John Dies at the End

By: David Wong

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

John Dies at the End is a genre-bending, humorous account of two college drop-outs inadvertently charged with saving their small town—and the world—from a host of supernatural and paranormal invasions.

Stop.

You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands.

No, don’t put it down. It’s too late. They’re 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 you’ll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But it’s too late. You touched the book. You’re in the game. You’re 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.

I’m 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 was my fault.

©2007 David Wong and Permuted Press. All rights reserved. (P)2011 BBC Audiobooks America

my favorite book

So good, it's stupid humor so not for everyone, bur it's SO good that it's like mind blowing and also a comedy. 5/5 recommended

Quality

Had good laughs and throws you for some great loops I’ll definitely give it a re-read

Love this series

One of my favorite series. Right up there with Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Highly recommend

one of my favorite books

Alice in wonderland on a speedball. Beavis and Butthead Save the World. A heroin fever dream.

I love this book....

...but I don't know that any review I can give will do it justice. It's about a pair of Gen Y underachievers who, through experiences I can't relate without ruining anything, are gifted with a sensitivity to the supernatural and extra-dimensional. Their new perceptions give them glances at, and make them targets of, cloak-and-dagger forces that are inimical to humankind and..... just effing weird.

One guy is the irresponsible friend, the other is the straight-man, slightly less irresponsible friend. You'll get to accompany them as they try and manage their slacker, workaday, part time crud job lives - and at the same time deal with secret, heinous powers. Without any proof, it's just them against the world.

It's a contradiction, but their ineptitude has great poise, and you forgive their ridiculousness because 1) they're good-natured dudes at heart and 2) they're friggin hilarious.

I highly recommend this book. However, I've seen from the other reviews that it's pretty polarizing; people either love it or are unimpressed. I use it as litmus paper to see if my tastes are calibrated to other reviewers' when looking for suggestions. I def suggest checking a reviewer's history before taking their word on this book just in case it isn't your lager colour. If it is though, I promise you'll be well-sated.

Unlike any other book I've ever read

Would you listen to John Dies at the End again? Why?

I've read this book about 10 times now, I'm downloading the audiobook, so I can share it with others. I plan on listening to it many times

What other book might you compare John Dies at the End to and why?

Only anything written by David Wong. No other book is comparable to this one.

Which scene was your favorite?

That's a hard one. Probably when all the dismembered body parts were making their way to the pile of other dismembered body parts and started fusing themselves together creating what was described as "Satan's lego kit". That or the Chapter "Shit Narnia"

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The part when you finally find out what's in the shed...

Any additional comments?

I recommend this book to everyone. It is unlike anything you'll ever read. It's such a fantastical story but it feels so damn real. It'll make you believe those things you see out of the corner of your eye are real, very, very real.

Kinda weird? Don't know what to read? Try this!

The narrator is great! I'm a fan of nightvale too so I appreciated the strangeness.

Something totally Different

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The book was very different And I would leave it that way.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The fantasy trip it took you down.

Could you see John Dies at the End being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

It was made into a movie, but it was a very bad movie.

awesome

the book made me laugh out loud and was truly entertaining. I enjoyed the hell out of it

craziest book ever, but AMAZING

I had watched the film and thought it was a great blend of horror and comedy. but the book is even better than I imagined. insanely clever and dark, I absolutely loved the way the story was told and the narrator did such a great job. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is bored of books