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The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink
4 reviews
toopunkrockforshul's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
5.0
Absolutely loved this book! The first two novels where good and very night vale vibes but this one was just absolutely stellar, both in the plot and the execution. The prose was absolutely beautiful, and there were so many good motifs and foreshadowing and pay offs. Also Mara Wilson's narration is fantastic. Wonderful book.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Gore
Moderate: Cancer
hexe_19's review
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, and Cancer
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Child death
librarymouse's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
You don't need to listen to the podcast to understand this book, but if you listen to the podcast you should read this book. The length to which the narrator's life is systematically and fundamentally destroyed explains her idiosyncratic behaviors on the podcast in a way that makes them make sense in the context of Night Vale's weirdness. The writing is incredibly well done and immersive, and the narrator slow descent into the violent and creepy old woman from the sweet and curious young girl were first introduced to is fully believable in the narrative. the lengths to which Edmond worked to completely destroy not only the narrator's father's legacy, but the narrator herself are impressive and obsessive in equal measure. The effort he put in, in making sure she would never have joy, have a future, or know her family is astounding, and the revelation about lady Nora is so heartbreaking. The authors did an incredible job making the reader love the narrator even as we watched her become what she becomes. She genuinely loves Edmund's heirs right up until the moment they have a son of their own. Her sense of reality is so twisted and her need for revenge so entrenched that the cyclical nature of her revenge is both astounding and understandable. I really enjoyed that we got to see little Josefina and her angels make the faceless old woman feel welcome for the first time in a long time. After everything, Night Vale is the only place where she could belong.
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Grief, and Suicide
ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition
1.0
This is a hard one to review because I love Night Vale a lot but this felt very different from the previous books and the podcast. It was an interesting story, and I enjoyed it but it didn't feel like it fit the universe until the last few chapters. Echoing a couple of other reviews here, I also preferred when the Faceless Old Woman's actions and motivations were mysterious.
Graphic: Cancer
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