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A review by angels_gp17
Shrill Dusk by Helen Harper
3.0
Shrill Dusk is book one in the City of Magic by Helen Harper.
I’m not sure if I missed a book or series before this one; because when we start the story we are following Charley who seems to be a side character - while the main characters are in the back ground fighting to stop the apocalypse.
I liked Charley to a point. She kept her positivity and faith in the essential goodness of man when everything was going to shit, but she was also incredibly naive. Charley isn’t sure what the heck is happening and rolls with it, but at times I kept rolling my eyes at her; because she wants to help everybody, but you can’t help everybody and it’s all going to come crashing down around her eventually.
There’s a lot going on in Shrill Dusk. We get a lot of unnecessary info-dumping, self-sacrificial behavior and self-righteousness from the character(s). Theirs a lot of characters introduced and so it was a bit overwhelming. The story is fast-paced and the plot doesn’t fell fully flushed out or cohesive, yet, which left me feeling confused by the end.
Their might be a possible romance, but it’s an odd set up and really nothing happens in Shrill Dusk. Maybe we will get more in the next book.
Shrill Dusk had good potential, but in the end, it just turned out alright.
Rated: 3 Stars
I’m not sure if I missed a book or series before this one; because when we start the story we are following Charley who seems to be a side character - while the main characters are in the back ground fighting to stop the apocalypse.
I liked Charley to a point. She kept her positivity and faith in the essential goodness of man when everything was going to shit, but she was also incredibly naive. Charley isn’t sure what the heck is happening and rolls with it, but at times I kept rolling my eyes at her; because she wants to help everybody, but you can’t help everybody and it’s all going to come crashing down around her eventually.
There’s a lot going on in Shrill Dusk. We get a lot of unnecessary info-dumping, self-sacrificial behavior and self-righteousness from the character(s). Theirs a lot of characters introduced and so it was a bit overwhelming. The story is fast-paced and the plot doesn’t fell fully flushed out or cohesive, yet, which left me feeling confused by the end.
Their might be a possible romance, but it’s an odd set up and really nothing happens in Shrill Dusk. Maybe we will get more in the next book.
Shrill Dusk had good potential, but in the end, it just turned out alright.
Rated: 3 Stars