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Mar 23, 2024funkynic rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book had me right from the start. If only I knew about the app when I read it! Quite some way through the book Pessl slips in the sentence that reveals the whole premise of this book for me and it is "darkness gives our lives…
May 19, 2023
ashley flowers
Feb 06, 2022maipenrai rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
A total waste of time. Black magic, child murders, hallucinations - all a lie. One of the worst novels I have read in a long time. Why don't I learn to stop reading when I dislike a book from the beginning????? Kristi & Abby…
Nov 16, 2021sdb177 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Ugh. A slog to read. Worst of all: ultimately goes nowhere. Teases the reader with the potential exposure of the crimes and deviance of the elite, but ultimately betrays the reader by delivering none of that. Formulaic mystery "on…
Aug 30, 2021
A mystery thriller with a twist, this novel comes with a companion app which can be used to scan images in the book to unlock supplementary files to add to the story, helping to make it feel like you’re really part of the investigation.…
Apr 16, 2021Casiepaws rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Spectacular novel told in a very interesting way with 'pages from websites' and such. Truly enjoyable.
Oct 31, 2020sjarrell0 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Enjoyed the novel and the narrative leading up until the end- however the ending was a bit of a disappointment and the book was entirely too long.
Oct 25, 2020
I listened to this on audiobook format since the book is too long for my taste. However, there are 19 discs to listen to. Even though the narrator did a good job, I found the plot to be slow-moving & full of filler at times - could have…
Jul 14, 2019EljayJohnson rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I never thought about not finishing this book, and for quite a tome I read it quickly in not many sittings. Cetainly a different premise and I appreciated the fresh plot and setting. But... too many times I was up, then down, then up again…
Feb 21, 2019AConsolver rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
4 Stars - I recommend if you enjoy mysteries or thrillers. When Ashley Cordova, daughter of mysterious and reclusive cult director Stanislas Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse her death is ruled a suicide. However,…
Jul 25, 2018Beatricksy rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
It's too long and too rambling and events stretch themselves thin (like butter over too much bread, if you will), and the characters, especially Scott, are slimy. Scott makes flippant observations that begin unpleasant and then swerve into…
Oct 02, 2017JohnOpalko rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The only reason I didn't rate this title "Very Good" or higher is because the author's overutilization of italics was annoying to the point that it detracted from the story. Kudos to Ms. Pessl, however, for not confusing "faze" with…
lovesensation24
Apr 03, 2017
I was so excited to read this book after reading all the positive reviews online but it looks like I'm the only one who didn't enjoy it! At nearly 600 pages long, this book was extremely drawn out and failed to captivate me. The story had…
Dec 09, 2016brangwinn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A disgraced journalist gets caught up in a convoluted investigation of a reclusive film producer and the suicide of his daughter. The well-thought out plot involves so many twists and turns, a less adept author would have been left with a…
Nov 24, 2015BookLady125 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book had such an interesting premise and I really wanted to like it, but it kind of got lost somewhere in the middle and all the aura of mystery just fizzled in an ending that I found disappointing. It could have been so much better.
Aug 27, 2015KlSanchez rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I have never reviewed a book until now. I absolutely could not put this book down. I was surprised at the ending though, a bit drawn out, Just when I thought it had ended there'd be another chapter, and then another and another. But so…
Jun 27, 2015
This looks really bad and it has an eye exam front cover(I usually judge books by their spine, because I'm an adult) can anyone here tell me if I would like it?
Jun 27, 2015wilqser rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Mystery, involving mysticism and the blurred lines between fantasy and reality and what is good and evil. Overly long but kept me engrossed, at least in the beginning.
Apr 22, 2015
If you like some mystery in your fiction novels, this is a must read.
Mar 13, 2015Roque0424 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I picked up this book on a whim at an airport during a layover and I couldnt be happier with the decision . I couldn't put this book down from page one. The story has you needing more every page. I've never read a story about a movie…
671books
Sep 01, 2014
Loved this book. Thought it was very suspenseful. Great characters, great plot and nice use of multimedia. My full review can be read/found here: http://www.671books.net/fiction/night-film/
rogobu
Jun 30, 2014rogobu rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Fascinating premise, faulty execution. Unnecessarily long, at times tedious, and often silly, unlike other commenters, I liked the ending. Should make a heck of a movie, though.
Jun 19, 2014jescar82 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Night film grabbed me from the start It's a very creative mystery - I loved it!
Mar 21, 2014mombrarian rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book, but nowhere near as much as Pessl's first novel "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" which I felt was on par with Donna Tartt's Secret History. In Night Film you are hooked by the strange, winding, layered…
Feb 24, 2014daysleeper236 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of the most terrifying books I have ever read.