![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative suffers from a kind of attention-deficit disorder.Ĭomplicating the plot is the identity of the storyteller, or storytellers. We return to Jeremy et al in part three in the final act, a new set of characters investigate the videotape mystery years later. Soon we’re off to another time and place: the 1960s and ’70s to explore Lisa’s childhood and early marriage of her parents, Irene and Peter. ![]() And, aside from the VHS setup, Darnielle doesn’t do much with his 1990s setting. Each section of the four-part book offers another overlapping puzzle piece, but he subverts our expectations for the genre at every turn. To be sure, Darnielle isn’t plotting some clunky whodunit. ![]()
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