Reviews tagging 'Car accident'
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home, by Jeffrey Cranor, Joseph Fink
7 reviews
librarymouse's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
You don't need to listen to the podcast to understand this book, but if you listen to the podcast you should read this book. The length to which the narrator's life is systematically and fundamentally destroyed explains her idiosyncratic behaviors on the podcast in a way that makes them make sense in the context of Night Vale's weirdness. The writing is incredibly well done and immersive, and the narrator slow descent into the violent and creepy old woman from the sweet and curious young girl were first introduced to is fully believable in the narrative.
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the lengths to which Edmond worked to completely destroy not only the narrator's father's legacy, but the narrator herself are impressive and obsessive in equal measure. The effort he put in, in making sure she would never have joy, have a future, or know her family is astounding, and the revelation about lady Nora is so heartbreaking. The authors did an incredible job making the reader love the narrator even as we watched her become what she becomes. She genuinely loves Edmund's heirs right up until the moment they have a son of their own. Her sense of reality is so twisted and her need for revenge so entrenched that the cyclical nature of her revenge is both astounding and understandable. I really enjoyed that we got to see little Josefina and her angels make the faceless old woman feel welcome for the first time in a long time. After everything, Night Vale is the only place where she could belong.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Grief, and Suicide
voilajean's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Stalking, Death, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism
Minor: Slavery, Colonisation, and Acephobia/Arophobia
theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Stalking
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Alcoholism
ladymab's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I picked this up as a 'dark comedy' read for a horror challenge because the previous two WTNV books all had their moments and the podcast itself as we know and love it has a great mix of horror and comedy -- but this book just came right in and WHALLOPED me with feels! There are so many passages that are just beautifully constructed (I think a lot about the one where she describes what the ocean smells like) and it truly is a revenge drama set to rival Shakespeare.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident and Gore
If you've listened to the podcast, you're familiar with the canon-level of gore and viscera that can be describedcherryrose's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Violence
jupanuma's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I'm giving this a flat 3 stars, and the only reason I'm doing that is that it doesn't really fit into the Night Vale series. If it was just a story on its own and not connected to Night Vale, that I would give it a solid 4.5 stars. Yes, it is a story about The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your House, but more than 50% of the book is outside of Night Vale, and just going through her life. I want to say closer to 80 to 85% of the book is outside of Night Vale. And you wouldn't even need to know about Night Vale to pick up this book. You could have made it any town and it would have fit into the book just fine.
What I did not like was Like I understand that's your revenge, but it felt more like a mother who is
What I did like was most of the side characters that she was friends with. I really like the characters that and to find out that she is in a was just perfect. Breaking the law for love. Just great. But not just her, I really liked I thought his character was built well and you really got a sense of who he was, and why he was doing what he was doing.
So overall, if this book wasn't part of the Night Vale series, I would have liked it. I wouldn't have gone in with a hope of more randomness that you get from Night Vale and would have just read a book about this random Old Woman and her crazy and creepy life.
What I did not like was
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how nothing was really solved by the end of the book. I was really hoping that she would kill Edmond herself too.</spoler> I also did not like how she pretty much <spoilers> forces each male of Edmond's line to have a family just so she can kill them off once they have a son to start the process all over again.Spoiler
despret for grandchildren and will do anything to make it happen</spoilers> than anything. And it just made me squeamish and kind of makes me not want to read the book ever again.What I did like was most of the side characters that she was friends with. I really like the characters that
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Vlad.So overall, if this book wasn't part of the Night Vale series, I would have liked it. I wouldn't have gone in with a hope of more randomness that you get from Night Vale and would have just read a book about this random Old Woman and her crazy and creepy life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Torture, Trafficking, and Car accident
lindseyrenee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I knew nothing about this character or series before picking this book up. It grabbed me from the very beginning. I liked the flashbacks from the past to the modern day, getting to see the woman from her origin and how twisted her need for revenge made her. There were a few places where the flashbacks were a little dragging and the last two chapters of her past, I feel, could have been combined, but overall a fun and exciting story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence
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