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Books I Read In 2024 #3: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home (A Welcome to Night Vale Novel) (Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor, Harper Perennial, 2020)
Synopsis: A standalone novel set in the same universe as the Welcome to Night Vale podcast, the novel is a second person narrative of the eponymous Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home, detailing her life from the 1800s as a scion of a small merchant smuggler to a life of crime across Europe, charting her unlikely life and the circumstances that have caused her to live in your (and everyone else's) home.
I quite like Night Vale, in and of itself. Over the years it's been an off-again on-again enjoyment; I haven't listened to the podcast itself since...2016? 2017? Somewhere around the mayoral race, I think, not out of any particular distaste, but one of those things that happens where you get a new phone and make the swap from iphone to android or vice versa and forget some thing or another. I forgot about a few podcasts, and let it go.
But I own every Night Vale novel, both Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours! are on the shelf next to Faceless Old Woman and were novels I enjoyed greatly when I bought them (how many years ago, now? 2015 and 2017? Christ) and I'm a massive fan of Joseph Fink's Alice Isn't Dead. One of the novels that clings to my head to this day, that i think about all the time.
I think the thing about Night Vale is that it tugs at a fundamental string of American arcana, something the average American would feel absurd naming, which is the absurd nature of the United States. Night Vale takes as its absurdist starting point omnipresent government oversight, the idea of a police fundamentally at odds with the people they are sworn (or not, these days) to protect, and then says 'this is faintly funny, but what if I made it hilarious?'
And it is. It's a comedy horror property that's done quite well for itself, relatively speaking. Night Vale Presents is (as of when this book was published) hosting 14 other podcasts on their network by creators the original Night Vale crew stands behind. That's pretty damn good, to be honest.
I've spent a lot of time talking about the broader strokes of the milieu surrounding it, but not a lot about the book. This is not a statement against the novel, but mostly just me organizing my thoughts.
Faceless Old Woman is only a Night Vale story only in the way it ends.
This is 100% to it's benefit.
The novel leaps back and forth in time; between the more typical setting of the Faceless Old Woman doing the same or similar routine as she has on the show, detailing the strange, grotesque and invasive things she has done to her current victim, while talking to you, directly, about her love for you and why she does it. It's good patter, and the voice in the novels is pitch-perfect, for obvious reasons (I'm fairly certain the audiobook, which I did not listen to, is narrated by Mara Wilson, who is phenomenal), but the meat of it is the recounting of her life to you, the reader.
The prose is sharp in a way that is absolutely honed by years of scriptwriting on both of their parts. This book clocks in at 267-ish pages and I fairly flew through it, both out of a desire to see the ending but also the sheer speed with which it moves. Chapters are short, abrupt in the way that you would want a scene to end. I can picture the visual media adaptation of this fairly easily, oftentimes punctuated by long travelogues (indiana jones-style, because I am unimaginative) of movement across Europe that crash back down to the character level quickly.
It's not incisive, in that it's a fairly straightforward book with little to hide from you. It's flourishes are in imagery and savor, thinking about the things that are presented to you and the agony or joy that would accompany them. It's a bit like biting into an orange, or a lemon. Sweet, then that crush of sour that follows to complement it perfectly.
The Night Vale weirdness is not necessarily minimal, so much as not the focus. The Faceless Old Woman lived a life that passes by such things in a singular pursuit, seeing them and passing them by until they come into abrupt collision with them. The novel is much more about creating the vibes that would accompany a story in the 1800s; romance, loss, revenge, the sweetness of camaraderie and the utter cloying bitterness that accompanies its loss. Finding a way to live and choosing it above all else.
It's a perfectly good novel. I don't know if it will stick with me the way that Alice Isn't Dead did, but it's a great read if you're a fan or just looking for a classical revenge story.
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𝐨𝐜 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.
because i am quite simply done with getting all my ocs’ birthdays mixed up, so here is a comprehensive list of all my existing ocs’ birthdays (or at least the birthdays of those in universes where time is measured the same way as ours, or who aren’t beings born centuries ago), so you know and i don’t forget!
bowie forrester (911): august 12th, 1991 (zodiac sign: leo).
dot watanabe (the a-team 2010): july 7th, 1978 (zodiac sign: cancer).
javi martinez (the a-team): october 30th, 1945 (zodiac sign: scorpio).
nicky bauer (brooklyn nine-nine): march 2nd, 1981 (zodiac sign: pisces).
felix wilkinson (back to the future): january 30th, 1969 (zodiac sign: aquarius).
adam kelleher (the batman): june 27th, 1994 (zodiac sign: cancer).
cher johnston (bill & ted): september 8th, 1972 (zodiac sign: virgo).
wyatt friedman (one chicago): april 3rd, 1979 (zodiac sign: aries).
kai hallows (the chronicles of narnia): perceived zodiac sign: gemini.
hemera (the chronicles of narnia): perceived zodiac sign: pisces.
alaric ryker (the chronicles of narnia): perceived zodiac sign: aquarius.
eli logan (criminal minds): september 30th, 1977 (zodiac sign: scorpio).
eddie baker (criminal minds): april 30th, 1970 (zodiac sign: taurus).
briar malcolm (criminal minds): january 13th, 1972 (zodiac sign: capricorn).
donnie carver (dc comics): february 9th, 1989 (zodiac sign: aquarius).
ivana morozova (dc comics): august 20th, 1998 (zodiac sign: leo).
paisley harlow (dc comics): may 11th, 2000 (zodiac sign: gemini).
elena isley (dc extended universe): december 1st, 1994 (zodiac sign: sagittarius).
greta dwarf (disney’s descendants): april 30th, 1999 (zodiac sign: taurus).
sebastian white (disney’s descendants): november 25th, 1999 (zodiac sign: sagittarius).
flo sánchez (fast & furious): may 29th, 1975 (zodiac sign: aries).
aj vargas (fast & furious): july 10th, 1976 (zodiac sign: cancer).
evie young (frasier): october 3rd, 1958 (zodiac sign: libra).
ria santos (friends): december 31st, 1969 (zodiac sign: capricorn).
samantha ross (ghostbusters): july 23rd, 1959 (zodiac sign: leo).
audrey beiste (glee): september 28th, 1994 (zodiac sign: libra).
leo cooper (glee): march 31st, 1994 (zodiac sign: aries).
parker holloway (glee): november 4th, 1994 (zodiac sign: scorpio).
bruno keeley (glee): may 10th, 1994 (zodiac sign: taurus).
ivy kekoa (glee): february 9th, 1994 (zodiac sign: aquarius).
bailey taylor (glee): may 31st, 1994 (zodiac sign: gemini).
mara yang (glee): september 17th, 1994 (zodiac sign: virgo).
luci evans (good omens): october 13th, 1983 (zodiac sign: libra).
zazzadon (good omens): perceived zodiac sign: leo.
ilya dramir (grishaverse): perceived zodiac sign: taurus.
catta rostova (grishaverse): perceived zodiac sign: virgo.
anastasia upland (the hunger games): perceived zodiac sign: capricorn.
lucy scrubb (indiana jones): march 12th, 1906 (zodiac sign: pisces).
willow madden (john wick): january 4th, 1974 (zodiac sign: capricorn).
marnie hoffman (jumanji: welcome to the jungle): april 2nd, 2000 (zodiac sign: aries).
enola holmes (the league of extraordinary gentlemen): september 29th, 1879 (zodiac sign: libra).
theo ester (mcu): july 12th, 1978 (zodiac sign: cancer).
elin eriksdottir (mcu): perceived zodiac sign: aries.
daniel garcía (mcu): september 20th, 1987 (zodiac sign: virgo).
helios (mcu): perceived zodiac sign: pisces.
dev kahtri (mcu): may 5th, 1980 (zodiac sign: taurus).
annie liu (mcu): june 2nd, 1990 (zodiac sign: gemini).
mack mackenzie (m*a*s*h): august 7th, 1916 (zodiac sign: leo).
laurens gates (national treasure): may 23rd, 1971 (zodiac sign: gemini).
adachi star (one piece): perceived zodiac sign: leo.
hayashi lark (one piece): perceived zodiac sign: libra.
morvant bellatrix (one piece): perceived zodiac sign: virgo.
yami corvo (one piece): percieved zodiac sign: leo.
august cullen (outer banks): may 30th, 2004 (zodiac sign: gemini).
drew tanaka (outer banks): march 18th, 2004 (zodiac sign: pisces).
bird mcintosh (the outsiders): april 20th, 1949 (zodiac sign: taurus).
lake mcintosh (the outsiders): april 20th, 1949 (zodiac sign: taurus).
lydia chen (percy jackson): july 10th, 2011 (zodiac sign: cancer).
arabella larson (percy jackson): january 7th, 2007 (zodiac sign: capricorn).
noelle perez (percy jackson): november 12th, 2007 (zodiac sign: scorpio).
drew phillipa (riverdale): october 10th, 2001 (zodiac sign: libra).
molly perbesi (scream): november 1st, 1980 (zodiac sign: scorpio).
layla dupreti (star trek): perceived zodiac sign: aquarius.
genesis welton (star trek): perceived zodiac sign: capricorn.
zara dolomar (star wars): perceived zodiac sign: sagittarius.
cassiopeia jinn (star wars): perceived zodiac sign: capricorn.
lianna singh (star wars): perceived zodiac sign: cancer.
via winchester (supernatural): april 13th, 1990 (zodiac sign: aries).
will welton (ted lasso): june 10th, 1976 (zodiac sign: gemini).
tabitha “tabby” aquino (teen wolf): july 3rd, 1994 (zodiac sign: cancer).
marina azevedo (teen wolf): november 29th, 1994 (zodiac sign: sagittarius).
lucinda “hale” (teen wolf): perceived zodiac sign: leo.
april hannigan (teen wolf): october 27th, 1994 (zodiac sign: scorpio).
alex wan-stilinski (teen wolf): may 5th, 1988 (zodiac sign: taurus).
anubis “andy” zhao (teen wolf): june 11th, 1994 (zodiac sign: gemini).
morrigan ravenroth (tolkeinverse): percieved zodiac sign: taurus.
reyna "sweetheart" castillo (top gun: maverick): october 9th, 1993 (zodiac sign: libra).
clarke taleb (triple frontier): december 18th, 1986 (zodiac sign: sagittarius).
avi chawla (twilight): july 10th, 1799 (zodiac sign: cancer).
catie greer (twlight): january 31st, 1993 (zodiac sign: aquarius).
isaac holliday (twilight): may 22nd, 1967 (zodiac sign: gemini).
rio varma (venom): march 19th, 1987 (zodiac sign: pisces).
esther st. claire (wednesday): august 24th, 2006 (zodiac sign: virgo).
rosaline craven (wizarding world): september 11th, 1990 (zodiac sign: virgo).
cat holmes (wizarding world): december 31st, 1960 (zodiac sign: capricorn).
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