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haleyhamfan 's review for:
Wolf in White Van
by John Darnielle
GAH DANG
Okay wow. This book takes you on a ride that you don't even realize you're riding until you're literally at the peak. Then you get thrown downhill with no warning and you have to grab on tight.
John Darnielle mastered the backwards-timeline technique so effectively that I sometimes wondered if this book was actually already in the right order. There's something about Sean's character and his slow revealing of information that makes you feel like you know him more and less with every page. As the novel winds up to the major event, Sean notices and comments on so many things that it makes you wonder if all of this was meant to happen. I get the feeling that Sean is playing a version of Trace Italian where he is the player but he does not get to decide his moves.
I mean the sense of eventuality, the idea that this was meant to happen, even though it already had but it felt like it hadn't, was so masterfully achieved. I can't stop thinking about the structure of this book.
It slows down a little towards the middle, which is natural, but I was so greedy for information that I couldn't stop turning pages anyway. My jaw was dropped for the last fifteen pages.
Good writing, good storytelling, good concept. Great novel.
Okay wow. This book takes you on a ride that you don't even realize you're riding until you're literally at the peak. Then you get thrown downhill with no warning and you have to grab on tight.
John Darnielle mastered the backwards-timeline technique so effectively that I sometimes wondered if this book was actually already in the right order. There's something about Sean's character and his slow revealing of information that makes you feel like you know him more and less with every page. As the novel winds up to the major event, Sean notices and comments on so many things that it makes you wonder if all of this was meant to happen. I get the feeling that Sean is playing a version of Trace Italian where he is the player but he does not get to decide his moves.
I mean the sense of eventuality, the idea that this was meant to happen, even though it already had but it felt like it hadn't, was so masterfully achieved. I can't stop thinking about the structure of this book.
It slows down a little towards the middle, which is natural, but I was so greedy for information that I couldn't stop turning pages anyway. My jaw was dropped for the last fifteen pages.
Good writing, good storytelling, good concept. Great novel.