This Book Is Full of Spiders - Jason Pargin & David Wong

This Book Is Full of Spiders

By Jason Pargin & David Wong

  • Release Date: 2012-10-02
  • Genre: Horror
Score: 4.5 (From 542 Ratings)

Description

From Jason Pargin, the New York Times bestselling author of the cult sensation John Dies at the End, comes another terrifying and hilarious tale of almost Armageddon at the hands of two hopeless heroes.

Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR.

You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fear-mongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection--the creature stimulates skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That's just as well, since the "cure" involves learning what a chainsaw tastes like. You can't feel the spider, because it controls your nerve endings. You won't even feel it when it breeds. And it will breed.

Just stay calm, and remember that telling you about the spider situation is not the same as having caused it. I'm just the messenger. Even if I did sort of cause it. Either way, I won't hold it against you if you're upset. I know that's just the spider talking.

"Like an episode of AMC's The Walking Dead written by Douglas Adams of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy…Imagine a mentally ill narrator describing the zombie apocalypse while drunk, and the end result is unlike any other book of the genre. Seriously, dude, touch it and read it." –Washington Post

"Kevin Smith's Clerks meets H.P. Lovecraft in this exceptional thriller… [Jason Pargin] is a fantastic author with a supernatural talent for humor. If you want a poignant, laugh-out-loud funny, disturbing, ridiculous, self-aware, socially relevant horror novel than This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It is the one and only book for you." –SF Signal

Reviews

  • You don’t need this review

    By Sam.i.r2
    I mean, look at the titles in this series. If you pull the trigger, you’ll get exactly what you deserve. In a good way.

  • Absurd dark fantasy made like Swiss watch you dare not tell time with

    By SafeTinspector
    This second in the John Dies at the End series is as full of hilarious, sometimes frightening, frequently gory story-telling, well written characters and a compellingly twisty, page-turningly action-packed plot as the first. (Count my hyphens and despair) Best of all, this author REALLY knows how to stick a landing. The ending fully satisfies and the denouement reframes everything you just read in a way that made me shake my head in admiration. Not to say this book isn’t without flaws. The only female character is a delightful young, one-handed woman who is nevertheless only motivated and defined by her relationship with the male protagonist and is at times too perfect a girlfriend, with a back-story far better realized than her personality. And there are moments where the author uses racially loaded words and well-meaning but at times problematic vernacular when dealing with characters of color. I don’t feel truly qualified to determine if a line was crossed, but it did give me pause. Otherwise, another job done really well, and I highly recommend this and the first book in this series.

  • Addicted to Soy Sauce

    By Sparklingsundrop
    More soy sauce! Please! I’m completely addicted! Seriously though, I loved this book and need more of them.

  • Great read

    By Cheunga22
    Honestly I preferred the first book, John Dies at the End. It doesn't matter, this book is still a great read. The tone of the book is a little different, more serious, less off the rails crazy. But it is still fast paced and a lot of fun.

  • I love this book...hate the spiders.....

    By Mccrackles19
    This is a must read if you enjoyed the first book, it's just as messed up and crazy as the first!! It starts out kinda slow I must admit but it quickly turns into a page turner and it's very hard to put down after you start getting in to the good stuff. I would recommend this book to anyone who gets easily bored with regular books, I'm one of those people ( ironically i love to read ) so it is refreshing to have a book I can't put down. But seriously read this book....and prey you don't get infected ;-)

  • Fantastic

    By Steveius
    Wonderful book. Highly recommended to anyone who reads.

  • Amazing

    By Pancake Cargo
    I enjoyed this book just as much as the first one. I read through it in two days. I also found myself checking for spiders every couple days haha. The next one can't be released fast enough. If you like be scared and/or laughing, this book is a definite buy.

  • Yes

    By Haley f
    This book needs to get optioned into a movie ASAP.

  • I didn't want this book to end

    By bpetruzzo
    For real funny and scary, borderline even touching. More than once while reading I ineffectually spoke to the book out loud. Reading is advised.

  • Stupendous

    By Taco_gang91
    This book is witty, crass, philosophical and spiritual. It will make question what it means to be alive, what it means to be human, and what solidarity means.

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