Marisha Pessl's Night Film

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Night Film is an adult thriller book by Marisha Pessl. It follows an investigative journalist Scott McGrath who is trying to unravel the mystery behind an enigmatic horror film director Stanislas Cordova. He was after Cordova previously until the director trapped him and discredited him as a serious investigator. Years later Ashley Cordova, Cordova's daughter, was found dead in an abandoned warehouse. This sparks a new interest in McGrath to investigate Cordova again. This time, he won't stop until he gets the answer that he needs.
Night Film is a mixed media novel. It incorporated different types of media including recording, photo, video, or web article to enhance the reading experience. There are symbols scattered throughout the book that …show more content…

When first investigating Cordova, he got cocky. He accused Cordova on live TV based on only one anonymous phone call. It’s reckless and in return, his life is falling apart. That is not the only time he’s being reckless which almost botched his investigation.
Scott has two sidekicks, a homeless yet optimist girl named Nora and a young guy named Hopper. Hopper is a gloomy mysterious guy who has a past with Ashley Cordova. While Nora is an aspiring actress who just moved into the city. She was homeless, until Scott offered her a job as his assistant with a spare room in his apartment as the benefit. Nora gives a breath of fresh air to the darkness lurking in this book. Her high-spirited self balances Hopper’s gloominess and Scott pessimistic self. Although Scott McGrath is the main character of this book, Nora is my favorite character in this book.
The highlight of this book is of course Stanislas Cordova. Interesting enough, we never really meet him. We only know bits and pieces of him. He’s like a myth. Yet, Pessl manages to create this mystifying figure. Cordova actually scared me. In all of his mysteriousness, Pessl gives us two alternating backgrounds to his story that is left to us readers to decide which one we want to

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