When concentrated into a single area/plot/mythology, the zaniness of the first book is lost.
I think this was a failing of the second book, which just had one solid plot the whole way through. I'm not sure at what point in the story he stopped serializing it but it does seem to transition from several one off plots into the main plot somewhere around halfway through. The pacing of the first book is really interesting because it started as an online serial before being adapted into a full novel. I really loved the first book - the combination of comedy and horror let you read about these awful things while always remembering that this is a comedy, that nothing is really at stake. I really didn't like the movie after reading the book, I think you probably did it the right way around.
Has anyone seen both the film and read the book? I've only seen the film so far, but if the book is as good as the film I might go back and read the book. I read up about the book afterwards (as I usually do) and found that it was originally released episodically online, and this probably helps to explain the last third or so of the novel coming out left field. There were some moments that managed to seem out of place even in such an absurd book, and could often be a bit cringe inducing. The humour is very crass and crude but there's actually an interesting story going on with plenty of twists and turns. I found the book to be quite unique in the way that it managed to genuinely creep me out with horrifying hell demons, and then a couple of pages later had me laughing at an exploding dog. It's essentially a buddy comedy about 2 losers that accidentally discover a drug which allows them to see hell creatures which secretly inhabit the world. The book is written by an editor of (please keep reading), and while I grew out of visiting those kinds of websites when I was younger I found the book to be genuinely quite funny. Has anyone else read John Dies at the End? What did you guys think of it? Has anyone read any other of Wong's/Pargin's books?
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