John Dies at the End by David Wong
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Having recently seen the trailer for the upcoming film I was intrigued to read the original novel and see what all the fuss was about. What I wasn’t prepared for was the onslaught of hilarity and gross. Gross what? Just gross. Gross the noun. But funny gross. I mean, who thinks up (to borrow a favorite word from the author) “shit” like that? Well, the author obviously. And he’s tapped into a need… no, not need. Maybe urge? Hmm… well, he’s tapped something and that tap spewed out in a frothy mix of “Oh my God, if that happened to me I’d pee myself” and “Hell yeah, let me in on that!”
Hell, just read it. You’ll like it. You might love it. You might puke. But either way… you’ll have a great time.
Why are you still reading this? Go. Get the damned thing and enjoy. Jeez, some people…
Tommy Karr 