A review by readingwmiles
Devil House by John Darnielle

2.0

The cover and initial concept were the only things I liked about this much-anticipated book. The reality was so underwhelming. I never understood what people meant when they said a book was overwritten until I read this. Yikes. It didn't feel like there was a main plot here. The initial concept was interesting, but it felt like Darnielle took the most tedious and least interesting path to explore it. Each part of the book was completely different in tone and it felt incredibly meandering. The constant perspective shifts were incredibly distracting and didn't add anything to the narrative. For the last 20% or so I was so tired of trying to keep up and I just wanted it to be over. This author is just not for me.