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Night Film

Night Film - Marisha Pessl My rating: 5 of 5 starsA copy of Night Film was provided to me by Random House for review purposes.'It's funny how the night that changes your life forever starts out like all the others.'The plot at it's very basic state: Scott McGrath was an investigative journalist until his life was ruined by Stanislas Cordova, a man renowned for his underground films. His obsession over the man has never quite dissipated and when he hears that his daughter, Ashley Cordova, has possible committed suicide, his curiosity of the man is once again piqued. This is such an intricate and in-depth mystery that is so very easy to spoil. 'Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.'There is a brilliant incorporation of visuals into the text that may be construed as extraneous but managed to bring the story more to life and added a hint of fact to make it all the more real. This mystery is anything but standard and completely took me by surprise. It has everything: grittiness, hints of the paranormal, a surprising drollness and an intensity that will leave you gasping.'Just when you think you've hit rock bottom, you realize you're standing on another trapdoor.'It will hook you from the first page, of that I have no doubt. It will leave you mesmerized. The mystery will leave you bewildered. The possibilities will leave you astounded. It will scare you. There is a shocking blend of vehemence and subtlety that will mystify you. There is no end to what this book will do to you, physically and emotionally. It's a story about searching for the truth and realizing that nothing is what it seems. It will leave you in doubt.Night Film is a haunting and intoxicating story that treads the line between science and mystical that will burrow into your very core and leave you questioning everything.

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