I'm just going to say a couple things about this book.
The first is that the multimedia and social aspect of it worked against it, while it was meant to immerse you within the story, it had the opposite affect and I often felt that I wasn't as interested as I should have been. The stock photographs and media was too produced and instead of feeling real, it felt overworked, the models too perfect. It was very noticeable and took me away from the story.
The second is the ending, though somehow fitting, it felt that the entire story before it became irrelevant. It's true that it is said that anyone who has worked with Cordova thrives for greater things and is likely to never have been heard from again, and the ending sure does emphasis this.
My third and last complaint is that the book was too long for …
User Profile
This link opens in a pop-up window
KowloonGhost's books
User Activity
RSS feed Back
KowloonGhost rated ntrigues of Haruki Suzumiya: 4 stars
KowloonGhost rated Shapeshifters: 3 stars
KowloonGhost rated When Marnie Was There (Collins Modern Classics): 3 stars
When Marnie Was There (Collins Modern Classics) by Joan G. Robinson
Anna, a young orphan, has always been a loner until she is sent to stay with her foster mother's friends, …
KowloonGhost rated Console Wars: 4 stars
Console Wars by Blake J. Harris
From the Forward...
Nintendo was king of home videogame entertainment systems, then Sega came in and was a contender for …
KowloonGhost rated Paddle Your Own Canoe: 2 stars
Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman
The actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range of topics …
KowloonGhost rated Dangerous Women: 4 stars
KowloonGhost rated The Ocean at the End of the Lane: 4 stars
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long …
KowloonGhost rated Doctor Sleep: 4 stars
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (The Shining, #2)
Stephen King returns to the character and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this …
KowloonGhost rated Ready Player One: 4 stars
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, …
KowloonGhost rated The Grownup: 4 stars
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April …
KowloonGhost reviewed Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Ashley Cordova is dead. Scott McGrath, a veteran investigative journalist wants to know why. The …
Review of 'Night Film' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I'm just going to say a couple things about this book.
The first is that the multimedia and social aspect of it worked against it, while it was meant to immerse you within the story, it had the opposite affect and I often felt that I wasn't as interested as I should have been. The stock photographs and media was too produced and instead of feeling real, it felt overworked, the models too perfect. It was very noticeable and took me away from the story.
The second is the ending, though somehow fitting, it felt that the entire story before it became irrelevant. It's true that it is said that anyone who has worked with Cordova thrives for greater things and is likely to never have been heard from again, and the ending sure does emphasis this.
My third and last complaint is that the book was too long for the story that it told, I felt that about 200 pages could have been omitted and it would have been much more gripping.
In conclusion, it was not an awful or great book, it wasn't great or magnificent either. It was good. Could have been better, but good.
KowloonGhost rated The Virgin Suicides: 4 stars
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Virgin Suicides is a 1993 debut novel by the American author Jeffrey Eugenides. The fictional story, which is set …
KowloonGhost rated George R. R. Martin`s Game of Thrones Colouring Book: 5 stars
George R. R. Martin`s Game of Thrones Colouring Book by George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels …