The Drive-In 3

The Bus Tour

By: Joe R. Lansdale

Narrated by: Matt Godfrey

The Drive-In 3: The Bus Tour, book three in The Drive-In series by Joe R. Lansdale, is a continuation of a series about the drive-in theater where patrons are trapped by alien "gods".

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Strong Finish

I’m sorry the series is over. I thought all three books were a lot of fun, and I never knew where the story was going. The reader was excellent; really made everything come alive.

Weird, hacky, sometimes good.

I’m rating the whole series rather than just this book, but each of them are more or less the same. Basically a combination of super weird situations and characters being hedonistic and/or gross, with lame, hacky jokes, and the odd moments of interest insights and circumstances. I feel like I had perpetual whiplash from the story swinging back and forth from gross, teenage jokes and sexual deviancy with genially interesting pulp science fiction. This series really was not for me; but I can see how people might like it if you’re into Lansdale’s style of storytelling. It’s certainly a wild ride. Also, two extra points off for Audible forcing you to buy each of the three books separately booooo

odd and fun

This whole series has been so wonderfully weird, and this one took it all the way. I wasn't super happy with the end but it was good enough. It's my opinion that Lansdale is an excellent writer. Godfrey was a great choice to narrate these stories.