A review by fernfuentes
Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Welcome to Night Vale is my favorite podcasts of all time. Every once in a while I decide to start it over from the beginning, and every time I get to episode 76 - An Epilogue - I stop and read the novel, since that’s where it takes place. This is now my 4th time through the book; twice in print, twice on audio, and yep, it’s just as amazing as it was the first time. Even though the creators swear left and right that you don’t need to follow chronologically and that time is weird anyway, there’s definitely a canon to the series. I got to the point where this novel takes place so I decided to pick it back up and read it again. This story really is wonderfully strange. It follows a 19 year-old pawn shop owner who’s been 19 for as long as she can remember, a teenage boy who is going through changes, literal transformations in physical manifestation, and a man in a tan jacket with a deerskin suitcase whom nobody can remember the second they look away from him. Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor have a wonderfully strange mind. Definitely worth checking out!