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A review by skylarkblue1
Dark All Day by Brenden Carlson
5.0
Content Warnings: PTSD, Gore, Hallucinations, Dismemberment, Blood, Medical Scenes, Intense Violence, Drug Abuse
Thank you Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
This is book 3, please go read Night Call and Midnight first!
After I read book 2, I tweeted about how much I loved it and Brenden responded with “Here's hoping book 3 doesn't traumatize you”. Going into book 3 with this in mind still did not prepare me for the pure insanity this book contains.
This isn’t really another detective book in the same vein as the first 2 novels. There is a mystery through the book, but it mainly adds on top of all the unanswered questions and threads from the previous books and looks to solve those. The core setting of this book is a new war, a snowballing of all the consequences that have built up to this point.
At first, I was a bit unsure of the sudden shift in both writing style and general direction of the book. The new writing style with multiple POVs was a bit confusing and a few times left me unsure on who’s POV I was reading until like, halfway through the chapter. The general direction felt like such a drastic shift at first but once it got into the swing of the story it felt right at home and a natural continuation after book 2’s ending. Chaos has erupted, characters have entered their hells and society is crumbling.
The writing style, while having some issues like the small clarity problems, was outstanding by the finale. There’s SO many details in just the writing style alone which helps to flip everything on its head by the end and it’s just glorious. I have never read a book that achieves something like this before.
I love this series. I didn’t really have any expectations going into it, but somehow it quickly rose to one of the best book series’ I have ever read. I really hope the series continues in some manner, though I’ll be keeping an eye out for any future projects from Brenden!
One final very very minor spoiler in terms of “this isn’t explored in this book”:
Thank you Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
This is book 3, please go read Night Call and Midnight first!
After I read book 2, I tweeted about how much I loved it and Brenden responded with “Here's hoping book 3 doesn't traumatize you”. Going into book 3 with this in mind still did not prepare me for the pure insanity this book contains.
This isn’t really another detective book in the same vein as the first 2 novels. There is a mystery through the book, but it mainly adds on top of all the unanswered questions and threads from the previous books and looks to solve those. The core setting of this book is a new war, a snowballing of all the consequences that have built up to this point.
At first, I was a bit unsure of the sudden shift in both writing style and general direction of the book. The new writing style with multiple POVs was a bit confusing and a few times left me unsure on who’s POV I was reading until like, halfway through the chapter. The general direction felt like such a drastic shift at first but once it got into the swing of the story it felt right at home and a natural continuation after book 2’s ending. Chaos has erupted, characters have entered their hells and society is crumbling.
The writing style, while having some issues like the small clarity problems, was outstanding by the finale. There’s SO many details in just the writing style alone which helps to flip everything on its head by the end and it’s just glorious. I have never read a book that achieves something like this before.
I love this series. I didn’t really have any expectations going into it, but somehow it quickly rose to one of the best book series’ I have ever read. I really hope the series continues in some manner, though I’ll be keeping an eye out for any future projects from Brenden!
One final very very minor spoiler in terms of “this isn’t explored in this book”: