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The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

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dsollick's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

sstephreads's review against another edition

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5.0

WHY IS NIGHTVALE SO FUCKING GOOD?! I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

timgrubbs's review

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5.0

Set your radio frequency to Night Vale community radio and tune into another year of local community announcements, ad breaks, and local events happening in a small isolated town in the middle of the desert. Which desert? They don’t know…

Great Glowing Coils of the Universe: Welcome to Night Vale Episodes, Volume 2 by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink contains transcripts of the second year of the podcast, with breaks in between each episode by those involved in the project.

Night Vale breaks new ground with new guest writers, enthusiastic additional voices (giving Cecil the radio station manager a break), and new changes in Noght Vale’s ongoing storylines.

First, the radio station finds itself witness to two key events…the consolidation of all local radio into one station (with desert bluffs and other employees joining the station, lucky considering the high intern turnover due to death and disappearance) and moderating the debate for the upcoming mayoral race (my vote is for the five headed dragon with the fake ID).

As expected, you’ll have continued stories about local politics, the secret police, and others…as new characters and stories are introduced including the horrors of the summer reading program, the faceless woman who secretly lives in your house, and the annual charity auction of unusual items.

It’s just a wonderful fun messy world that’s been created. Even if a lot of it doesn’t make sense, hop on and enjoy the ride..

annabellesan's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

sierra5304's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed the episodes (my review is for both book and podcast). I like the intro notes. I love the voice acting and plot for Year 2. I like the illustrations and language.

I like that a live show script was included at the end, although it would be better if it was placed where it occurred chronologically in the story. The live show voice acting was nice and the dialogue was nice.

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