The Funhouse

De: Dean Koontz

Narrado por: Karen Peakes

Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate - and gave birth to a child she could never love. A child so monstrous that she killed it with her own hands.… Twenty-five years later, Ellen Harper has a new life, a new husband, and two normal children - Joey loves monster movies, and Amy is about to graduate from high school. But their mother drowns her secret guilt in alcohol and prayer. The time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins.…

Because Amy is pregnant.

And the carnival is coming back to town.

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Don't Do That

The carnival is an exciting setting for a horror novel. Makes you wonder why you go to them: it's the freaks, funhouses and grinning clowns. I kept saying to the characters: "Don't do that, you'll be sorry." A bizarre, quick, easy read--creepy read for Halloween time.

I definitely recommend this book

Such a great story. Wish it was longer, but still Koontz didn't leave anything out. You care about the main character, while hating others. There's a "reason" the bad things are happening. Overall, I give it an A.

Fun in the Funhouse

Early supernatural offering from Koontz didn't fully develop the characters which left me wondering about the exact nature and origins of the "monster". There also seemed to be very little compassion toward the mother. Altogether, I felt I was experiencing an R-rated Scooby Doo episode. Narrated does well with annoying female and teenage voices, not so much with males.

An ok horror story I guess

Girls like that deserve to die long painful deaths. For that matter so do the boys, and all the rest of the characters in the book except Joey.

not my favorite koontz novel

I've read or listened to several Dean Koontz books, and this one was my last favorite so far. Characters were too predictable and the story wasn't developed very well. The narration was quite good, and is the only reason I made it through the book.