Reviews

The Bad Place, by Dean Koontz

kmrose's review against another edition

1.0

I couldn't do it. It was terrible and unrealistic... or at least unrealistic for a book. There was teleportation, vampires (or a creepy guy that bit women's throats and sucked their blood), telecommunication, a weird amnesiac with a shadowy figure following him, etc., etc. Yeah, not recommended.

tmobil's review against another edition

3.0

Favorite Quotes

That was one of the most fundamental and sacred duties good friends and families performed for one another! They tended the flame of memory, so no one’s death meant an immediate vanishment from the world; in some sense the deceased would live on after their passing, at least as long as those who loved them lived. Such memories were an essential weapon against the chaos of life and death, a way to ensure some continuity from generation to generation, an order of endorsement and meaning.

ppmarkgraf's review against another edition

2.0

Dean, Dean, Dean...I think I've got to take a break from you...I know you've matured as an author throughout the years, but this book should be renamed from "The Bad Place", to "The Bad Book", because it was just that. Cannot believe it got a rating hirer than what I've GENEROUSLY given it.

melmauck68's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was my introduction to Dean Koontz.

hooptron's review against another edition

3.0

Similar to my love-hate relationship with Stephen King books is my "this is boring-this is mildly interesting" relationship with Dean Koontz books. That being said, this one was a little better than mildly interesting. I enjoyed reading it and it held my attention all the way through.

While it might not be for everyone, if you like horror/sci-fi fluff, then this is excellent beach reading for you!

happybaker's review against another edition

3.0

While I love that it was set in Orange County , CA where I was raised, I ended up not finishing the book because I just couldn't catch the story. I read the premise and like it but I was having a problem with it getting to the story line. I felt like it kept jumping around with out a reason why it was jumping around.

dlew's review against another edition

5.0

I honestly can't remember much about this book now. If I gave it 5 stars when I read it it had to be quite the page turning story

johan_botha69's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

umlautherper's review against another edition

In general I wasn't jiving with the story compared to other Dean Koontz novels I've read, but I was also uncomfortable with how Down Syndrome and Autism were discussed in the book, I didn't like that the story said you have to look past your pity to appreciate a person with Down Syndrome as a person, and I was uncomfortable that one of the characters was described as having autism in her childhood but then being able to "abandon" her autism as she learned to master the sensory overload, that doesn't seem to true to how autism works in the real world.

ju_readz's review against another edition

4.0

Wanting to read something more suspenseful, I was not let down by this book. More than once i needed a second to process what I just read. Koontz didn't limit his imagination. This book was recommended to me and by the first couple chapters I thought of it as a simple crime/mystery so the last thing I expected was the paranormal. There little lack in imagery, but the author could work more on direct character development