I honestly didn't know what I'd think about this book. This has a bit of an element of RANDOM-MONKEY-AWESOME-SAUCE about it, which I'll say outright will probably wear more than a few people down before they finish the book. I know that every once in a while I'd kind of roll my eyes a little at every twist and turn in the book, but I tried to keep in mind that this was initially written as a serial on a blog. What is a little trying when you read it all at once does actually work well when you think of it as something you'd read in smaller increments. 
 What kept me reading was that the characters here were pretty well done. Even with Dave being an unlikable prat for a good chunk of the novel, he was still interesting, as was John. He's redeemed through the course of the book, so no worries about him remaining a jerk. 
 The premise of this was just so outlandish and so weird that ultimately I can't help but have a bit of a soft spot for it. I really don't know if I'll read the next book in the series or not. I might, if my library ever gets an audiobook version of it since the madcap and weird pace of the book might be more palatable when it's read out loud.