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The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
9 reviews
ashely_56's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It had the found family trope that I always enjoy and surprising great asexual representation in the charming Andre. I am happy that our protagonist got some happiness in her life. Yet I must say the Albert section broke my heart into a million pieces.
Yet, This book tell the tragic story of a girl life that was destroyed by vengeance, that in turn bleeds into her afterlife. It shows what revenge can do to a soul when it is the only force guiding you. The Faceless woman is a complicated protagonist while I admire her distain for capitalism and industrialization I can't really get behind Spoiler Alert:
<Murdering each son in the lineage of the person who destroyed her life
I can get behind her murdering the person that actually did it they deserved it but the other people are innocent.>
Yet this books has so many poetic prose and profound moments that I had to give it 5 starts.
A great story if you love, found family trope, paths of vengeance, poetic prose, and pirates!
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Gaslighting
fox_at_the_circus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
This book is full of mystery and plot twists and intrigue and it is so fun to theorise while reading. And sometimes I saw things coming, but never the whole twist, never all of it; great foreshadowing with great pay-off!
It also has some amazing prose in it, in the earlier flashbacks especially with the "what X smells like" paragraphs, those really hit hard for me
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident
toopunkrockforshul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer
hexe_19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, and Car accident
Minor: Child death and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
mixmousereads's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism
librarymouse's review
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident
voilajean's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Antisemitism
Minor: Slavery, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Colonisation
theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition
Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Antisemitism, Car accident, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism
avatarjini's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Anybody that hasn't engaged in the world of Night Vale before this will find it an easy book to get into, and no prior information of Night Vale is required to sink your teeth into the story. Those who are familiar with Night Vale will only find themselves more enthralled with the Faceless Old Woman and the journey that brought her to Night Vale.
I listened to the audiobook , narrated by the bold and calculating voice of Mara Wilson, the original voice for the Faceless Old Woman, who does the story justice, as we all knew she would. I would even recommend the audiobook, as having the Faceless Old Woman narrate her own story is a delight to listen to.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Gore
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Suicide