Nsettling.… Darnielle's contemporary ghost story may confound with its elusiveness (who is the mysterious "I" narrator?), but its impact will stick with readers. (Starred review.) slow-burn mystery/thriller.… Darnielle adeptly juggles multiple stories that collide with chaotic consequences… improbable events that have form, and shape, and weight, and meaning. Universal Harvester is a quiet story of grief with the trappings of a Stephen King suspense-thriller.… Its characters are constantly on the move, speeding toward destinations they fear will hold scenes of unspeakable devastation and loss, and Darnielle seamlessly transfers their dread straight into readers’ hearts.… so wonderfully strange, almost Lynchian in its juxtaposition of the banal and the creepy, that my urge to know what the hell was going on caused me to go full throttle.… Darnielle hides so much beautiful commentary in the book’s quieter moments that you would be remiss not to slow down. He's also incredibly gifted at depicting the dark side of the rural Midwest.… beyond worthwhile it's a major work by an author who is quickly becoming one of the brightest stars in American fiction. brilliant second novel.… What appears to be a chilling horror tale is also a perfectly rendered story about family and loss.… Darnielle is a master at building suspense, and his writing is propulsive and urgent it's nearly impossible to stop reading.
READ MORE.Ī captivating exploration of the vagaries of memory and inertia in middle America… serves as a stellar encore after the success of debut novel, Wolf in White Van.… Beneath the eerie gauze of this book, I felt an undercurrent of humanity and hope. Ultimately, the novel doesn't quite hang together, which is sad because it opens with such promise. One reviewer makes it a point to mention the plot's "enviable looseness." Well, I agree: the plot is loose, but that's its problem. John Darnielle's new novel has gotten a lot of play-both near-raves and some out-and-out raves.
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