prationality's review
2.0
I had enjoyed Missy Jane's other Paranormal novel, THEY CALL ME DEATH, quite a lot so I went into DAY SHIFT with no small expectation to enjoy it just as well. Which was probably where I made my first mistake--enjoying one book does not necessarily mean I'll enjoy another, or in this case finish it. Told from Zee's POV, I found myself often skimming over her internal comments or exposition moments. I didn't feel connected to Zee, didn't feel a driving need to know every little quirk she had or what she thought about vampires. She doesn't like them, I get that. I get that Vampires are basically akin to humanity's oppressors and won't let a girl have a decent life day or night. I get that she has trust issues and Greg (the hot detective who happens to be a vampire, whom she mentions. A lot. It's a tossup which she mentions more--how hot Greg is or that he's a vampire) doesn't do much to allay them.
The murder subplot didn't catch my interest either, and since I didn't get more than halfway through the novel I can't say if it even made sense at the end. Zee is rather unreliable as a narrator, she doesn't compromise her principles, but on the same token she is so overwhelmingly biased against so many of the characters (for one reason or another) I didn't feel sympathy for her when she got burned. She was uncooperative, catty and grumpy, often hurling curses or insults over the smallest provocation and generally being unreasonable. It's a marvel of modern mystery to me that Greg found anything redeeming in her.
I wish this had been more engaging and that Zee had...something that would have made me keep reading. Sadly she didn't, and it wasn't, so I didn't finish this book.
Review was originally posted at Night Owl Reviews
The murder subplot didn't catch my interest either, and since I didn't get more than halfway through the novel I can't say if it even made sense at the end. Zee is rather unreliable as a narrator, she doesn't compromise her principles, but on the same token she is so overwhelmingly biased against so many of the characters (for one reason or another) I didn't feel sympathy for her when she got burned. She was uncooperative, catty and grumpy, often hurling curses or insults over the smallest provocation and generally being unreasonable. It's a marvel of modern mystery to me that Greg found anything redeeming in her.
I wish this had been more engaging and that Zee had...something that would have made me keep reading. Sadly she didn't, and it wasn't, so I didn't finish this book.
Review was originally posted at Night Owl Reviews
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