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dubsington 's review for:
Wolf in White Van
by John Darnielle
Did you know this book was written by the lead singer of The Mountain Goats? Cause I didn't even know that.
This is another first-person narrated talk about life book, and i really didn't expect or want that. Some terrible shit went down with Sean back in the day, then he made a cool mail-in turn based game about a post-apocalyptic america and now that's what he does.
When Sean talks about the game "Trace Italian" it sounds pretty cool and i'm generally interested. When he talks about the people who play his game, and his connection to them, I'm in.
When Sean talks about himself, I don't really care. We're not given a lot of reason to like Sean. he's an aloof character and that remains true throughout the book. At best, we're trying to understand hm better, but thats a hard thread to pull for a whole book.
in the end, if you find Sean's prattling on about fandom and life and having a disfigured face and not knowing a lot of stuff, then maybe this book is for you. But if you find random time jumps, aimless segues and general youthful ineptitude somewhat tedious, give this one the skip.
This is another first-person narrated talk about life book, and i really didn't expect or want that. Some terrible shit went down with Sean back in the day, then he made a cool mail-in turn based game about a post-apocalyptic america and now that's what he does.
When Sean talks about the game "Trace Italian" it sounds pretty cool and i'm generally interested. When he talks about the people who play his game, and his connection to them, I'm in.
When Sean talks about himself, I don't really care. We're not given a lot of reason to like Sean. he's an aloof character and that remains true throughout the book. At best, we're trying to understand hm better, but thats a hard thread to pull for a whole book.
in the end, if you find Sean's prattling on about fandom and life and having a disfigured face and not knowing a lot of stuff, then maybe this book is for you. But if you find random time jumps, aimless segues and general youthful ineptitude somewhat tedious, give this one the skip.