John Dies at the End: David Wong

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So I suppose I should start off by saying it's not quite what I was expecting but, of course, the logical follow-up to that would be "well, what were you expecting?", and I'd have to say "I'm not really sure. But that wasn't it." Some time ago, David is at a party with his friend John, with acquaintances Fred Chu, Justin White, and Amy Sullivan, who has had a hand amputated. David learns that Amy's dog, Bark Lee, has gone missing after biting Robert Marley, a drug dealer who pretends to be Jamaican. The dealer claims to have powers and knows things about David that he shouldn't. As he leaves the party, David sees Bark next to his car. Why John doesn't: waiting for a dog to poop so that the humans can retrieve a bomb. Aiming said dog's hind end at bad guy when he has burrito gut.

Finally, the genre of the story is billed as horror-comedy-parody so I guess the author is just messing with us by keeping John's status ambiguous and surreal. If I had known what was about to happen at work I wouldn’t have gone, of course. I would also have taken off my pants. a b Zimmerman, Samuel (October 22, 2010). "Coscarelli helming "John Dies at the End" ". Fangoria. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011 . Retrieved January 12, 2011.And really, beyond that, is there even a plot to this book? I get writing weird for the sake of weird, but isn't there some point in which you have to ask yourself, "Why?" One drop of this magical soy sauce will have a horrible effect on your body...actually, that's kinda how I feel about regular soy sauce, too! Later, John and Dave play basketball and inadvertently throw their ball into a post-apocalyptic dimension. After going in after it, a paramilitary organization informs them they are chosen ones who will restore the world, but an annoyed John and Dave walk off.

Publishers Weekly (July 13, 2009). "Fiction review". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 . Retrieved May 12, 2012. John Dies at the End is more about David Wong—the character, not the author*—than it is about John. Dave and John are besties in the grand Excellent! tradition of Bill and Ted.An incredulous Arnie refuses to believe Dave, even after being shown one of the monsters the Shadow Men summoned. After Arnie tells a story about his younger years of being a reporter wherein a cop referred to him as an N-word, David realises that Arnie, whom he sees as a white man, must be manifesting as a ghost. David reveals the real Arnie dead in the trunk of Arnie's rental car. Arnie panics and disappears. But I think one thing I was expecting was a different kind of humor. Maybe something more along the lines of A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, or even 'Army of Darkness' with Bruce Campbell. No additional news on the Zoey TV series, other than that the studio renewed the rights so that would imply they’re still working on it or planning to (everything stopped for COVID this year). I prefer female characters to have character beyond a name (preferably not a cheesy one-off joke about a celebrity) and a set of legs or boobs or nice ass. Again, this seems to be a rarity in this bipedal culture. a b c "Quint knows what Don Coscarelli's new movie is! And more importantly he knows Paul Giamatti and The Kurgan are in it!", Ain't It Cool News, October 21, 2010