Down Comes the Night

I was reading by Chapter 12 and told myself that if, by Chapter 15, I'm still not interested, we're marking it as dnf. And so I reached Chapter 15, and I still wasn't interested.

I usually know early on if I'm not going to enjoy a book or possibly mark it as did-not-finish if the characters aren't working for me. Either I don't like the way they speak, the way they treat others. I also dnf early on if I don't like the narration or if the 1st POV just doesn't work for me. With this book it was the main character. Wren. I didn't like her character early. I couldn't get myself to care for what she cared for, get angry at what she was angry at. If she was interested in something, I could not get myself interested in it.

I also didn't like the way magic and the magic system/rules were written into the book. I don't know if there were any other magic other than healing and destructive magic. From what I read, healing magic was only to be used either in the military or in the clergy. I didn't like that they force you into one of two roles in order for you to use magic. What's the penalty if they catch you using magic and you're not in the army or a nun? They kill you? That's even more restrictive.

I liked Hal enough to try to reading (at least until 40%) but his personality didn't shine enough to intrigue me. The plot played a disappointing factor as well. I was sort of interested in carrying on to see what the plot would shape into and how the characters played a role in it, but ultimately, it couldn't give me the boost to carry on.