Shrill Dusk

Originally posted on Squirtoon's Bookish Blog

I'm afraid I abandoned this about 30% in. I just couldn't take anything seriously.

The characters were ok, nothing stand out, but they weren't terrible. The MC was a gambler and cleaned the local police station. I couldn't quite believe the relationship she had with the police because of it. The whole city is falling apart, but the MC calls for help, and not one, but two, PCs show up? I think they've got better things to be doing. She didn't even really explain in the call why she wanted help and they were rushing to her aid. Sure, maybe send one person, if nothing more urgent comes up, but you don't waste two of your officers on a call like that.

What really tripped me up was the plot. It just got too weird. It was like the plot of a parody or nonsense film. What's the strangest thing that can happen next? Oh, fire raining? What's also weird? Trees! Oh, how about the roommate shifting into a bunyip. Sure. It just seemed like one thing after the next, with no real reason for it happening. I get that magic is leaking all over the city or something, but these random events just felt out of place and unnecessary. I'm assuming it was to show the chaos that was being caused, but it didn't work for me.

Sorry, but this just wasn't for me.

I received this ebook for free as part of an ARC from NetGalley.