{"id":1976,"date":"2013-07-11T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2013-07-11T00:40:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T07:40:22","slug":"mark-reads-john-dies-at-the-end-chapter-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2013\/07\/mark-reads-john-dies-at-the-end-chapter-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8216;John Dies at the End&#8217;: Chapter 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the seventh chapter of <i>John Dies at the End<\/i>, I seriously missed so much shit in the last chapter. And the whole book. And <i>everything<\/i>. Intrigued? Then it&#8217;s time for Mark to read <i>John Dies At The End<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><!--more-->Chapter Seven: Arnie Thinks David Is Full of Shit<\/b><\/p>\n<p>BECAUSE WHY WOULDN&#8217;T YOU? If someone sat you down and told you this shit, just as it appears here, would you believe it? It&#8217;s nice, then, that this story openly addresses this. On top of this, the book does something <i>else<\/i> I haven&#8217;t experienced in a long time: IT GIVES US AN UNRELIABLE NARRATOR. If the text of the chapters from the perspective of David is exactly what he told Arnie, then there&#8217;s no way to tell which things were real and which were hyperbolic inventions. It&#8217;s frustrating on the one hand because <i>what did I just read<\/i>? But it&#8217;s realistic in terms of how David tells stories. It explains why he&#8217;s so over-the-top as he relates this tale to Arnie. I don&#8217;t have reason to believe that the main facts of the story are false; it seems like David may have made up the smaller details. Or misremembered them. (That makes me want to go back with a fine-tooth comb and see what inconsistencies are in the narrative. Oh god, that means David Wong had to <i>purposely write mistakes into his own book<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p>I also totally missed the fact that this black gunk made people <i>disappear<\/i>. That&#8217;s why that man screamed, &#8220;Becky!&#8221; Oh shit, what else changed? This makes me want to re-read the last six chapters over again to see if there&#8217;s a reference to a character that only briefly appears and never shows up again. Ugh, what a disturbing idea. So\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 how come this doesn&#8217;t happen with people who <i>take<\/i> soy sauce? I&#8217;m still not sure of the differentiation between soy sauce and these creatures. They&#8217;re both alive, but one appears to be more of a conduit than anything else.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You gotta understand\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Vegas was just the beginning.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What the fuck? <i>There&#8217;s more??? <\/i>Of course there is. And I bet it&#8217;s only going to get worse.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I have redesigned <a href=\"http:\/\/markdoesstuff.com\/\">MarkDoesStuff.com<\/a>! <a href=\"http:\/\/markdoesstuff.com\/blogs\/news\/8154711-welcome-to-the-new-mark-does-stuff-store\">Check out this post explaining the new changes<\/a>, which includes the start of <a href=\"http:\/\/markdoesstuff.com\/collections\/all\/video-commissions\">a permanent archive of all Mark Watches videos<\/a>!<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2013\/06\/mark-does-stuff-summer-tour-2013-is-here\/\">The Mark Does Stuff Summer Tour is happening soon! Check out the posted dates, suggest new ones, help bring me to YOUR TOWN<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; I have been nominated for a Hugo in the Fan Writer category! If you&#8217;d like more information or to direct friends\/family to vote for me, <a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2013\/04\/hello-hugo-folks-youre-probably-wondering-who-i-am\/\">I have a very informational post about what I do that you can pass along and link folks to<\/a>!<br \/>\n-\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2013\/02\/mark-reads-harry-potter-the-deathly-hallows-is-now-available\/\"><b><i>Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/i><\/b><b>\u00c2\u00a0is now published and available for purchase!<\/b><\/a><b>\u00c2\u00a0It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s available in ebook AND physical book format, and you can also get a discount for buying the ENTIRE SET of digital books: $25 for 7 BOOKS!!!<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>-\u00c2\u00a0<\/b>Video commissions are open, and <a href=\"http:\/\/markdoesstuff.com\/product\/mark-reads--video\">you can commission a Mark Reads\/Watches video for just $25!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the seventh chapter of John Dies at the End, I seriously missed so much shit in the last chapter. 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