A review by clotimms
Redder Days by Sue Rainsford

4.0

Having loved Sue Rainsford's Follow Me To Ground, I was eager to start Redder Days. This novel follows the lives of twins Anna and Adam after their mother leaves them in Rainsford's characteristically poetic style. I loved the lyrical, otherworldly atmosphere Rainsford creates as the twins deal with the threat of 'the red' - it's an apocalyptic cult-like novel but not like I've read before. Sometimes the surreal strangeness can be difficult to unpick, but I let the unsettling, abstract descriptions wash over me and it was an enjoyable experience. The chapters from Koan's diary were successful in helping fill in the gaps of how the community and 'the red' began. Sue Rainsford is a writer I'm eager to follow, and Redder Days is a novel I'd like to revisit for a closer understanding of the subtleties I missed.

Thanks to Netgalley and Transworld for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.