But instead of getting angry, I felt empathy. This doesn’t excuse the dangerous driving: that was still a problem for the rest of us. Their need for the road actually was more important than mine. They weren’t just being selfish and inconsiderate. This person had a reason they needed to get somewhere quickly. They were clearly in the midst of some kind of emergency. But this time, I saw the look on the driver’s face as they passed me: This morning, the same thing: overly aggressive driver, going too fast, riding bumpers, cutting people off. Why do they think they have more right to the road than any of the rest of us?
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This driver was being a jerk: selfish, road hog, inconsiderate, dangerous. When they cut in front of me, causing me to slam on my brakes which almost caused me to be rear-ended, I got mad. I was driving to work the other day, in typical morning rush hour traffic, and another driver was being far too fast and aggressive: weaving through traffic, riding bumpers, cutting people off. This isn’t just a funny tale of inept supernatural investigators it’s a story of people struggling through pain to find a better path. He’s less interested in the gimmick and more focused on his characters. It’s rewarding to witness how Pargin has grown as a writer. It’s a story about love and how people can be better.
Within the snarky humor is an incisive commentary on social media and the state of our connected world, and a story about trauma and how people lash out when they’re hurt. This fourth entry in Pargin’s John Dies at the End series is less frenetic than its predecessor, What the Hell Did I Just Read (2017, as David Wong).
So begins an ouroboros of a tale involving cults, alternate time lines, the end of the world, and a possessed plastic toy. Then there’s a specter that manifests inside of John’s wall and gets sliced up. This time, it starts with an alien bug eating a man’s brain. This review was first published by Booklist on September 15, 2022. If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe
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