Before I get sued, and whilst it's on my mind, let me tell you about a little place called Undisclosed.
For me, it's the exact location in Buffalo from where I am blogging.
Where I got it? The real Undisclosed? It's from a fantastic book I've recently enjoyed by David Wong i.e. Jason Pargin i.e. the guy who edits Cracked.com entitled John Dies at the End.
Shelved, in horror, reads like comedy, at times terrifying, ALWAYS brilliant. It's an adventure fraught with demons, bratwurst, talking dogs, and the occasional 1-UP mushroom.
It's really not even one book, it's several all brought together through the guise of our hero (term used loosely at points) David Wong attempting to tell the world his story through interview.
After a party gone wrong by way of a fake Jamaican and some sketchy Soy Sauce David and his best friend/fellow lunatic/former skeptic John begin seeing some pretty strange things. Like ghouls who enjoy manifesting themselves through cockroaches...and David and John's friends...and deer meat.
You see it turns out that the Soy Sauce isn't really your run of the mill needle injected drug. It's intelligent. And is hellbent on bringing Satan and all his little buddies up into our world for some R&R by way of conquering the universe. Not getting the funny? Trust me, from the bratwurst to the Luxor to the Boss Battle to the whiteout you will be laughing to yourself and out loud.
To make this short, if you don't really like being scared like me, you'll probably still end up loving this book. It's early into a book heavy year, and I truly believe this could remain my numero uno all the way to December 31st.
5 stars, recommended from here til the end of the world, then again, reading the book it may not be that far off.
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