Avarla reviewed Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)
Review of 'Welcome to Night Vale (Night Vale, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
"Weird at last. Weird at last. God almighty, weird at last. Welcome to Night Vale."
Yaaay, Night Vale. I love this city. I didn't mind meeting other characters than Cecil and Carlos, even though I would have loved just staying with those two lovebirds.
But I love the whole concept of Night Vale, so more angles to the familiar town were actually quite informative. Not helpful or, Glow Cloud beware, explaining anything useful, but interesting nonetheless.
What especially struck me was the different perception of all the "accidents" that happen in Night Vale. What is normal to Cecil is apparently still strange to some Night Vale citizens. Cecil is obviously an unreliable narrator, but the extent of it baffled me a bit.
The story itself had some lengths and inconsistencies (which I guess actually weren't intended, like when Jackie can't write stuff other than KING CITY but later jots down some notes only to go back to not being able to write anything else). Those things, as small as they may seem, really annoy me.
Loving the podcast a lot, I'll still read the other Night Vale novel(s) coming my way.