A review by soyboygirl2000
Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

3.5

as an iowan, i found the emotionally stilted characters and over-reliance on franchise chains to be perfectly authentic. the Spaghetti Works (RIP) dinner was fun for me. that said, i thought this book was slow and excruciatingly mundane (also authentic to the iowan experience) although i feel it would reveal itself further to me upon a second read. i do expect to give it a higher rating on my next go. we’ll see.