Devil House

This book wasn't at all what I expected. There were things about it that I really liked, things I could have gone without, and things I struggled to understand, but all of it together seems like a choice which is what really matters to me.

It's hard to write about this book without really coloring the telling with one's own point of view. But I'm on the other side of this book and you probably aren't, so I won't even try to explain it.

I like Darnielle's voice and I like how his characters move through the world and look at their lives and themselves and the choices they've made. This book does that.

ETA: almost six months later, I still think about this book often. Especially the surprising style shift and the ending. It won't usurp WiWV (one of my favorite books of the past several years), but I really can't wait until Darnielle comes out with another book.