The Last Days of Jack Sparks

Name: The Last Days of Jack Sparks
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Jason Arnopp
ISBN: 9781478968375

Author: Jason Arnopp

Narrator: Joe Jameson

Unabridged: 11 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 09/13/2016

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Psychological, Occult & Supernatural, Supernatural, Ghost

Synopsis

"Ingenious and funny . . . Magnificent." -- Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for Vendetta

Jack Sparks died while writing this book.
It was no secret that journalist Jack Sparks had been researching the occult for his new book. No stranger to controversy, he'd already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he witnessed.

Then there was that video: forty seconds of chilling footage that Jack repeatedly claimed was not of his making, yet was posted from his own YouTube account.
Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed -- until now.

"Wow. Seriously hard to put down." -- M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts

Reviews

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on April 25, 2022

Meet Jack Sparks. Author, atheist, former drug addict, narcissist and one heck of an unreliable narrator. From the opening page, we know something terrible happened to Jack. We find ourselves on his travels for his next book about the supernatural, or more like he is out to prove it doesn't exist. W......more

Goodreads review by Liz on August 14, 2023

REREAD 2023: Even better this time round. Read it if you haven't already! Warning: It is entirely possible that while reading Jack Sparks you’ll metaphorically die of laughter. Or of fright. Or possibly a mixture of both. But it’ll be worth it. Also keep lots of coffee handy coz this one will keep yo......more

Goodreads review by Paul on March 28, 2016

What a fun book. I loved that Jack Sparks was such a jerk (and a believable one at that) and a cleverly rendered unreliable narrator. Very good mix of fun and creeps (and, um, I have to admit to being totally spooked one night, when I spent five minutes standing in my bedroom doorway because I thoug......more

Goodreads review by Sadie on August 14, 2019

This book is a mixed bag and so are my feelings about it. At first, this was everything I wanted: Scary. I mean, terrifying. Possession horror. My favorite. Dark Comedy (black comedy/satirical/laugh-out-loud funny) Found footage/files! Yes! Love that! Modern (social media is a big component here) Fast-pac......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on December 16, 2016

The Last Days of Jack Spark is definitely a very odd book. However, it's not a bit scary. At least I do not think that. I actually found it to be more tragic, a black comedy kind of book, well without much comedy. A book about guilt, life after death and possessions. And, there were moments when I f......more

Quotes

"Takes a frenetic and self-obsessed modern world in its confident stride... gives us ingenious and funny diabolism, repurposed for the 21st Century. A magnificent millennial nightmare."—Alan Moore, creator of Watchmen and V for Vendetta

"Wow. Seriously hard to put down . . . Chilling and utterly immersive."—M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts

"Jack Sparks is a tremendously fascinating, entertaining, and an entirely contemporary movie character. His journey into the supernatural and his clashes with those forces and with himself are hilarious, disturbing, exciting and surprising as hell. I couldn't put the book down and I believe it will be a blast for audiences to experience the movie version."—Ron Howard

"This is one of those books where I'm sad when I'm not reading it. It manages the rare feat of being both horrific and hilarious, which makes me insanely jealous of Arnopp and has me considering how to kill him and consume his mighty power."—Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author

"Wittier than the lovechild of Stephen Fry and Charlie Brooker; scarier than watching The Exorcist in an abandoned asylum. Fast, furious, original and most importantly, terrifying."—Sarah Lotz, author of The Three

"This is The Omen for the social media age."—Chris Brookmyre, author of the Jack Parlabane thrillers

"Original, clever, scary and funny...It kept me gripped and guessing from page one."—Rebecca Levene, author of The Hollow Gods series

"A breath of fresh air, vivid and essential."—John Higgs, author of Stranger Than We Can Imagine

"I always suspected Jason Arnopp was a genius, and now, having read his first novel, I know I was right. Jack Sparks is an extraordinary literary creation, clever and awful, loveable and cruel and his story is so terrifying and believable that I could barely bring myself to turn off my lights at bedtime."—Lisa Jewell, international bestselling author

"Funny, creepy and totally nuts."—Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts