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A review by directorpurry
Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
CW: Mental illness, Spoilersuicide
I read this book for the first time in fall of 2018, before I started using Goodreads for real. So, I thought back to the book and said, "No, I must be over-hyping it in my mind. I should give it four stars."
Well, no. I was wrong. This book deserves its five stars. This book should revel in its rating.
I'm a sci-fi/fantasy girl most of the time. Maybe some ghosts, a bit of a gothic mystery, that kind of thing. I rarely read contemporary fiction and even less often do I enjoy it. But this beautiful book... The details of Sean's life, told in a backwards fashion, folding inward to show the reader how point C came from B and A, are interspersed with passages from the RPG he runs via mail order subscription. It's a hard sci-fi game, a la Fallout, in a way, where players battle their way to a beacon of safety in an irradiated landscape of what remains of America.
This book speaks to me.
I love the narrative structure, I love the writing, and I love this weird, quiet, backwards story.
I read this book for the first time in fall of 2018, before I started using Goodreads for real. So, I thought back to the book and said, "No, I must be over-hyping it in my mind. I should give it four stars."
Well, no. I was wrong. This book deserves its five stars. This book should revel in its rating.
I'm a sci-fi/fantasy girl most of the time. Maybe some ghosts, a bit of a gothic mystery, that kind of thing. I rarely read contemporary fiction and even less often do I enjoy it. But this beautiful book... The details of Sean's life, told in a backwards fashion, folding inward to show the reader how point C came from B and A, are interspersed with passages from the RPG he runs via mail order subscription. It's a hard sci-fi game, a la Fallout, in a way, where players battle their way to a beacon of safety in an irradiated landscape of what remains of America.
This book speaks to me.
I love the narrative structure, I love the writing, and I love this weird, quiet, backwards story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death