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A review by nothingamonth
The Girl in the Video by Michael David Wilson
2.0
Oof. I found this in a used bookstore and I'm not surprised its original owner didn't want to keep it. The first half of the novel is slowly paced and littered with pop culture references, as though the author has learned small details like that can root a story in reality, but is way too heavy-handed here. It comes off a little unironically American Psycho.
Secondly, the novel's friggin' build-up and climax occurs in narration during the epilogue(!). Literally the entire interesting part of a mystery, SOLVING IT, happens somewhere else, and the narrator just relates it to the audience.
Third, that ending, bro. Tacky use of suicide. I suppose having your characters nonsensically throwing themselves off buildings is one way to end this stinker.
Secondly, the novel's friggin' build-up and climax occurs in narration during the epilogue(!). Literally the entire interesting part of a mystery, SOLVING IT, happens somewhere else, and the narrator just relates it to the audience.
Third, that ending, bro. Tacky use of suicide. I suppose having your characters nonsensically throwing themselves off buildings is one way to end this stinker.