I Dared My Best Friend to Ruin My Life

by Zandsand90

Genres: Horror, Fiction, Audiobook

Audiobook

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 1 out of 5]

genuine dog water wtf

[Victor Edmunds · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fucking great story. Listened to Mrcreepypasta's narration of it, and the suspense, twists, and turns were all done wonderfully. I love horror that's grounded in reality, something that could happen, and this story delivers just that.

[Sydney]

This is the worst book I’ve ever listened to

[E.G. Cooper · Rating 2 out of 5]

The premise alone has a lot of potential, I enjoyed it at first. The further in I got, the less enjoyable it became. Unfortunately it became overly comical, especially between the narrator over explaining every aspect of insignificant events or details (too much telling, not a lot of showing) and completely unbelievable/unrealistic events to the point of frustration. It turned from an intriguing read to a boring, drawn out narrative.

[curlygremlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the worst things I’ve ever read. Absolutely incredible

[Savannah Kearns · Rating 1 out of 5]

Please don’t waste your time, it’s a whole lot of nothing!

[mave · Rating 1 out of 5]

holy shit that was astonishingly bad. 10/10 comedy, 0/10 horror

[X-Krow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Re-read. A neat little thriller is nicely entrenched into its "creepypasta" style. I liked the way it played with the form and the tricks it pulled. It does get a bit overdramatic in parts as it plays with cliches and underwritten characters,it provided nice entertainment and kept me interested throughout.

[KC · Rating 1 out of 5]

A Digital Cautionary Tale That Forgets to Tell a Story

In I Dared My Best Friend to Ruin My Life, what begins as a darkly clever premise quickly veers into something closer to a public service announcement than a fully developed novel. While the book raises undeniably important questions about cybersecurity and the digital footprints we leave behind, its execution often stumbles under the weight of its own message.

At times, entire sections read less like narrative fiction and more like copy-and-paste guides on how to protect yourself from cybercrime. These moments, though informative, sap the tension and character development from the story. There’s a palpable fear in the subject matter—because this can and does happen in real life—but the novel struggles to channel that fear into a compelling arc.

The protagonist, intended perhaps to represent the average, digitally naive teen, too often tips into absurdity. His choices strain credibility, and the emotional stakes feel oddly muted as a result. Even more frustrating is the relationship between him and his so-called best friend-turned-nemesis. The book offers little in the way of backstory or emotional groundwork, making the antagonist’s descent into vengeful chaos feel unearned. Without a strong relational foundation, the reader is left more exasperated than engaged.

Still, the book has merit as a conversation starter. Its criticisms of digital naivety, oversharing, and the casual cruelty of online behavior are valid and timely. It might not offer the most elegant storytelling, but it’s hard to walk away without at least reconsidering your password strength—or wondering if you should finally download that VPN.

In short: a chaotic but earnest warning wrapped in the shape of a YA thriller. If nothing else, it’ll convince you to think twice about what you share—and who you trust.

[Jacob · Rating 1 out of 5]

Easily the worst creepypasta I have ever read. Often times, bad creepypastas aren't so bad. They're usually really funny actually. Honestly I'd prefer to read one over something mediocre. This story, however, is not funny. It doesn't even try to be a horror story. I don't know how this has received so much praise. It's one of NoSleep's most popular stories, being one of the posts of all time, and it doesn't even try to be a horror story. It was clearly meant to be a PSA about identity theft, but it does so in such a spectacularly incompetent way. Everything about this is abysmal. It reads more like a comic book than anything, with action sequences akin to spiderman that were somehow passable as horror to an entire subreddit. Just don't waste your time. It is so insanely bloated. Unnecessary and drawn out descriptions are given to pretty much everything that has to do with the legal proceedings of identity theft, which take up most of the story.

And I haven't even really talked about the specifics of the content. Mostly because the majority is taken up by the previously mentioned descriptions of anything that has to do with legal proceedings. Like I said, it reads like a comic book. The villain is hyped up as a big threat through the narration, but I find it impossible to envision him as anything other than James Rolfe. I don't think I can stress how painful this was. It isn't even an effective PSA.

[Dirk Strider · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is so gay. It should have ended with Zander & David f*cking King making out.

You're telling me David devoted so much of his time just to play some stupid dare game with his friend? How is that straight? Dude was saying stuff like: "Look how you’ve changed, your hair looks good. You should always dye it darker." ""I'd been dreaming of this game for years now. You were my only real friend I could do this with. One day I decided to just... go for it." and lastly the infamous “You think you’re here to save Katie, but you aren’t. She’s been gone for a year now, and you’ve only built up memories of her. The Katie you knew is dead. But not even that Katie is the reason you’re here right now. No, you gave up on a happily ever after with Katie long ago. This isn’t a hero’s quest to save the princess. This is a revenge assault on the dragon.” David is so obviously obsessed and in love with Zander.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this. One of the best stories I've read. There are some problems with it like the protagonist infodumping. But overall, I still enjoy it a lot. The characters here are well-written, especially the antagonist. It's a very thrilling read with lots of suspense. Its flow is nice. It starts off nice but grows darker as the story continues.

I think many of the people here giving this lower reviews are not used to a CreepyPasta and may have expected this to be more like a traditional Stephen King-esc horror book? I mean that's the only explanation as to why so many people would give this low reviews. I don't know what crack they're smoking. This story is great. This is one I recommend to everybody.

[Algirdas · Rating 1 out of 5]

My first one star review.
This feels like an ad made by some security company written by some reddit fedora enthusiast "intellectual". Seriously there's this air of pseudo-intellectualism, where the author thinks s/he smarter than s/he actually is.
Unless it's all written sarcastically, then you can view this as a silly attempt at comedy.
If this was written as a serious story, then I have to say that the author has a very, very long way to go, assuming the author was older than 15 years at the time of writing it.
It's one of those where you keep at it just to see how bad it can get.

[lilian · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5⭐️ yeah, didn’t love this one. Listened to a reading of this through the CreepCast podcast, so that definitely has colored my perception of the story, but this is generally not my taste.

The story is pretty out there and loops into the “so bad it’s good” territory for a while before it gets boring again for me. That being said, this was never traditionally published, so I give it some leeway for not having a standard editing process.

[Sunday · Rating 2 out of 5]

disliked
4 hours
-this is the funniest thing i have ever heard in my life
-these titles remind me of that trend in manga/light novels where the title is like insanely long like "Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon"
-why is he a super villain like what the fuckkkkkk
-just beat his ass he's a scrawny nerd what are you doing oh my godddd

[reagan schwartz · Rating 5 out of 5]

EXQUISITE !!!!!

[Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Second half is definetly better than the 1st, but that might not be saying much.

[Tyler Wade · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the worst thing I've read so far. Can't imagine it getting worse than this.

[Ryan Shaw · Rating 2 out of 5]

Listening to Wendigoon and MeatCanyon read through this so-called classic creepypasta made this one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I’ve ever read/listened to.

[Reader · Rating 2 out of 5]

genuine drag to get through, good premise but completely nonsensical and unintentionally hilarious.

[the funky longneck]

bruh...

[astrid · Rating 1 out of 5]

this is so lame but wendi and hunter made everything worth it

[Hanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Similar to Jeff the Killer but much longer and if the author took interest in identity theft. So horrible that it almost becomes good.

[Taylor Seiverd · Rating 2 out of 5]

OKAY! 2 stars because this was fuckin fun & just goofy. & i like fun & goofy.

[Rowan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bad. Not good.
Author did not use the minimum required effort.

[Larissa Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

so outlandish and awful, i love it!

[Dre Scott-Urichen · Rating 1 out of 5]

"david fucking king" 🔇🔇 FUCK OFF

[FINAL GIRL · Rating 1 out of 5]

it had potential but oh my god it was so bad it was funny

[Mary · Rating 1 out of 5]

Everything could have been avoided with gay sex.

[Julian · Rating 1 out of 5]

it's literally my finals week and I swear to God, suicide did never sound so sweet, I will be telling everyone about this