FleshEatingZipper 1 Report post Posted June 26, 2011 John Dies at the End Review: Just Read the Book In 2001, author David Wong (whose real name is Jason Pargin) began writing an untitled web serial about two slackers who begin to see terrifying things after downing an alien drug ... Read the full story here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N 28 Report post Posted January 7, 2013 Harsh. I'm about 40% through the book right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2013 I got about halfway through the book, then the holidays hit and I lost interest. I like the writing style a lot, but the story wasn't pulling me in. Reminded me of From a Buick 8 by Stephen King, which I didn't really care for. When I stopped reading, the book was starting to drag - it felt like a lot of randomness for the sake of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N 28 Report post Posted January 9, 2013 Yeah, I was kinda feeling the same. I'm toward the end of the roach man story and the tangents to just crazy whatever's going on or some tribal history lesson, eh, didn't do much for me. It reads a lot like something that was posting gradually over the internet, like the OTL Farm story that Tomch was writing. He gave me a copy since I hadn't read it yet. I can't read it, it's just too much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Russell 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2013 Well, I thought the book was great. The sequel, however, is better. Mostly because it was written as a single, coherent story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N 28 Report post Posted January 9, 2013 I actually had the same problem with a book that Johnny recommended, Then We Came To The End where it starts out strong, but then it just keeps going... and going ... and going. I think I'm in both books and Snow Crash. Wow, I think I'm trending... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2013 You didn't like And Then We Came to the End?! Aww, that sucks. It was tangential, that's true, but that book kept my interest and I loved the first person plural narrative. Coincidentally, it was just after the Roach Man story in John Dies at the End where I put the book down and didn't bother to pick it up again. During that section I kept thinking, "This is really long and really detailed and really pointless." Perhaps I will give the book another try... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N 28 Report post Posted January 10, 2013 Yeah, I didn't mind the first-person plural, but I think it reduced my empathy for any particular person. Someone wrote a really valid complaint about it and it was so good and I don't remember what it was. I stopped after the totem pole thing after that one dude died. I laughed like hell when the one lady started panicking about the serial numbers on the chairs. Oh my god, so hard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Videodrome 27 Report post Posted April 7, 2013 I have not read this book, but I did finally see the movie. I enjoyed the randomness of it and it did kind of make me think of Phantasm. To some extent, it also kind of reminds me of John Carpenter's better movies like IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, except with more satire than horror. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Russell 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2013 It really was a lot like In the Mouth of Madness. I liked In the Mouth of Madness a good bit more, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
