Night Film in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jul 17, 2013 Melanie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, suspense

I finished this three days ago and I can't stop thinking about it - it was so very good. I loved the mixed media aspect of the book, which is normally something I tend to find jarring, but I feel like it worked so well to make the story more alive. It was somehow incredibly creepy, like couldn't get to sleep right after reading it creepy, even though the fear aspect wasn't overt at all. I can't put my finger on what it was exactly that made it so terrifying, even now, but I'd say be prepared to ...more

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Sep 06, 2013 Ellen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-book, thriller

The troubled 24 year old daughter of an enigmatic filmmaker Stanislas Cordova is found dead of an apparent suicide, and former reporter Scott McGrath is drawn into an investigation of her death and the elusive Cordova family. Along the way, he picks up two quirky assistants and together they go deeper and deeper into the underworld of the Cordovites, the cult of followers of Cordova's violent and terrifying body of work. The lines between reality and fiction are never quite clear in this book, u ...more

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Dec 20, 2013 Susan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, 2013

The first 3/4s of the book were great; riveting, suspenseful, scary in all the good ways. The last quarter, where things were wrapped up in a nice bow, was also good, but not as good. Unsure if that's because I wanted the book to end magically instead of realistically, or because the writing wasn't as strong. Or perhaps it's just because this is a fairly long book and I was ready for it to be over.

Recommended for everyone; it's a really good book! ...more

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Apr 05, 2013 Melanie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

I was a huge fan of Pessl's first book and was super excited to see that she had finally published another book. Night Film (Early Reviewer's copy) did not disappoint. This literary thriller follows a disgraced journalist as he investigates the suicide of a famous director’s daughter. This may not sound very original or exciting, but Pessl weaves in and out of different literary genres. She builds both the story and characters very slowly without the slightest hint of impatience. She includes pi ...more

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Sep 06, 2013 Carlie Van Amerongen rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, 2015

Meh.

I liked the premise. A lot. But it was one of those books that left me wondering how awesome it would have been in the hands of a better storyteller, or if Marisha Pessl had been better edited. There was a LOT of exposition, and the language was so clunky it kept tearing me out of the story. I know what she was trying to do, but I feel like if I'm reading a book and the author lets me see what's behind the curtain too often, it's not worth my time. ...more

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Sep 30, 2013 Laurie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

I loved this at first -- it is a very creepy page turning that kind of messes with your mind. I got a little impatient with it as it went on -- maybe it seemed a little too aware of its own cleverness? But a well done unique book.

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