The Funhouse

on Monday, April 05, 2004 I wrote about this book:

Started reading yesterday in the evening. Finished this morning.
Well It seemed I had not read this one and I enjoyed reading the book.
No dogs this time, no perfect people (some of dean's books are like that, a perfect couple with a dog ;-) )

Really needed a book like this. One you could not stop reading. ( )

Koontz said he wrote the book before the movie came out and it shows, The book is sawesom and gives you a nice scare. A young mother gives birth to what she considers an abomination and as she slowly starts to lose her sanity she dicides to kill the baby. He husband who runs the carnaival she has been working for goes mad trying to save it. Cut to 17 years later and the carnival owner has beensearchg for his missing wife, looking for revenge. He finds her children for her new marriage and sets up a plan to lure them in and kill them for revenge. It works well as most Koontz novels do. ( )

This book was pretty freaky and gross, which means Koontz did a good job. I would have liked the ending to contain some interactions with the mother. Typically his older books are better in my opinion, and this one held my attention, and I finished it in only a few days. Not his best, but no where near his worst. ( )

Dean Koontz has a way with words... his dark humor, sarcastic comebacks, and clever analogies were as expected, a wonderful tone for this book. This is one of those books that keeps you thinking, oh my, now what!!?? I very much enjoyed the journey of most of this story, however it only got three stars from me because while the story built up quite nicely and the actions in the book were mentally vivid, I feel the closing of the story fell short. It almost seems as if the ending was rushed and incomplete. However with that in mind, it was an all around good book and I will certainly be back for more Dean Koontz. ( )

A bizarre, quick, easy read. Not Koontz's best, but still creepy as usual! ( )