Reviews - The Bad Weather Friend

335 reviews for:

The Bad Weather Friend

Dean Koontz

3.4 AVERAGE

stellarian's review

2.5

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nscannelli's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amberlovesreading110's review

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-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: Complicated

Classic Koontz thriller with heart, witty banter, a main character with a lowkey traumatic backstory, and lots of action. The audio narrator did an amazing job.

Content Warnings

radbear76's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

As usual with his work of the last decades he takes a great story idea and ruins it by ham handily and constantly inserting his political beliefs and world view into the story. I don't even necessarily disagree with him, but just tell me a story. Stop preaching.

gdowning7's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don't think I would've liked this book as much had I read a hard copy.

beachsidebookreads's review

2.0

I have enjoyed Dean Koontz books in the past, and was thrilled to see such a well-known author put his hat in the ring for January selections on Kindle First Reads. In reading the summary, I was excited about the premise of "nice" vs "mean". There is too much mean out there in the world today and I say that everytime I leave my house. I also have enjoyed the author's writing style in previous books which is super short chapters, which were quick-paced and kept me reading.

I also LOVED the title of the book. I just knew this friend was going to be so cool, and couldn't wait to meet him.

Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the delivery of the concept. This book is unlike his previous writings, and here, I found myself wanting the plot to move quicker, and more depth. It seemed like Benny had a great life going and then just one day, everyone turned on him. The backstory took too long and I struggled with trying to understand it, and subsequently, was unable to connect to the main character in a meaningful way.

I still love a good revenge story, and this book had a ton of potential in concept. Disappointed that it did not deliver for me. Reading other reviews, it sounds like it resonated with others so it may just be me.