Reviews

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink

ollie_the_enby's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

It was interesting to learn more about the Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home, and to hear all of the little sneaky references to Welcome to Night Vale and see a bit of the Nightvale before Cecil and Carlos. However, I felt that the story sort of dragged in spots and by the end I was really ready for it to be over, I feel like it could have been wrapped up a bit sooner. All in all, quite intriguing and I learned some new and interesting lore for WTNV

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

wollstonecrafty's review against another edition

[marketing assistant voice] the princess bride meets the incomprehensibility of cruelty meets an eternal quest for revenge. imo the emotional pacing was a bit off but another solid offering from the night vale team!

muffycantread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

So different from the other books but still a marvelous story...it goes hard fr. I want more books like this! One about Josie and about the Erikas-- maybe about Pamela?? Idk idc I just want more. So good!

kalin_grace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

brittbritt6450's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

bugaleeboo's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

acupofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

emrodav's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 ⭐️, rounded up

I mostly enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the swashbuckling and the historical fiction aspects of it. It was way different from what I expected.

However, it suffered from the same faults that Alice Isn’t Dead suffered from - long, long sections of telling what was going on. I could only get through those sections because I was listening to the audiobook.

I also wish there had been more Night Vale in the book. There were bits of it throughout, but I would’ve loved some more elements of the strange throughout the book even if there wasn’t more taking place in the town of Night Vale.

Having said that, I did still really enjoy this book! I loved the crazy characters and the story. There were just a few issues that made me take off a bit on my rating.

aceinit's review against another edition

5.0

Without giving anything away, this is very much my favorite of the Night Vale novels, one of the best installments of the Night Vale world as a whole, and very much not the story I was expecting to hear. Mara Wilson's narration of the Faceless Old Woman remains top-notch, and I loved pretty much everything about the story.

hipbea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5