A review by tbrnichols
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

An odd book, like maybe being adept at observation of small things, and in blurring the lines between observation and invention, makes the small life admirable rather than sad or harrowing, despite its circumstances, or perhaps because of them. On some level it seems like maybe too many words to devote to the mystery of putting a gun to your head and pulling the trigger, it doesn't really seem that mysterious to me, despite never having done it, and frankly the poetry of needing to contemplate what your done during the fall makes it so I never would. I guess it feels kind of cheap as a reason to write really gorgeous prose about unglamorous daily life and I'm not sure prose needed to be justified through this romance of cold steel. Anyway, I'm going to go listen to going to Georgia.