A review by sparetimebibliophile
Night Film by Marisha Pessl

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I was so excited for the concept of this book. It includes newspaper articles/text convos/etc. to give the reader a glimpse into the documents the characters are seeing, which seems fun! However, this was a very long book for no real reason and it took so many twists/turns/and spirals that didn’t make sense or came out of nowhere. There are elements of mystery and black magic and psychology that make this hard to get through. And even with all of that, the ending takes a completely different turn that just didn’t work for me.