A review by missbookiverse
Redder Days by Sue Rainsford

3.0

While I loved the authors debut novel, [b:Follow Me to Ground|52220595|Follow Me to Ground|Sue Rainsford|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1577621760l/52220595._SX50_SY75_.jpg|62477132], I was disappointed by her second work. It is one of those books you quickly realize will only make sense once you have reached the end. Hopefully. This one actually stays vague und murky until after the last page. Generally, that's fine, some stories you have to work for and use a lot of your own imagination and ideas to get something out of but I found that Rainsford did it better in her previous book. Follow Me to Ground was strange and weird, but it was easier to just follow along and still understand what's happening on a basic level. In comparison, Redder Days seems unnecessarily confusing, using pronouns instead of established names, jumping between timelines, and never clearly explaining what is going on. There are overall themes of a changing environment, a looming apocalypse, a cult, and incest but it's all so hard to grasp and make sense of that I got annoyed and exhausted half-way through. I still think Rainsford is a talented writer and Redder Days is not without its merits, but I do hope her next book will feel more like her debut again.