My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would...
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BCTransplant, July 12, 2012 (view all comments by BCTransplant)
Think you know what happens at the end of this book? Think again! This is a roller coaster ride of a book that abducts you into its really messed-up alternative universe with some really fun writing to entertain you on the journey. The two main characters--the narrator and his titular buddy--engage in an obscenely funny, screwball friendship that felt completely real. I loved the way the college-boy humour splayed seamlessly against a scary, surreal backdrop, with both elements somehow in perfect balance.
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Jillian, January 10, 2011 (view all comments by Jillian)
This book is sick, twisted and incredibly fun. That's all I'm going to say because if you've bothered to read this far you need to get John dies at the end and probably already know that.
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Product details
480 pages
St. Martin's Griffin -
English9780312659141
Reviews:
"Review"
by Joe Garden, Features Editor, The Onion.,
David Wong has updated the Lovecraft tradition and infused it with humor that rather than lessening the horror, increases it dramatically. Engaging, comic, and terrifying.
"Review"
by Fangoria,
"John Dies at the End...[is] a case of the author trying to depict actual, soul-sucking lunacy, and succeeding with flying colors."
"Review"
by Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm I-V and Bubba Ho-tep,
"David Wong is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King...page-turner is an understatement."
"Review"
by David Wellington, author of Monster Island and Vampire Zero,
"David Wong has managed to write that rarest of things — a genuinely scary story."
"Review"
by The Onion AV Club,
"The rare genre novel that manages to keep its sense of humor strong without ever diminishing the scares."
"Review"
by Publishers Weekly,
"Sure to please the Fangoria set while appealing to a wider audience, the book's smart take on fear manages to tap into readers' existential dread on one page, then have them laughing the next."
"Review"
by Kirkus Reviews,
"When it's funny, it's laugh-out-loud funny, yet when the situation calls for chills, it provides them in spades."
"Synopsis"
by Netread,
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
STOP.
You should not have touched this book with your bare hands.
NO, dont put it down. Its too late.
Theyre watching you.
My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours.
You may not want to know about the things youll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But its too late. You touched the book. Youre in the game. Youre under the eye.
The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why? You just have to trust me.
The important thing is this:
The drug is called Soy Sauce and it gives users a window into another dimension.
John and I never had the chance to say no.
You still do.
Unfortunately for us, if you make the right choice, well have a much harder time explaining how to fight off the otherworldly invasion currently threatening to enslave humanity.
Im sorry to have involved you in this, I really am. But as you read about these terrible events and the very dark epoch the world is about to enter as a result, it is crucial you keep one thing in mind:
None of this is was my fault.
"Synopsis"
by Netread,
STOP.
You should not have touched this book with your bare hands.
NO, dont put it down. Its too late.
Theyre watching you.
My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours.
You may not want to know about the things youll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But its too late. You touched the book. Youre in the game. Youre under the eye.
The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why? You just have to trust me.
The important thing is this:
The drug is called Soy Sauce and it gives users a window into another dimension.
John and I never had the chance to say no.
You still do.
Unfortunately for us, if you make the right choice, well have a much harder time explaining how to fight off the otherworldly invasion currently threatening to enslave humanity.
Im sorry to have involved you in this, I really am. But as you read about these terrible events and the very dark epoch the world is about to enter as a result, it is crucial you keep one thing in mind:
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