The Funhouse
by Dean Koontz
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I think I've always liked reading, even as a kid, but this book really set me off. I picked it up myself in a airport one summer when I was flying home from my dads in florida to my moms in california. I read right thought entire flight, through the layover in St. Louis, and I kept reading when I got home til I finished this book a day or so later. Then I bought Dean Koontz books whenver I could. To this day my Grandma still clips newspaper articles about dean koontz and sends them to me, even t...more
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Read in April, 2008
It only took me a couple days to read this book...not because it was so good I couldn't put it down, but because it was an easy read, and fun in its own right. It was genuinely scary, and disturbing, and a change of pace from the norm when reading Koontz. However, the book has nothing profound or important to offer...only cheap entertainment. I didn't hate it...not at all. In fact, I enjoyed it. But it's not a good book.
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Read in May, 1994
recommends it for:
Koontz fans
One of Koont's earlier works, so it's not as good as his later works. However, he does great work with what started out as a movie and makes it far more frightning than the movie ever could be. After 4 teens decide to hop off the funhouse ride and spend the night there, they realize it is a horrible mistake when something not quite human comes after them.
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Read in January, 1995
This was the first Dean Koontz book I read, and I was in about 7th grade. That's only funny if you know that it's about a deformed circus-freak-rapist. Nice, huh? I liked it a lot because it was something my mom never would have let me read, but it was called "Funhouse" so she never suspected a thing...
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Read in January, 1983
My paperback copy of this book is the original, red cover with the weird, greenish ghoul face at the bottom and the author is listed as "Owen West" before Dean Koontz quit using pseudonyms.
Junk-food horror, but hey, sometimes I'd rather eat a corn-dog than vichysoisse.
Junk-food horror, but hey, sometimes I'd rather eat a corn-dog than vichysoisse.
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
people who like disturbing things lol.
omg, never going to a carnival ever again!!! it was a good book anyways, wouldn't recommend it to any of my friends definetly, disturbed me greatly lol. It doesn't take long to read, I read it in a couple hours easily.
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Talk about creepy. Even though this book is fiction and is therefore, not true, I still get the creeps when I think of the main character. The story is not one of Koontz's better works in terms of plot twist or suspense.
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Oh Dean Koontz. If you don't like things that could really happen then you won't like these books. It's nice once in awhile to switch it up and read something totally unbelievable though. Good read.
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Horror Lovers
I read this a long time ago and can't remember exactly what happens, but I do remember being at the edge of my seat and turning page after page to see what would happen. It was fun.
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Read in January, 2005
recommends it for:
Dean Koontz fans.
This is a relatively predictable early Koontz novel. I'm not saying it's bad because it isn't. It's well-written and an easy read. It's just pretty predictable.
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Loved it as a kid. Scared the bejesus out of me. One of these days I'll read it again to see if it stands the test of time as well.
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Read in January, 1996
This book wasn't meant to be a literary classic. I believe I enjoyed it as a fifteen-year-old.
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Read in January, 1999
What could be more fun than a ride with Koontz thru a funhouse?! Most enjoyable reading.
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This was a fun book to read and there were times I got chills down my back. A good book!
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They also made a really bad movie of this one too. The book is much better.
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This book was a fast read. Not my favorite of his but pretty entertaining.
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I went back and forth while reading the book, but in the end I liked it.
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Read in January, 1985
A typical Koontz book that takes place within a carnival "family".
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Read in January, 2008
A pretty basic story, but I couldn't put it down. Very graphic.
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