3.4 AVERAGE

cathlatte's review

3.5
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes

cmt0131's review

2.5
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

scully_67's review

5.0
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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turtle1914's review

3.0
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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grannytj's review

3.0
challenging lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

sammygopal's review

1.0
challenging

francwoods's review

4.0
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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thatadhdfarmmom's review

3.5

This book started off great! It held my attention and I definitely stayed up way later than I should have reading it on more than one occasion.
It goes back and forth between present day and the main character, Benny's childhood. The new information we learn through flashbacks isn't incorporated into the present storyline until after we've learned it. There were a lot of phenomenal quotes I saved throughout the story including a few related to the environment and the current carbon craze.

I definitely did NOT see the ending coming....mostly because it was incredibly mediocre compared with the rest of the book.

The storyline had SOOOO much potential, then it's like Koontz just stopped putting effort into the story because he was nearing a deadline. There were extra details in places where they weren't needed, and then at the end when you wanted to have more to read, things were just skimmed over.

Part of me is wondering if this wasn't like one of the super complicated books we read in my high school AP English class where there's some sort of symbolism I'm missing...

Overall The Bad Weather Friend wasn't a terrible book, but it definitely was not the "twisty new thriller" it was marketed to be.

advertfor's review

2.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jenakajy's review

DID NOT FINISH: 32%

Just couldn't get into it. Wasn't my cup of tea.