Fink and Cranor walk the thin line between mystery and satire that it‘s as audacious and valiant as followers of the podcast claim it to be. Welcome to Night Vale examines substantiated themes and bedecks the exterior with a strip of irony and wicked humor. It isn‘t as chuckle-worthy as I thought it would be, but the vision encapsulated by the novel translates into something worthwhile to read.

A deep dive into despair, a naked look into grief, Soseki‘s Kokoro is a transcedental epic that paints a powerful picture of intimacy. If there is someone who understands the human psyche all too well, that is Natsume Soseki. Sensei and all of Kokoro‘s elaborately realized characters are swimming in an ocean of metaphysical animus where love, jealously, regret, and betrayal coalesce with one another to produce a classic that has outlived its time.