401 pages
English language
Published April 10, 2015
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.
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.
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...
