John Dies at the End
 

By David Wong.
Apparently there have been 'incidences' surrounding this 'fictional' 'story' by some guy named 'David Wong'.
All those quotation marks are unnecessary, I know.

Anyway, he takes it down on the 30th of this month, so read up while you can. It's actually really really interesting.

http://www.johndiesattheend.com/

looks horribly undreadable.

i mean, anything that starts "Solving the following riddle will reveal the awful secret behind the universe, " well, makes me wanna shoot the author in the face.

so, can you summarize?

The riddle has absolutely nothing to do with the story.
Trust me.
It's just an opening to the story.

i skimmed through the first page. bad prose all over. come on. life is short. move on to better things i say.

Nah, I'm on the 14th page and I'm really enjoying it.

ok.

for me though, i also hate stories in the 2nd person.

"Let’s say you have an ax. Just a cheap one, from Home Depot. On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead a man.'

no, i don't have a fucking ax. i don't behead people. don't tell me what i do. it's a worthless narrative technique.

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you are on the 14h page. you are really enjoying it. suddenly, a noise outside your window.

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shoot me now. :D

Actually... it's not in the 2nd person. It's first person.
That part is just hypothetical.
Like I said, the riddle has nothing to do with the story!
Read past the riddle and then you can say how much it sucks, k?

mmm no. i hate the way he writes. it makes me cringe.

i also dislike the tv of j.j. abrams.

i am a picky bastard!!!

picky picky picky. oh so picky.

you know what's a delicious book?

you know what's a fucking good book, also?