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A review by mmccombs
American Rapture by CJ Leede
dark
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
What’s worse, a virus that renders everyone feral with lust, or having to totally deconstruct your worldview while also living through this apocalypse? I loved this spin on the pandemic story, it was a unique way to look at American religion, morality, and gendered violence. I kind of would not say this was horror horror, there were definitely gross bits but mostly this read like a thriller/pandemic novel, which is not bad but not exactly what I was expecting. I also can’t say I loovvveedd the writing style, it took a bit for me to get into because it was written. Written like this. In short sentences. Which is a personal preference, but it bugged me for a bit until I got used to it over time. On the whole this was very strong and well crafted, I really enjoyed it!
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic