Kyle's Reviews > Welcome to Night Vale

There is not enough time in this life to say all the positive things I want to say (and should be said) about Welcome to Night Vale. There are also not enough brain cells for me to properly communicate to the readers of the world how truly remarkable this book is...or how I can even begin to explain it.

Instead, here are a handful of adjectives that, to me, encapsulate WtNV: Absurd, charming, beautiful, witty, playful, strange, FUN!

The best method is to not even try to pigeon-hole 'Night Vale' : just dive right in and let it take you where it may.

Yes, this book is many things (and more!). I guess, if I REALLY have to, the easiest way for me to describe it is weird, and I mean that. It is whacked-out gonzo odd (which is my favorite thing ever), but it's handled in such a sincere, dry and humorous kind of way, that it works so very well. Trust me when I say that this book had me chuckling, cringing, and cheering all hours of the day. The inhabitants of Night Vale treat each and every bizarre event in their town with the resounding equivalent of a *shrug* and a nonchalance of it being so absolutely normal to them. The wit and careful (de)construction of writing form and genre made me so disgustingly jealous I didn't think of this first.

Honestly, this reminds me why I write. The creators, Mr. Fink and Mr. Cranor, these two kooky characters, hands-down have the BEST GODDAMN IMAGINATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF TIME! Truly astounding the things they come up with; I was absolutely blown away! That's how I like to write/what I like to write. The fact that they do it so well makes me feel like my 'behind-the-Quiznos-dumpster' puddle of ideas will never stack up to their fucking ocean of creative genius.

Overall, this book is everything.