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A review by vanmeers
Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
3.0
i was really intrigued by the description of the book and the idea of video tapes being returned with random scenes spliced into them? but while it does start out with this, it doesn’t “take a dark turn” as the description says, but rather it baits you into thinking it might.
it’s less an eerie and sinister tale and more a story on grief and family trauma. which WAS good but it wasn’t what i expected.
i think it’s always interesting when stories try to make you question your own believes and assumptions. which the story does both implicitly and explicitly at times. so while this wasn’t what i thought it would be, i still very much enjoyed listening to the audiobook of it.
it’s less an eerie and sinister tale and more a story on grief and family trauma. which WAS good but it wasn’t what i expected.
i think it’s always interesting when stories try to make you question your own believes and assumptions. which the story does both implicitly and explicitly at times. so while this wasn’t what i thought it would be, i still very much enjoyed listening to the audiobook of it.