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A review by jmullenbach
Master of Reality by John Darnielle
4.0
This book is unique among this series in that it’s written in a fictionalized way, as a novella. It’s a great organic presentation that makes me wonder why more are not written this way.
Rather than just telling you what this album sounds like, or how it was made and what impact it may have had on some people, it shows you what it feels like to be a person who carries it around with them for years, and really lives with it. But you can still tell this album is personally meaningful for Darnielle — I didn’t read the back blurb and thought the book might be autobiographical for a bit. And crucially, it accomplishes the mission of communicating both why and how much the album rocks.
Rather than just telling you what this album sounds like, or how it was made and what impact it may have had on some people, it shows you what it feels like to be a person who carries it around with them for years, and really lives with it. But you can still tell this album is personally meaningful for Darnielle — I didn’t read the back blurb and thought the book might be autobiographical for a bit. And crucially, it accomplishes the mission of communicating both why and how much the album rocks.