spavento 's review for:

Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

3.0

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Not sure what to make of this. Felt hazy. More concerned with people and places than something approaching a plot. Not bad, less frustrating than Devil House, but it seems John is obsessed, in his fiction at least, with remembering, witnessing, the taking down of minor history. There are worse obsessions, but it doesn’t speak to me much right now. I would like to see what he comes up with on different themes. Let himself get a little loosey-goosey.