334 reviews for:

The Bad Weather Friend

Dean Koontz

3.39 AVERAGE

ever_unread's review

3.75

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Yes

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If you  just want some silly, mindless fun without any particularly high stakes - this could be worth a shot.

It reads a bit kiddish, I wasn't really sure who the intended audience was, but I can imagine 13 year old boys enjoy it and there's nothing that would make it inappropriate for them. We do also get a dual timeline, one of which follows Benny and a couple of friends having a bit of a crazy adventure in boarding school, which kids would likely get some fun from reading.

The breaking the fourth wall sections grated on me a bit, but I personally don't like them in general.

Overall, a fun, fast read, but if you're expecting a thriller/ horror/ adult novel, you might be a bit disappointed.

tori_17's review against another edition

1.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maddiefish09's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

dbevvers63's review

2.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I was disappointed with this novel, I do find Dean Koontz a bit hit and miss, he can be over flowery in his language at times but he has good storylines. The characters were too binary, the main character too sugary nice and the bad guys all nasty with no redeeming traits. Also, the plot was a little confusing and hard to believe. 

lsmith0823's review

3.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ashiferraro's review

3.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

monkey251931's review

5.0

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not sure had to tie this up except, WOW!

What an incredible read!

The beginning introduced so many characters it was hard to keep track of, but eventually, the main characters took over and it was an absolute thrill to read!

• Exceptionally witty banter
• Incredible and unique characters
• Unexpected HEA
• Thrilling journey
• Found family
• Aliens meant to protect
• Cold/Heartless family & caregivers
• Unexpectedly sweet romance

theconstantreader85's review against another edition

3.75

funny mysterious

dcfieldview's review

5.0

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Possibly Joints best work

The Bad Weather Friend is Santa's Twin for grown ups, set in the lens of an adult's life instead of children on Christmas Eve. There is a perfect blend of monsters, both human and otherwise; atmosphere; anticipation; action; violence and gore all tempered by the lesson that being nice is worthwhile. An absolutely fun read.

erica_reads_a_book's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes