
In the Night Room
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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Peter Straub
On the same day, author Timothy Underhill, struggling with a new book about a troubled young woman, is confronted with the ghost of his 9-year-old sister, April. Soon after, Underhill begins to receive eerie, fragmented e-mails that he finally realizes are from dead people whom he knew in his youth. Like his sister, they want to tell him something. When Willy and Timothy meet, they recognize each other, realizing that they must join forces to confront the evils surrounding them.
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Critic reviews
"Moving briskly while ranging from high humor to the blackest dread, this is an original, astonishingly smart and expertly entertaining meditation on imagination and its powers; one of the very finest works of Straub's long career." (Publishers Weekly)
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Scott Brick’s performance was adequate, and I particularly thought he was able to speak the Willy Patrick character (female) quite seamlessly. Some other characters I thought were a mixed bag, and not how I would have imagined them to sound, but that criticism is merely subjective.
I don’t want to spoil anything about this book, but if you’re into stories that unapologetically break the rules a bit, you’ll love it. I enjoyed this much more after reading Lost Boy, Lost Girl, and I think it’s essential to read it to fully appreciate this one, though I will say that they are very very different from each other—and I say that as a good thing. The relationship to authors and their characters is a supremely complicated one, and I absolutely love how well Straub is able to convey that throughout this book.
Lastly, I will say this is art for artists, and while I totally click with that, it might not grab everyone; but if you have put your all into any kind of art, to the point that the art shapes your life in extreme ways, this allegorically captures it so well, while also playing up a good degree of realism to foil the aspects that are fantastical.
I absolutely recommend this to anyone who appreciates stories that aren’t shy to break the rules. It’s seriously a lot of fun about it.
Wonderfully Meta
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All Consuming
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Plodding and hard to follow
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