Night Film

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Night Film

By: Marisha Pessl

Narrated by: Jake Weber

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Cult horror director Stanislas Cordova hasn't been seen in public since 1971. When his daughter Ashley is found dead in a believed suicide, journalist Scott McGrath is not convinced. For McGrath, another death connected to the legendary director seems more than a coincidence. Driven by revenge, curiosity and a need for the truth, he finds himself pulled into a hypnotic, disorientating world which begins to threaten his grip on reality.

Marisha PesslJake WeberW. F. Howes Ltd

Suspense

Thriller & Suspense

Exciting

Scary

Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Scary

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I know everyone loves this book, but I just found it a little long and unnecessarily so. I found some areas enjoyable but found the actual mystery of Cordova and his Daughter kind of dragged. The narrative felt like it was somewhat out of focus. Characters would just sort of show up and give exactly enough narrative as they should. Also it did not scare me one bit. One thing I will say is that the performance by Jake Weber was fantastic.

Meh

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I liked how the story progressed through the investigation of clues by the main characters leading to new revelations. The book was well written and the looming figure of Cordova sufficiently mysterious to want to find more about. There is a long chapter towards the end which does not fit well together with the rest of the book. I also liked the very open ending.
The only negative was the substandard narrator and especially with some characters who all appeared to be speaking really slowly and like they were suffering from some kind of disability. With a different narrator I would have enjoyed this book even more. Highly recommended!

Very enjoyable

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narration should have been more Mickey Spillane really.The plot does not justify the length,it was a relief to get to the end.

If you’ve listened to books by Marisha Pessl before, how does this one compare?

I believe this her first book, its a promising start.There were parts that were excellent.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

I think the narration let it done somewhat,maybe i have been spoilt just finished listening to 8 Jo Nesbo books read by Sean Barrett.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

If the actors were exceptionally

Any additional comments?

It didn't leave me with feeling of wanting more,or trying to find more from the writer.As i mentioned just finished a Jo Nesbo run and prior to that Steig Larrson, somayhave been a little spoiled

Should have been half the length, poor naratation.

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Perfect story. This is a detective -investigative piece. intriguing throughout, the main three characters provide a wonderful balance of hard boiled detective, streetwise kid and iNgenue. The story brings us on a tour of New yorks underbelly . Nothing is certain. Every encounter is fascinating. I could not reccomend this more

enthralling

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A Marlow-esque detective story that transforms into a psychological thriller, great narrator, all the characters have fascinating back stories.

Gripping "noir" with a supernatural twist

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