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Universal Harvester
by John Darnielle
I wish I could like this one more, or rate it higher. The writing is poetic and enjoyable, a palatable sort of artsy; and separately, many parts of it are excellent. But it ends up being less than the sum of its parts.
Basically, the fascinating premise is left by the wayside as the book meanders through a while bunch of musings on life in the quiet Midwest and the impermanence of... well, everything. The hook was a deception and it never feels like we get a satisfying conclusion so much as a lazy reveal and more thoughts on how the world is prone t change and people hasten that.
Honestly, had this been summarized to me as what it actually is- rather than a strange mystery of movies altered by an unknown entity- I most likely would sill have been interested, and far less disappointed.
Basically, the fascinating premise is left by the wayside as the book meanders through a while bunch of musings on life in the quiet Midwest and the impermanence of... well, everything. The hook was a deception and it never feels like we get a satisfying conclusion so much as a lazy reveal and more thoughts on how the world is prone t change and people hasten that.
Honestly, had this been summarized to me as what it actually is- rather than a strange mystery of movies altered by an unknown entity- I most likely would sill have been interested, and far less disappointed.