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If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe

Written by: Jason Pargin, David Wong
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
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New York Times best-selling author Jason Pargin’s hilarious and horrifying John Dies at the End series continues with If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe.

"Pargin once again delights with scathing social commentary thinly disguised as an outrageous action novel.... This is a feast." (Publishers Weekly)

If the broken neon signs, shuttered storefronts, and sub-standard housing didn’t tip you off, you’ve just wandered into the city of “Undisclosed”. You don’t want to be caught dead here, because odds are you just might find yourself rising from the grave. That hasn’t stopped tourists from visiting to check out the unusual phenomena that hangs around our town like radioactive fallout. Interdimensional parasites feeding on human hosts, paranormal cults worshipping demonic entities, vengeful teenage sorcerers, we’ve got it all.

Did I mention the possessed toy? It’s a plastic football-sized egg that’s supposed to hatch an adorable, colorful stuffed bird when a child “feeds” it through a synchronized smartphone app. What’s actually inside is an otherworldly monstrosity that’s enticing impressionable wayward youth into murdering folks and depositing their body parts inside the egg as if it’s a hungry piggy bank to trigger the end of the world.

That’s where Dave, John, and Amy come in. They face supernatural threats so the rest of us don’t have to—and sometimes even earn a couple of bucks to so do. But between the bloody ritual sacrifices and soul-crushing nightmares, our trio realizes this apocalypse is way above their pay grade.

©2022 Jason Pargin (P)2022 Audible, Inc.

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DA FILTHIEST

didn't disappoint, loved it.Would buy again but can't. where is the Amy and Joy rule 34 stuff lol, I needed more words for the review disregard that

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WTB 1 can "Fight Piss"

It's not very often a book makes me laugh out loud. Great book even better series. I hope we get 896 more novels too!

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Very good

Was a little confusing at times at the beginning. But it didn't take long for me to catch up and really sink into the story.

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Weird delights

I think this is a very very good audiobook. I am open to the possibility that it is bad, and I have bad taste. It falls so neatly into the centre of the Venn diagram of things I like in stories - high strangeness, dark humour, and characters on the margins - that I cannot be objective. But, as far as I am concerned, this is the Great American Novel. Or a lot of fun, anyway.

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Awesome series

I love this series. The characters are amazing and funny. The dialog and narrator really bring it home. Can't wait for the next book.

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Another Great Addition

I’ve enjoyed all of Jason Pargin’s books, and this was no exception. Truly horrifying at times, with amazing humour. Stop reading reviews and listen to it already

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Another great book in this series

I love this series, and had the book preordered and grabbed the audiobook right away. Now, I’m unsure if it’s because I’m listening to the audiobook so soon after reading- my mind decided it’s own “version” of the book, but I found I didn’t enjoy the performance of this one. I found the pacing of the reading to be EXTREMELY odd, as if he didn’t read ahead. Kept trying to end sentences early, and then realizing they kept going. “The v… and h!… of the van halen logo” was one that I took note of for this review.
I don’t recall the performance being this jarring listening to the other ones he narrated for this series, but very grating to me this time!

I enjoyed the way each alternating character POV was done, he made it easy to understand the different voice of each character. And all in all I do enjoy his reading of this story! I might have to go back to book 1 and 3 to see if the pacing is similar. As I was listening to it with my girlfriend -who has not read the book- she mentioned also finding the pacing odd.

Either way- another amazing story! Even with my personal dislike of the narrator, I recommend 100%

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Another great installment

Loved it. Jason's books always help me understand weird things about mental health and perception of the world. It's comforting to know there are plans for a 5th book. Great premise, great characters, great dialog, great narrator. Gonna go back and listen to the series from the start now.

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Loved this book.

I really enjoyed listening to this book. I have listened to all the books in this series and they are all amazingly written and preformed.

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if you like the series you'll like this one

John, David and Amy take on a global time traveling summoning spell. much like the other books. there's lots of interdimensional parasites and invisible monsters that only people have taken soy sauce can see. The situations are strange, and they sort of bumble through it.

Much like the other books. the performance of the very good. The take on the supernatural is interesting.

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