1) Pargin said in his notes after the story that he thinks all encounters with what people believe to be supernatural can be explained by psychology and neurology. If you enjoy paranormal detective with a splash of the absurd, try it out. I’m excited to learn that Pargin will continue the series. In the truest sense of the word “literally,” I literally cannot get enough. I will freely admit that I’m obsessed with the adventures of David and John. If you like reality like you like your spaghetti, all tangled up and bloody-red, then I'm sure you'll love this return. Jason Pargin is the ACTUAL writer, post-timey-wimey real continuity, and that's kinda the point. It feels like fourth-wall breaking, especially the first three books that were written under the PoV CHARACTER's name, only to mix things up as the actual author brings out his real name now.
Oh yeah, the stakes are always high or at least deeply strange and I LOVE it. But for all that, they are still fighting the fight as shadow people deal deals that only increase suffering, as future cult leaders become Earthly Gods through prophecies spanning backward through time, when phone apps tell your children to feed it human teeth. It feels like it's been an awfully long time since I could jump into the timey-wimey, cthulhu-esq, darkly funny and immensely sarcastic world of David and John (and Amy!) as they scramble through poverty while fighting the good fight. But between the bloody ritual sacrifices and soul-crushing nightmares, our trio realizes this apocalypse is way above their pay grade. They face supernatural threats so the rest of us don’t have to-and sometimes even earn a couple of bucks to so do. That’s where Dave, John, and Amy come in.
What’s actually inside is an otherworldly monstrosity that’s enticing impressionable wayward youth into murdering folks and depositing their body parts inside the egg as if it’s a hungry piggy bank to trigger the end of the world. Interdimensional parasites feeding on human hosts, paranormal cults worshipping demonic entities, vengeful teenage sorcerers, we’ve got it all.ĭid I mention the possessed toy? It’s a plastic football-sized egg that’s supposed to hatch an adorable, colorful stuffed bird when a child “feeds” it through a synchronized smartphone app. That hasn’t stopped tourists from visiting to check out the unusual phenomena that hangs around our town like radioactive fallout. You don’t want to be caught dead here, because odds are you just might find yourself rising from the grave.
If the broken neon signs, shuttered storefronts, and sub-standard housing didn’t tip you off, you’ve just wandered into the city of “Undisclosed”. New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin’s hilarious and horrifying John Dies at the End series continues with If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe.
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