This was so much worse than the first book. The second horseman, War, comes to Earth and is leading a war camp to slaughter city after city (Miriam’s city included). 

I know that both Pestilence and War killed thousands upon thousands, but somehow Pestilence felt less terrible. At least he indirectly kills people (through disease). War just straight up slices people, and burns down cities and lets his warriors kill babies and assault women. He didn’t seem to have any redeeming qualities, and was honestly pretty boring to read about. Him and Miriam didn’t really seem to have any real connection, and Miriam had zero personality anyway. I thought about quitting multiple times, but I’m holding out hope for the next book, so I finished this one to get on to the next. Hopefully it’s more like the first.