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Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

7 reviews

finnthehuman217's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is the slowest burn possible. The way this trickles down like a candle until we finally get to part 4 is fucking wild. This book is good! I love JD. I just wish he would've chose somebody else to read the audiobook.

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megwilli's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

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reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I read the first third or so of this a couple of years ago and stopped just because life happened. I picked up The audiobook on a whim and read it all in one night and it was quite the time.

I'm not sure that I've totally wrapped my head around the book completely. This strange story is told going between characters and between times. There were fourth wall breaks and explorations of how things may have gone differently, as well as insight on grief and memory. Thematically, there are a lot of profound things to unpack. However, if you are a plot person, you will come out of it far more unsettled that I am. There are a lot of everyday "plotless" points in order to (in theory) discover what is behind the mystery of the tapes.

I feel like this is one I'm going to have to process and maybe reread to totally get it (and there were enough compelling bits that I would like to). I had an interesting time with it nonetheless.

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