Welcome to Night Vale

, #1

401 pages

English language

Published April 9, 2015

ISBN:
978-0-06-235142-5
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From the creators of the wildly popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast comes an imaginative mystery of appearances and disappearances that is also a poignant look at the ways in which we all struggle to find ourselves...no matter where we live.

"Hypnotic and darkly funny. . . . Belongs to a particular strain of American gothic that encompasses The Twilight Zone, Stephen King and Twin Peaks, with a bit of Tremors thrown in."--The Guardian

Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge.

Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked "KING CITY" by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase. …

2 editions

reviewed Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)

Would recommend the audiobook for this one.

If you're a fan of the podcast, this will be right up your alley. Instead of following Cecil this time, you follow Jackie, the pawn shop owner, and Diane, the single mother of a shape-shifting kid, as they wind up trying to solve the same case of the mysterious man in the tan jacket.

The audiobook has the same narrator as the podcast, so you get the same voice and weird emphasis that adds to the story. I'm sure the book is ok on its own, but it always helps to have that extra oomph of vocal goodies. It is a little rough in the beginning as you're getting background on two different people, but they do come together more as the book goes on.

If you have not listened to the podcast, I would recommend giving an episode or two a listen to see if it's something …

reviewed Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)

Exactly As Expected

This was exactly the novel I expected coming from the creators of the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. It has all the weird, surreal elements anyone who loves the podcast would expect and feels like a long form podcast episode. Some more novelty would have been welcome, but there is a comforting familiarity to any visit to that very strange town of Night Vale.

Review of 'Welcome to Night Vale (Night Vale, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

I began listening to the Night Vale podcasts recently, but was quite rapidly hooked.
The book is different from that, obviously. It isn't Cecile talking to you, although there are "chapters" of Cecile's show.
The story was as funny/creepy/weird as ever.

reviewed Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)

Review of 'Welcome to Night Vale (Night Vale, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

I knew this was going to be a little weird... but man, this was a bit too weird. It was also not that funny, only had a couple of chuckle portions. For a book that was nominated as a Goodreads book of the year, I really expected more.

Also, I listened to this one with the audiobook... which I wouldn't recommend. the narrator was horrid... think I'm going to have to ask for a refund...

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