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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
I understand, I suppose, that Welcome to Night Vale is not for everyone, but it is definitely for me. This book is just wonderful-- all of the delight and surprise and heart and love and truth that we get in bits from the podcast all just poured out over 400 magical pages. The book gives me a deeper love than I already had for the podcast, but I also think it can stand on its own.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Talk about one of the strangest, weirdest novels I’ve read this year. Nightvale fits that bill. It’s like Season 2 of Twin Peaks, where it got weird for me, and it was hard to figure out what was happening.
Nightvale is a place (somewhere) where Aliens, Angels, and ghosts live, along with every Government conspiracy you can imagine. Some of this was quite funny, and because this book was an audiobook, I gather it was trying to tell me something …isn’t that ironic. (But I know there is a podcast for this)
Two-woman Jackie Ferro, who owns a pawn shop and has perpetually been 19 years old for as long as she can remember, and Diane Crayton, Treasurer of the town's PTA and a single mom to Josh, who’s 16 and a shapeshifter. (Psst....) It took me a while to figure this out, but he’s different every time you see him in the story.
Since his body is going through all the changes of a normal teenager, he’s starting to ask questions about his biological father, with whom Diane is estranged. The mystery starts when a strange man in a tan trench coat is leaving messages around town about a place called King City. A place that no one can and doesn't exist on any map.
Through strange events, Jackie and Diane grow closer with one common goal. To find out about “The Man In The Tan Coat” and why the note he gave Jackie, which reads “King City,” will not leave her hand. King City would hold the keys to the strange occurrences around town, the mysteries that unfold, and what connection he has to Jackie, Diane, and Josh. Did this story go completely over my head? Yes. Was it entertaining? Yes, because I’m a weirdo, and I invite all the weirdos to read this because like attracts like. I listened to the audiobook version, which was a plus.
Nightvale is a place (somewhere) where Aliens, Angels, and ghosts live, along with every Government conspiracy you can imagine. Some of this was quite funny, and because this book was an audiobook, I gather it was trying to tell me something …isn’t that ironic. (But I know there is a podcast for this)
Two-woman Jackie Ferro, who owns a pawn shop and has perpetually been 19 years old for as long as she can remember, and Diane Crayton, Treasurer of the town's PTA and a single mom to Josh, who’s 16 and a shapeshifter. (Psst....) It took me a while to figure this out, but he’s different every time you see him in the story.
Since his body is going through all the changes of a normal teenager, he’s starting to ask questions about his biological father, with whom Diane is estranged. The mystery starts when a strange man in a tan trench coat is leaving messages around town about a place called King City. A place that no one can and doesn't exist on any map.
Through strange events, Jackie and Diane grow closer with one common goal. To find out about “The Man In The Tan Coat” and why the note he gave Jackie, which reads “King City,” will not leave her hand. King City would hold the keys to the strange occurrences around town, the mysteries that unfold, and what connection he has to Jackie, Diane, and Josh. Did this story go completely over my head? Yes. Was it entertaining? Yes, because I’m a weirdo, and I invite all the weirdos to read this because like attracts like. I listened to the audiobook version, which was a plus.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A little spooky, but mostly just good heart stuff woven around a horror ish plot. Typical WTNV fare for the podcast listeners, but it's really nice to follow one plot thread to the conclusion with little interruption, and from the perspective of someone other than Cecil Palmer. Cecil Baldwin of course puts his own steez on the narration for the audiobook. One of my favourites for sure!
Just okay. As much as I love Night Vale the podcast, I just didn't think this worked as a written piece. Most of what I love about Night Vale is the auditory experience. Maybe I would have gotten into this more had I listened to the audiobook.
I did not love this as much as I wanted to. I really enjoy the podcast, and this really is written in exactly the same style. Unfortunately, that style does not translate well to novel form. I very nearly gave up on this book about 100 pages in. I stuck with it, and about half way through the book improved as the story actually got going. But I think I'll stick to the podcasts from now on.
I'm gonna finally give up.
For future reference, I am dropping the book while Jackie and... the other woman, I can't remember the name, are alone at the library. So, halfway.
Considering how I'm moving to Paris tomorrow and I've had that book almost for a year - and have been reading it all that time - I think it's time to be true to myself and realise that as much as I love Welcome to Nightvale it does not seem to work the same way if it's not told by Cecil.
Storywise it was all hasty and kind of boring - something an episode of Nightvale never is.
Maybe it's just a tale for another time.
For future reference, I am dropping the book while Jackie and... the other woman, I can't remember the name, are alone at the library. So, halfway.
Considering how I'm moving to Paris tomorrow and I've had that book almost for a year - and have been reading it all that time - I think it's time to be true to myself and realise that as much as I love Welcome to Nightvale it does not seem to work the same way if it's not told by Cecil.
Storywise it was all hasty and kind of boring - something an episode of Nightvale never is.
Maybe it's just a tale for another time.
HI! UMMMMMMMM I LOVE?!?!
More to come later, when I feel like it, but MAN! I loveeeeed this book so much.
More to come later, when I feel like it, but MAN! I loveeeeed this book so much.
Works better as a podcast than as a long book