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If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe: A Novel | Jason Pargin
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New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargins hilarious and horrifying John Dies at the End series continues with If This Book Exists, Youre 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 "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 theyre hurt...This isnt just a funny tale of inept supernatural investigators; its a story of people struggling through pain to find a better path. Pargin offers us a welcome note of hope." Booklist If the broken neon signs, shuttered storefronts, and sub-standard housing didnt tip you off, youve just wandered into the city of Undisclosed. You dont want to be caught dead here, because odds are you just might find yourself rising from the grave. That hasnt 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, weve got it all. Did I mention the possessed toy? Its a plastic football-sized egg thats supposed to hatch an adorable, colorful stuffed bird when a child feeds it through a synchronized smartphone app. Whats actually inside is an otherworldly monstrosity thats enticing impressionable wayward youth into murdering folks and depositing their body parts inside the egg as if its a hungry piggy bank to trigger the end of the world. Thats where Dave, John, and Amy come in. They face supernatural threats so the rest of us dont have toand 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.
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NotCool
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So there‘s this point in the book where the male character mentions men not receiving compliments from women very often and…that‘s probably true. But I have a sinking suspicion that, as the female character doesn‘t think about it, the male author doesn‘t know how often compliments from strange men end with insults, harassment, threats and violence directed at women they‘re “complimenting”.

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julesG
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Like the three other books in this series, this book can be read as a standalone. Reading the other books in the series, in order or not, won‘t help with that feeling of “what the … am I reading here?” It's a bonkers wild ride with aliens and magical soy sauce and parasites and a magical egg that demands human sacrifices and ...

In other words, a novel where you have to trust that the author knows what they were doing and go with the flow.

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jackilynn
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So excited to finally be spending time with John, Dave, & Amy again 🤓😎