shiny_'s review
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This book went by in a sluggish blur. Chapter after chapter blurring together, the order of events nearly inconsequential aside from a couple of set pieces that take half the book to begin brewing. If the idea was to get the reader to empathize with the main character - wandering aimlessly, scavenging for what little scraps of sustenance we can find in a bleak, depressing landscape focused on just surviving to the next page - then Rich Hawkins has succeeded a little too well.
At least the monsters are still cool.
At least the monsters are still cool.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit, Child death, Suicide, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol and Animal cruelty
tykewriter's review
4.0
Grim. Grisly. Grotesque. Bleak. A worthy follow-up to The Last Plague. Read it with a shudder, and weep for all that was before this rapacious preternatural/alien plague had its wicked way with us.
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