John Dies at the End

, #1

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362 pages

English language

Published Nov. 2, 2007

ISBN:
978-0-9789707-6-5
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4 stars (1 review)

John Dies at the End is a comic horror novel written by David Wong that was first published online as a webserial beginning in 2001, then as an edited manuscript in 2004, and a printed paperback in 2007, published by Permuted Press. An estimated 70,000 people read the free online versions before they were removed in September 2008. Thomas Dunne Books published the story with additional material as a hardcover on September 29, 2009. The book was followed by three sequels, This Book Is Full of Spiders in 2012, What The Hell Did I Just Read in 2017, and If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe, in 2022. A film adaptation by Don Coscarelli was released in 2012.

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4 stars

This was one of the weirdest stories I have ever read. David and John are at a party the first time they come across the "soy sauce", which opens the human mind to what is there but our brain refuses to acknowledge. Not sure if they are insane or not, they begin a battle against the dark forces that involve meat monsters, very weird monsters, shadows, insects, nakedness... and a dog that is clearly the most intelligent character in the book (most of the time). At some points the story is dull, but at others it is rather original and compelling. I am torn between 3 or 4 stars, but let the immature jokes and very inadequate song versions win!