Thank you to my friend Jolie for mentioning this book with the cryptic warning "weeeiirrrrd stuff, that one." That got me motoring to the library and I've never regretted it. I haven't read anything this funny since my serendipitous meeting with Christopher Moore's You Suck: A Love Story a few years ago.
The narrator is also named David Wong (startling nom de plume, I know). He works at a video rental joint and has somehow developed a friendship with John, who is literally the craziest bastard I have ever read about. Seriously, the stuff that happens doesn't even faze him. I never saw anyone else kill a monster made out of meat slabs while yelling really bad puns.
I was terrified and laughing my ass off at the exact same things. Case in point, one freaky thing is described as wearing a blonde wig and is thereafter referred to as a wig monster. Jaws, teeth, wings, talons... and, we can only assume, a desire to star in Some Like It Hot.
JD@E has some truly unexpected gems - "Molly's furry ass rolled across my face" was my favorite - and the creepy factor does not go down a notch. Pee from terror, pee from laughter, it's all warm.
For the record, Molly is a dog. Don't look at me like that. If your car rolled over and your dog fell on you, I'm pretty sure its furry *something* could roll across your face. Yeah, that's a visual. You're welcome.
Gave this one an A, as in "and you're going to release a sequel when?" I also discovered that the writer has a serious stash over here at Cracked. I linked up everybody on FB already with the one that killed me.
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