Chris read and liked Bryant's review of John Dies at the End:

"There are few books that can cause me to laugh out loud in one paragraph, and later in the same chapter have me cringing in real fear or disgust. This book accomplished all of this and more.

John Dies at the End is not a literary masterpie...more There are few books that can cause me to laugh out loud in one paragraph, and later in the same chapter have me cringing in real fear or disgust. This book accomplished all of this and more.

John Dies at the End is not a literary masterpiece. Its plot has flaws. It needs some real face time with a legitimate editor - or at least someone likely to catch the numerous typos, misspellings and punctuation errors. The humor is abrupt and sophomoric.

But despite all that, this book is fun. It is thoroughly entertaining, and if that makes it a guilty pleasure, I will readily admit to it. Though the humor is often of a scatological nature, and of a type generally enjoyed by adolescent boys, it nonetheless caused me to laugh out loud on more than one occasion, many times when I would not have expected it. I actually think that this, along with the constant use of slang and pop culture references, are what make the narrator and his friends some of the most believable characters I have encountered in a novel in some time. I may not be John or David, but I probably have known some people at least a little like them. Especially in college.

And having those believable characters is key in a book like this. I will concede that the books prologue is probably better than the rest of the novel, but considering how it was written, that is an understandable flaw. What is amazing is the creativity and almost sheer "well, of *course* that happened!" nature of the world and the creatures and situations that Wong has imagined. Though I rarely read horror novels, and have little to compare it to in that regard, this book truly had me cringing in fear and suspense at more than one point. What's more, despite being a fan of science fiction and fantasy, Wong still created worlds and situations that I had never encountered before (granted, that might only mean I am not nearly well-read enough).

Bear in mind, though this initially seems to present itself as a horror novel, it slowly unfolds to be a science fiction/parallel worlds story that still manages to fill you with plenty of suspense and dread. The best way I can think to describe it is to imagine a bomber jet dropping a payload of Chuck Palahniuk bombs on a city made of H. P. Lovecraft skyscrapers: the resulting nuclear fallout victims would look a lot like this book.

Bottom line, this certainly isn't a book for everyone, but if you enjoy suspense, science fiction, and humor that includes lots of penis references, this may just be one you will enjoy.(less) "

Chris read and liked Elizabeth's review of Eon (The Way, #1):

"one from my dad. nifty little story about an asteroid that we built from the future. which totally freaked me out, since i'm all like UFOs are eintein's design and were built by us in the future and when surpassing speed of light we flew back in ti...more one from my dad. nifty little story about an asteroid that we built from the future. which totally freaked me out, since i'm all like UFOs are eintein's design and were built by us in the future and when surpassing speed of light we flew back in time, which is why the UFO shape is so similar throughout the ages. like on those medieval art pieces of ladies looking serene as a ufo type thing flies in the background. and if the conspiracy people don't think that is an obvious comet then i say - ha. it's us from the future. greg and i are like this [insert crossed fingers waving fanatically in the air:].

i would like to apologize for everyone reading this review. for it is not a review at all. more like witless badgering by yours truly who has no idea about ion engines and never met einstein. (less) "