You can’t help but like the main character even though he’s mostly a wise cracking, who gives a crap, smart ass. This book is not to be taken seriously or… I guess you could and just not have a good time, up to you.

the zany things that are happening around jack our intrepid unreliable narrator are a tad too much to keep up with (and up to now i am still trying to wrap my head around so many things because qUeStiONs! When you get on a skateboard for the first time, and for a moment you think to yourself you can do this, right before your feet goes the opposite direction than your body.As the only full-time employee at the twenty-four hour gas station at the edge of town, Jack has pretty much seen it all. if you're looking for an entertaining, fast-paced, confusing, and funny read and won't mind that about 90% of what's happening is effed up. Imagine experiencing an ongoing freaky acid trip, laced with the absurd and surreal and then just add a trace of the supernaturals and then you might get some idea. Events were truly random and the reader was left pleasantly wondering what was possibly going to happen next. Although I can see how the author was trying to blend in horror and comedy, and in some places it was really good, ultimately it just really shows a lot of.

With the body count steadily on the rise and a dark, ancient force infecting the dreams of everyone around him, Jack will do everything in his power to stay out of the way and mind his own business. With an unreliable narrator, cosmic horror and the perfect adhd induced plot, I think the term suspending disbelief might be be too shallow of a phrase, maybe catapult or torpedo sane rational thought out the window instead? From his psychiatrist to the local police, to his bosses, everyone is convinced that Jack is going insane, and maybe the reader thinks so too? A couple gnomes showed up right outside the back door, and I left them where I found them because one of them was holding a steak knife and I don’t need that kind of crazy in my life.I am sure most people will just lap this up, but I really don’t really handle bizarre and hilarious especially when joined with scary. I worried, The Tales could be alike Welcome to Night Vale, where it seems, the book is a set of random crazy events. Moreover, he suffers from a mysterious illness that will eventually kill him and attends therapy sessions that are included in his treatment package. When you brace yourself and pick something up which you thought were going to be heavier than it actually is, and for a fraction of a second you believe you’ve become stronger.

I determinate to read his next books but want to wait a cooler season – I think it’s more proper vibes for reading The Tales. I loved reading this book, it was a breath of fresh air amidst all the doom and gloom I usually read. At times it was a case of lighthearted comic horror but occasionally things became dark and sinister and all without any deliberate explanation or direction. While I enjoyed the humor a lot (it has this JOHN DIES AT THE END vibe), and the writing was much better than I expected, it felt a little too long for what it offered. A lot of times I was cringing while reading this and quickly skipped every other word just to get through some parts, which is a shame because when it came to some of the creepy aspects of this book, Townsend actually did a pretty good job.This is one of those stories that grow on you overtime, and I was happy to see it was all connected rather than just a bunch of unrelated short stories like some of the reviews claimed it was. I thought about explaining this reference, for I didn’t just pluck it out the air, but it should be more fun leaving you hanging.

Many things were also not properly explained or tied in which left me feeling more confused than anything else when finishing the book.Jack works at the sleepy, weird and wonderful gas station at the end of town, but things are beginning to stir and something is afoot. You never know if all this shit happens for real or… It catches a reader and never let him go before the last page. Based on the award-winning creepypasta by GasStationJack, Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One is a love letter to the pioneers of classic horror tailored to a generation that grew up in the era of smartphones and WiFi. the feeling of not finding a satisfactory level of closure for at least some of the plotlines that keep getting allusions. Anyway, the reason a went into this whole unwanted explanation, is to make you understand that this book takes place, almost entirely, in OFF.