Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)

by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

• ISBN10: 0062416847
• ISBN13: 9780062416841
• Publish Date: 20 October 2015
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 528
• Language: English

Reviews

[layawaydragon]

I tried. I really tried. I've listened to a couple of the podcasts and thought they were fine. Had their moments, but didn't really hold my interest and too randomly random for no reason.

I thought maybe a book, with specific characters and a plot would work better.

Nope. More of the same. Made it 20% way through the Audiobook. Winds up to be about 2 hrs and 22 mins. But to be honest, I doubt I was paying attention for more than half of that.

There was like half a page going on about a house that was like every other house, but at the same time, nothing like a normal house. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. There are no other facts or details. It just is and is not like other houses. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Nothing is connected to anything else or means anything or has any purpose. Or it's all so important and will pay off in the end and bring you back to life after boring you to death.

I doubt it, but whatever. Not worth risking the 10 hrs of my life.

[Heather]

If you aren't familiar with the podcast Welcome To Night Vale, here's the scoop.  The story is told by Cecil, the radio announcer at the Night Vale radio station, where being an intern is a fatal position. Night Vale is a place where weird things are normal.  The dog park is off limits to everyone, including dogs.  The Secret Police are watching and no one believes in angels - including Old Woman Josie who happens to live with several.  A scientist named Carlos moved to town to study the weirdness of Night Vale.  Carlos has beautiful hair and Cecil loves him.

I've only listened to about 8 of the podcasts but it is enough to get familiar with the concept.  The book tries to put a plot to the strange happenings.  I don't think that it succeeds very well.  I enjoyed this book in brief snippets of 5 to 10 minutes at a time.  Longer than that at one sitting and it got to be too much.  This is a book that you enjoy for the absurdity of the discussion and not the greater story.

 




















This review was originally posted on Based On A True Story

[journalingirl]

Hey everyone, if you want to read an excerpt early there's a compilation book called 12 Books You Can't Miss at Bookcon 2015 available for free on iTunes that has the first 4 chapters of the Night Vale novel in it! I've only read the first chapter and it's already so good!