laurarhds's review against another edition
This type of humor is not for me. DNF at 5%
hasseltkoffie's review against another edition
5.0
This book is horror on crack. With dick jokes. Awesome
geeniebean29's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
markarubin's review against another edition
3.0
At times I found this book hilarious and enjoyable, and at other times I thought it went on for way too long. It tries to combine themes and tones from Hitchhiker's Guide, Ghostbusters, and cthulhu-style horror (note: i've never read any cthulhu.. yet), but doesn't really succeed at any of that. It also feels like the author wrote three or four shorter stories and then mashed them together into one book. I'm going to watch the movie primarily because I want to see just how they pull off some of this ridiculousness.
*Update: Watched the movie. It takes the first act, and the last 40-50 pages and mushes them into a very watchable movie. Reminded me of Idle Hands and/or any monster movie you've seen on SyFy. Much more steamlined and, as a result, enjoyable. Even if it makes a little less sense.
*Update: Watched the movie. It takes the first act, and the last 40-50 pages and mushes them into a very watchable movie. Reminded me of Idle Hands and/or any monster movie you've seen on SyFy. Much more steamlined and, as a result, enjoyable. Even if it makes a little less sense.
zakawry's review against another edition
5.0
I don't know how to explain this book. Is it unique? Absolutely. Did it give twist and turns you weren't expecting? Totally. Were there times when I was questioning whether a 14 year old wrote some passages? I'll put it this way, I lost track of how many times the hard R word was used and how many times "turds" were used. It was so surreal and bizarre the best way I can describe it is a fever dream while on an acid trip, smoking weed. You'll be addicted to once you pick it up.
kilcannon's review against another edition
3.0
Almost four stars, but the book is just a little too unfocused and repetitive at times. I'm sure that's a result of how it was originally serialized.
Plus I always hold a grudge against people who mention Plano, Texas, while clearly having no understanding of what Plano is.
Plus I always hold a grudge against people who mention Plano, Texas, while clearly having no understanding of what Plano is.
quynh23's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Drug use
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, and Bullying
jcschildbach's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of those five-stars-for-me-but-maybe-not-for-you ratings (as opposed to a 5-star 'this-book-is-definitely-a-classic-work-of-literature' rating). The book falls into a jumbled genre that essentially combines horror, sci-fi, and comedy. It involves evil punching a hole into our universe through the use of a self-generating drug referred to as soy sauce. The narrator, David, and his friend, John, a pair of slackers from a mid-sized nothing of a town, which happens to be a jumping-off point for evil from other dimensions, experience the full effects of the drug (such as being able to see various shadow-beings and other evil entities that others cannot), but are somehow seemingly immune to it's side-effects, which generally include some form of psychosis, physical mutation, and/or violent death, which often involves exploding or otherwise being dismembered. Their new-found, drug-induced abilities then allow David and John to become paranormal investigators of a sort, who in turn cause a lot of exploding and dismembering of those who have been infected by evil. Explaining things much further would be rather time-consuming and lead to numerous spoilers. Wong has excellent pacing, moving things along quickly, with plenty of graphically disgusting, yet hilarious, descriptions of everything from skin-burrowing, egg-laying bugs, to dogs with universe-saving explosive diarrhea, to alien scrota pressed against glass in surgical theaters, while also cleverly weaving in points of emotional connection with the characters. Check it out.
coyotes_tiptoe's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Ableism
carlyghee's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0