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title: "Universal Harvester: A Novel Hardcover – February 7, 2017"
brand: "john darnielle"
price: "$20.82"
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reviews_count: 13
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# Universal Harvester: A Novel Hardcover – February 7, 2017

**Brand:** john darnielle
**Price:** $20.82
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- **What is this?** Universal Harvester: A Novel Hardcover – February 7, 2017 by john darnielle
- **How much does it cost?** $20.82 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Disjointed
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2017*

I found this book very confusing to read. It was so disconnected from one chapter to the next. He wrote pages about what might have been and then comes back and says, " but that's not really the way it happened." He never really resolved the why of the mystery. Honestly, I just didn't like this book.

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    Ummmm
  

*by G***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2019*

I really do enjoy John Darnielle's stuff, don't get me wrong.  Wolf in White Van was a great read, it was cool to experience his first jump into this realm.  And the first half of the book really had me, it was mysterious and not TOO crazy, along the lines of what I was expecting.  The second chunk was pretty good, I felt it was giving good background.  But then the ending kinda left me high and dry?  Almost like I missed some of the book.  I just finished it and went "huh..." and carried on my day with a confused look on my face.  Not sure if I'm just not getting it, not sure if that's what he was going for.

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    An emotional and impactful story of life in the midwest
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2017*

This book is being marketed as a horror novel with a lot of emphasis on the mystery of the video tapes. I understand that we need a hook and a description for a book, but I think the marketing ultimately sells this book short and sets up an expectation that might not be met. I loved this book, as I have Darnielle's two other books. They have all impacted me on a deep emotional level, they are strange but very familiar.For me, this was not a horror novel. If it is then the monster is one of loss and grief and confusion. It is a monster that ultimately we must all face alone. This is a novel about the midwest where the seasons mark time in growth, death, decay, and isolation. These are small towns without the ready distraction of bigger cities, places where one is never far from having to contemplate mortality and existence among the hardly uninterrupted expanses of fields and county roads. People seek all kinds of escape there and those that love them are left with the consequences of the escape. Sometimes we ignore what occurs, and sometimes the damage never leaves us.If one wants the mysteries solved, then the seeds of explanation are there in the final section if one pays attention, but let us not forget that the universal harvester is death.

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