Narwhal (narwhal)'s status on Thursday, 11-Feb-16 00:35:17 UTC
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@razzleberry For the most part I had lots of fun with the book. It's not necessarily a new favourite or anything, but it was definitely what I've come to expect from David Wong. I feel his usual style of goofy meta-prose didn't work quite as well in FVaFS as it did in John Dies at the End though, as that book's surreality and outright strangeness kind of lent itself to that style of prose whereas in FVaFS it was a much more focused and linear narrative. The pacing also felt awkward in between some setpieces, but for the most part the book managed to balance detailed worldbuilding with smart character writing really well throughout which made it consistently engaging.
