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Book Review of John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, Bk 1)

John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, Bk 1)
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I think this is probably one of those either OR books. You'll either LOVE it or HATE it.
I haven't done so much inappropriate laughing in decades.

I rated it 3.5 stars because there were some pretty big hurdles for me. The story is hard to follow and Really Really gross. And if I'm being completely honest there were two places I'd almost had enough and quit reading. So you might ask 'Why didn't I quit reading at either of those places? Because I bloody well couldn't that's why. Each time I got tired of more and more weirdness Wong steered the story to a conundrum I absolutely had to have the answer to. Why did I read the whole encyclopedia sized tome in less than 3 days? Because the writing is Excellent, it is brain-bitingly funny and hidden underneath all the gross stuff are moments of sheer genius.