John Dies at the End, Jason Pargin
John Dies at the End, Jason Pargin
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John Dies at the End

Author: Jason Pargin

Narrator: Stephen Thorne

Unabridged: 14 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2011

Synopsis

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. 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.

About Jason Pargin

Jason Pargin is the New York Times bestselling author of the John Dies at the End series as well as the award-winning Zoey Ashe novels. He previously published under the pseudonym David Wong. His essays at Cracked.com and other outlets have been enjoyed by tens of millions of readers around the world.

About Stephen Thorne

Stephen R. Thorne is a professional actor and a member of the Trinity Repertory Acting Company in Providence, Rhode Island. He has played Hamlet, Henry V, and Tom Joad, among many other roles. Stephen has narrated over fifty audiobooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wil on March 05, 2013

I really loved this book. I didn't know anything going into it, other than that it was weird, so that's all I'll give you. I think it's worth your time.......more

Goodreads review by Addie on February 21, 2012

This book is not for everyone but it is certainly for me. We all know that I have the sense of humor of a twelve year-old boy. I can't help it. Just yesterday my manager was talking to my coworkers and I about her new job at Whole Foods, explaining what she would be doing (which is working behind the......more

Goodreads review by Traci on December 25, 2012

Have you ever played that game when one person starts a story and then another person takes it over, and then another, and then...until the story gets to where you can't even remember how it started? John Dies at the End is a little bit like that game. Now picture Howard Philip Lovecraft and Robert E......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on June 03, 2016

Juvenile humor was only a feature of this novel, not a bug. There were plenty of bugs, tho. That being said, it was a light-hearted frolic in the woods of shit-narnia, and I felt like getting a tattoo of the Pi symbol on my toe. Strangely enough, I agreed with the idea of the last dead guy that firs......more

Goodreads review by Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~ on July 04, 2017

This book is about shit. And insects. And humanity. A peculiar combination, you may think? I agree. But this is a great story that may not have worked in the hands of any other author. My most amazing cousin Danielle has been asking me to read this book for about a year now, and I'm really glad I fina......more

Quotes

“The book’s smart take on fear manages to tap into readers’ existential dread on one page, then have them laughing the next.”
Publishers Weekly

“Mixing free-wheeling absurdist horror, great one-liners and wonderfully funny, if gory, set-pieces, the novel was first posted online in 2007 and gained a cult following. It may be a farrago of nonsense, but it’s also unputdownable thanks to great narrative pace and its pair of likeable layabouts. Imagine Vonnegut channelling Philip K. Dick channelling Hunter S. Thompson. A twisted delight.”
Guardian (London)

“When it’s funny, it’s laugh-out-loud funny, yet when the situation calls for chills, it provides them in spades.”
Kirkus Reviews

“The rare genre novel that manages to keep its sense of humor strong without ever diminishing the scares.”
Onion AV Club 

“John Dies at the End…[is] a case of the author trying to depict actual, soul-sucking lunacy, and succeeding with flying colors.” Fangoria

“An anything-goes whirlwind of flying dogs, reality-warping drugs, and monsters made out of frozen meat.” NPR

“David Wong is like a mash-up of Douglas Adams and Stephen King…‘page-turner’ is an understatement.”
Don Coscarelli, director, Phantasm I–V and Bubba Ho-tep

“David Wong has managed to write that rarest of things—a genuinely scary story.”
David Wellington, author of Monster Island and Vampire Zero

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