A review by subtle_sarcasm
Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human

3.0

Oh man, I don't know. There were some really cool ideas here, and the writing is snarky and pop-cultury, but I just couldn't STAND the little prick. I read this for the "A book by an author from Africa" part of the 2015 Read Harder challenge, and that was actually the thing I enjoyed most about the book. The South African mythology and creature-lore that comes up is completely fascinating, and it made me curious to check out more Urban Fantasy from this background. But the story itself, and it's main character in particular, were just so.... incredibly MALE. I don't know how to put it any better than that. As the story progressed and moved into its more fantastical elements, more characters were introduced that I actually didn't feel like slapping all the time, so that helped to get somewhat invested into the plot. Katinka, the beautiful supernatural Trans-lady barkeeper, was almost worth dealing with teenage asshole Baxter for for the rest of the book. But without the challenge, I probably would have put the book down before ever reaching her and never picked it up again.