Sequel to John dies at the end which again combines cosmic horror with body horror & generally deconstructs various zombie horror tropes, & thus has a greater proportion of body horror than John Dies at the End. This book is also structurally & genre-wise is less weird than the previous one. John Dies at the End was more episodic, which makes sense considering it started as a series of stories posted online. I liked how the Zombie Response Squad talked mostly in movie dialogue (especially from Aliens). I also liked how throughout the story each of the three main characters thought they themselves were the hero coming to rescue the other two. These days, I can’t read any narrative that has hazmat suit clad government agents swarming the site of an outbreak, or alien contact, or what have you without imagining that any such response would really be handled by a bunch of clueless sub-subcontractors under the direction of various former lobbyists & electoral campaign donors appointed to high offices in government looking for ways to employ “private sector efficiency” to handle the situation. I could definitely see this series going there eventually, so I’ll keep reading.