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# John Dies at the End Paperback – October 5, 2021

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    All the funnies
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2012*

David Wong and his best friend John are slacker college dropouts who find themselves the unwilling saviors of the world from evil forces beyond our understanding (theirs, too). The suck at it pretty bad but, you know, they try. Some new drug called soy sauce gives its users the ability to do really cool, bizarre things like time travel, know really obscure information about people, and dimension hop. It also uses the person as a portal to allow things from the other side to enter our world. John Dies at the End chronicles David and John's completely messed up journey of discovering just how nasty their new enemy is, and trying to figure out how the hell a couple of twenty somethings are supposed to defeat evil incarnate.They do not know. At all. Ever. But they try, because nobody likes it when people try to come through the television.This book was the closest I'll ever come to a trippy acid experience. It's sheer lunacy on every other page, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I understand now why a lot of people say it's hard to summarize what happens in this book without sounding like you're out of touch with reality. The book is basically David's recount of past events to a reporter who thinks he's full of it. David as a narrator is pretty fantastic. Sometimes unreliable, but bitingly sarcastic, self deprecating and self aware, and hilarious. I enjoyed viewing the story out of his headspace. He's a bit of a coward, except when he's not and doesn't give himself enough credit, has a love hate relationship with his best friend, and genuinely tries to do the right thing most of the time.There's some much unbelievable WTFery going on, and it's so over the top that you just can't even believe what you're reading, but you're kind of laughing because it is so over the top...until you realize how gross it actually is. I just kind of went with it after awhile, and the characters basically did, too. David and John became so blase towards the paranormal goings on around them that their lack of reaction was funny in and of itself. `Oh, the dog imploded? Whateves. There's a giant floating jellyfish hanging out in someone's bedroom? We'll deal with that later. Cockroach man driving my car away? NOTHIN' BETTER HAPPEN TO THAT CAR, ALL I'M SAYIN.'I haven't laughed that much since reading Good Omens. The horror was so kitschy yet grotesque that you're just chuckling uncomfortably, like this shouldn't be funny, and on some level you're really disturbed and grossed out, but that nervous laughter keeps bubbling up.I also enjoyed the fact that I really didn't know what to expect. I could not guess what would happen next (did not see wig monsters coming), who was going to die, what was going to explode or visit the characters any time of the day. I also didn't know what obscure little reference or weird...thing might be important later, so I absorbed everything, and it paid off. I felt David's paranoia at being constantly watched, not knowing where the shadow people were or who was compromised by the other side, having no one to confide in except his crazy best friend. Since it was so campy (Meat monsters. Phone bratwurst. Elton John and Co. Jellyfish. Kittens. Molly.) there weren't a lot of genuine scares, but there were a few solid creepy moments that struck a chord. Waking up knowing you lost an entire night - with no recollection of what you did or where you went - has to be a bone chilling experience. And I can't talk about the television.The characters were fully fleshed out people; deeply flawed, funny, with just the right pinch of heroism to make you root not just for their survival, but their happiness. We all know someone like John; heck, I dated someone like him. At first I didn't understand why David hung out with him, since he was such an astounding screwup, but I got it the further I read. He's the friend you feel a little responsible for, that you can't shake because you really care about them even when you want to punch them in the face. Who might be the only friend you have. I liked how there's no blatant info dumps on any one character. Amy was kind of refreshing, and the relationship that blossomed between her and David was unexpected and rather sweet. David's background was revealed slowly, peeled back bit by bit through occasional self reflection and relayed to other characters when he was good and ready to tell them.Excellent, one of a kind read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Enjoyable, if flawed
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2012*

I've structured this review in a PROS/CONS format, with a final verdict afterwards. Where applicable, I will use [SPOILER][/SPOILER] tags. Throughout, I will abbreviate "John Dies at the End" as JDATE and I will refer to the author by his pseudonym, David Wong. If necessary, I will differentiate between the pseudonym David Wong and the character David Wong with either a (p) or (c) suffixing the name, although context should determine the differentiation.PROSEnergetic Writing Style: While I wouldn't call Wong's writing style prolific, it certainly is inlaid with momentum and energy, leading JDATE to be one of those books where I kept saying, "just one more page, just one more chapter." The writing style makes sense given that JDATE was first released as a web serial, but I think it works (for the most part) for the full-length release. Rarely did I feel Wong was dragging his feet with description or details that needed to be edited out.Wild Imagery: Whether or not you agree with me will likely depend on the genres you read the most, but I found much of Wong's imagery to be fresh and unique, with only the occasional over-the-top tidbit here or there. By using a casual, comedic tone, Wong is able to draw comparisons between the images in the story to facets of our everyday lives that a more "academic" writer might avoid.Narration Voice: As mentioned above, the voice Wong uses is casual and comedic, with some healthy sarcasm and self-deprecation thrown in. In many ways it's a suitable voice for those of Wong's generation and for the off-the-wall story of JDATE, it's a perfect fit. After reading JDATE, you'll feel as if you know both Wong(c) and Wong(p) personally and I wouldn't be surprised to find that Wong's(p) personal communications have a very similar voice.Twists: There are twists. I won't mention them here, but there are a good number of them. Considering how M. Night Shyamalan really neutered the idea of the twist, I was relieved to see Wong do a decent job with them. Thankfully the twists don't define the story and even without them, JDATE would be an enjoyable read.CONSConstruction Overuse: About halfway through I began noticing a few sentence constructions used over and over -- certain similes constructions, double negatives spring to mind immediately. In a web serial format, this is excusable but I'm not sure how I feel about it in the full-length release. On the one hand, I like the idea of reading the original (although I'm sure some editing happened) but on the other, I think Wong missed an opportunity to tighten up his writing.Sloppy Middle: From the halfway mark through the 80% mark or so, the story really began to drag. My motivation to keep turning pages shifted from the energetic writing to a desire to rediscover "the good stuff". And that's the problem -- some of Wong's best stuff is in the first leg of the story and it's *so* good that it makes later chapters look weak in comparison. Once again, I wonder if massive edits would've been appropriate or if some better approach to the partitioning of the story could've prevented comparing later chapters with earlier ones in an unfavorable way.Twists: Yes, I mentioned 'Twists' as a PRO above but they were also a bit of a CON. Wong takes some healthy risks with his twists, but in doing so treads *very* closely to rewriting earlier parts of the story by using a "It really happened like this" type approach. I enjoyed the rest of the book so I'm able to excuse these revisionist twists, but other readers may find themselves frustrated by feeling like they aren't being told the entire story (a.k.a. What's the point of reading if it's essential a lie?).[SPOILERS TO FOLLOW!]Uneven Resolution: I wasn't crazy about the ending. It felt pretty flat and non-committal, not to mention that I kept expecting John to die. And, from what I can tell, he did not. Which either makes the book's title a playful joke (everyone does die... eventually) or a cheap trick. I'm still searching online for some other thoughts on this because I *want* to believe it's the former, but at the moment I'm feeling more of the latter. Beyond that though, the end of JDATE simply sputtered out without making good on the stakes raised throughout the story. My guess is that because Wong(p) is planning to write more, there wasn't a need for a full on ending but regardless, it was disappointing.[/SPOILERS OVER!]FINAL VERDICTJDATE is a blend of comedy and horror (as is JDate, incidentally), though I did find that the comedy weakened the horror. That being said, the comedy is great (if somewhat immature at times) and while I didn't quite laugh out loud like other reviewers, I did snicker to myself quite a bit.In general, I thought JDATE needed to be a little shorter. The energy and comedy would've had more impact and there wouldn't have been as much an issue with the plot dragging or the overuse of certain sentence constructions. That being said, I enjoyed it quite a bit regardless and would recommend it to others (if you're on the fence try a sample first). At best, you'll get a great, unique story and at worst you'll have supported a true indie project.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    So very weird (and funny)
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in Canada on July 17, 2024*

Fun, gross, profane and weird, this nightmare of a book is a marriage between Stephen King and Douglas Adams. A lot of it reads like a strange dream, threads and characters appear and disappear at random. Still, it does build a world and by the end you get a feel for the world building and the “logic” behind it, but it takes time and a specific sense of humour. Looking forward to reading the next instalment!

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