Alice Isn't Dead

by Joseph Fink
322 pgs

Alice Isn't Deadis another book based on a podcast by Joseph Fink. A few months ago, I read Welcome to Night Vale, which has based on the podcast by Fink and Jeffrey Cranor of the same name. This book is based on a different podcast and is solely Fink's. Like Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead is a horror story, but while the former is a little more tongue-in-cheek and is based on conspiracy theories and the absurd, this one is a little more traditional and is based on fear and anxiety.

The book and podcast tell the story of Keisha Taylor, a woman whose wife, Alice, a big-rig-driver, disappeared months ago without a trace and is presumed dead. But Keisha knows Alice is still alive, otherwise, how is it possible that she keeps seeing Alice in the background of news reports of every major tragedy across the country? So, Keisha, who goes to work for the same trucking company Alice worked for, now spends all of her time driving around the country searching for her wife, who isn't dead.

Alice Isn't Dead is a fun and entertaining horror story Fink, who has been public with his constant battle with anxiety, gives Keisha the same issue to deal with, and it's prevalent throughout the story. Her feelings of anxiety are justified though. Because as she searches for her wife, she becomes swallowed up by the same world of secret societies and strange creatures that took her wife away from her.

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