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The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink
24 reviews
jqmnew's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence
mixmousereads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism
deckofdragons's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy
ippoteq's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Personally, I think its cool that Cranor and Fink and trying to get away from the Night Vale concept as it exists within the podcast. I just wish they could do that entirely instead of partially. This book could have been a standalone novel in its own right without the weird references to keep it in theming with the Night Vale universe, for example
I didn't particularly enjoy our protagonist either. I'm not sure if it is the way she's written, or the fact that the narrative constantly tries to justify her, but I found her behaviour incredibly frustrating.
If this book had been in no way related to the Night Vale universe, I think I would have enjoyed it more, and it would have given Cranor and Fink more freedom to write something at least a little more serious. I also think that, with the book being set in the 1800s, the language they chose to use felt quite odd. It was very typical American speech patterns and dialogue for the most part, which I get is for ease of reading, but some of the wording choices really pulled me out of the time period.
In all, I did manage to finish the book in a couple of days, but I found myself pretty dissatisfied, both with the ending and also looking at it as a Night Vale novel. I think if you've never listened to Night Vale and could ignore some of the weird references, you could possibly enjoy this book, but it really wasn't for me.
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
Moderate: Murder
librarymouse's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Grief, and Suicide
voilajean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Stalking, Death, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism
Minor: Slavery, Colonisation, and Acephobia/Arophobia
theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Stalking
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Alcoholism
syaluo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Torture
cherryrose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Car accident, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Violence
jupanuma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
What I did not like was
What I did like was most of the side characters that she was friends with. I really like the characters that
So overall, if this book wasn't part of the Night Vale series, I would have liked it. I wouldn't have gone in with a hope of more randomness that you get from Night Vale and would have just read a book about this random Old Woman and her crazy and creepy life.
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Torture, Trafficking, and Car accident