Not so sure lol. At least I hope not

I just did some digging into this... looks like Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of True Detective, got a lot of inspiration for this show from a book called "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race", by Thomas Ligotti. So much so, that he was accused of plagiarism.

Sounds like this is a dark, dark book. From the reviews, it makes the case that life is a curse, everything is rotten, we are "malignantly useless", and we'd all be better off not existing.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8524528-the-conspiracy-against-the-human-race

This sentence in a review caught my attention:

"So, True Detective fans, enjoy! (If "enjoy" is indeed the right word.) But don't expect Rust to chime in at the end and tell you that 'The Light is winning.'"

Not so sure lol.

I just did some digging into this... looks like Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of True Detective, got a lot of inspiration for this show from a book called "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race", by Thomas Ligotti. So much so, that he was accused of plagiarism.

Sounds like this is a dark, dark book. From the reviews, it makes the case that life is a curse, everything is rotten, we are "malignantly useless", and we'd all be better off not existing.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8524528-the-conspiracy-against-the-human-race

This sentence in a review caught my attention:

"So, True Detective fans, enjoy! (If "enjoy" is indeed the right word.) But don't expect Rust to chime in at the end and tell you that 'The Light is winning.'"