John Dies at the End: David Wong

Reviews

S.D. McKinley

It’s nice to know there is a writer out there just as wacky. Nothing in the book was scary to me ( I believe my tolerance for horror is pretty high, so it may be scary for you ) besides the fact that this is somewhat of a close relation to reality, even if it’s in a metaphorical sense. LJ and Rom don’t use drugs or cuss anywhere near as much.

J_Ashley

This book doesn’t provide much in the department of extra complex thought, concepts to rack your brain intellectually or poetic writing. The media could not be loaded.

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Although, the books are similar in randomosity and flavor. Wong creates fresh ideas that include, just like the blurb says – bratwurst in a special kind of configuration that is not well. I can see some of the similarities in style and text, but the main difference here is that John Dies at the End is in first person and LJ and Rom was in third, along with the story lines being completely different. com, but that isn’t even the most interesting thing about it.

I could tell that Wong was much more adept in the department of humor that he was in horror, but succeeded at both by combining the two. The reason I picked this book up was because of this review on LJ and Rom book #1. The writing is simple, great and snarky, so even though there is strong themes and language, I think the comprehension level here is relatively low which makes it a virtually effortless read and nice change of pace with some of the other stuff I have been reading.

Got them for my wife for Christmas and she loves them David Wong is the main character of the book and first person narrator throughout. However, don’t be mistaken because there’s a ton of detail that goes into the world of John Dies at the End and that is in every corner, however the books presents these details by sneaking them in with action and inner dialog which is a great way to explain a detailed world in literature without being verbose.

If you were to mish-mash the American party scene with the supernatural and an anything goes story of impending doom you get John Dies at the End. With twists galore on not so common life turned into fiction, like characters with celebrity names, but aren’t celebrities and these are executed with finesse and David Wong gets away with literary murder via pen and paper. David Wong is a pen name for Jason Pargin, the former executive editor at cracked. I had never heard of this book or author before then.

It’s punchy, sarcastic, fun and the best part – unpredictable. However, it does keep your brain busy dealing with all these out there experiences and mishap interactions.