoying this book. Some of the themes were a lot darker than I expected and, whilst I really enjoyed how the author wrote them, I can see why some people would not. If you are sensitive to certain themes I would recommend checking the content warnings beforehand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Medical content