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Original Title: | The Bad Place |
ISBN: | 0425195481 (ISBN13: 9780425195482) |
Edition Language: | English |
Dean R. Koontz
Paperback | Pages: 417 pages Rating: 3.9 | 32710 Users | 670 Reviews
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Title | : | The Bad Place |
Author | : | Dean R. Koontz |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 417 pages |
Published | : | July 6th 2004 by Berkley (first published January 13th 1990) |
Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Suspense |
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Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning when he awakes, he discovers something strange--like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person--a young man with Down's Syndrome--can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns.Rating Based On Books The Bad Place
Ratings: 3.9 From 32710 Users | 670 ReviewsArticle Based On Books The Bad Place
The first time I read this book I was in 8th grade, and wasn't exactly brimming with literary experience. Now I'm 26 and just read it again for the second time... my god, I can't believe how awful this book is. I'll be fair and mention the positive first: the "bad guys" are rather... unique. You won't find characters like them in other books. And I thought their psychology, the plot twist at the end, and some of the strange powers that they have and places they get to were pretty interesting.If your not easily disturbed this is a really good book for you. The crap in this book just blew my mind. Probably my favorite of his along side with the Odd series, but I didn't give it the full 5 because of its graphic nature. Its not ridiculously graphic and its not graphic throughout the whole book but just enough to get a really good picture of how jacked up the "bad guy" is. Also its well balanced, the good characters are awesomely good.
I hate putting down a book once Ive started it, until I have turned that final page. But in life sometimes exceptions must be made and this is definitely one of those times. What can I say? This book, this story, simply did not connect with me in any way. I suppose that the concept does indeed have promise, but what ever little bit of interest it was successful in generating within me has wicked out. The characters are beige, the scenes are beige, the writing is blah, blah, blah, full of cliché,
DNF...That was one of the most disappointing and let down books from a writer i have read from for the the third time and the other works were far more superior..I dont know what happened with this one.. it did not stick with me.. i was not concentrated while reading it.. it had me rolling my eyes from the cliches and the bad characterization.. phew.. lets hope the next novel from Koontz is not the same mess..
The plot of "The Bad Place" is compelling and exciting, with a very huge what-if factor. Deep beneath you might recognize something of Whispers and especially Bruno Frye. There is more than one similarity between Bruno and Candy Pollard, the villain of The Bad Place. But instead of using twin brothers with a deeply disturbed childhood, Koontz takes it one huge step further, creating paranormally gifted offspring of a through incest mutated hermaphrodite. The heroes are Bobby and Julie Dakota, a
A pretty dark, and at times gripping detective agency horror. A couple of private investigators get involved with a manic family feud between brothers with psi powers. One of the more interesting Koontz reads. 7 out of 12
With The Bad Place, Dean Koontz did something he's never done before gross me out. This book had me gagging on multiple occasions, especially toward the end. "Four testicles." Need I say more? Written during what many consider Koontz's peak period (which most tend to agree was from 1983 to 1995 or so), I went into this novel with relatively high expectations and was not let down. This makes for my tenth or eleventh Koontz read, so I don't claim to be well-versed in his works yet . . . but this
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