A review by intorilex
The Down Days by Ilze Hugo

3.0

This book is about a memorable cast of characters surviving a deadly pandemic, while trying to navigate a strange and dangerous world. The place is referred to a Sick City and has been cordoned off from the rest of the world. It has many parallels to the shifting world we find ourselves in now. This is a slow burn mystery, with paranormal and sci-fi elements. I enjoyed the very weird, including ponytail jackers, therapy bars where you can beat up characters of your choice, and sin eaters who eat the sins of the dead so they can pass on without them. But the plot ultimately started and finished way too late in this book. The weird elements were fine, but it just didn't work together well to make a compelling book. Glad I listed to this on audio because it went by much faster, and prevented me from DNFing the book.