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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
read: September 2009
> "I told myself that I believed in God, but, my relationship with him was so strongly adversarial, that I had no difficulty believing he would permit the existence of a place as foul as hell. Sometimes I had wanted to stand up on my pew and rail at the minister...although the faith rubbed off on me a little bit, it did not interfere with my ability to reason. I was never able to come to terms with the contradiction between the doctrine of God's infinite mercy and the cruelty of the cosmos that he created for us. Therefore he'll and eternal damnation and demons were not merely conceivable, they seemed almost an essential bit of design in a universe built up by a divine architect as seemingly perverse as he who had drawn up the plans for ours."
> "Hope is a constant companion in this life. It is the one that thing that neither cruel nature, god, nor other men can wrench from us. Health, wealth, parents, beloved brothers and sisters, children, friends, the past, the future - all can be stolen from us as easily as an unguarded purse. But our greatest treasure, hope, remains. It is a sturdy little motor within, purring, ticking, driving us on when reason would suggest surrender. It is both the most pathetic and noblest thing about us, the most absurd and the most admirable quality we possess, for as long as we have hope, we also have the capacity for love, for caring, for decency."
> "I was reminded that we see so little of anything at which we look, that we are usually satisfied with simple surfaces, perhaps because the deeper view is often terrifying in its complexity."
> "I told myself that I believed in God, but, my relationship with him was so strongly adversarial, that I had no difficulty believing he would permit the existence of a place as foul as hell. Sometimes I had wanted to stand up on my pew and rail at the minister...although the faith rubbed off on me a little bit, it did not interfere with my ability to reason. I was never able to come to terms with the contradiction between the doctrine of God's infinite mercy and the cruelty of the cosmos that he created for us. Therefore he'll and eternal damnation and demons were not merely conceivable, they seemed almost an essential bit of design in a universe built up by a divine architect as seemingly perverse as he who had drawn up the plans for ours."
> "Hope is a constant companion in this life. It is the one that thing that neither cruel nature, god, nor other men can wrench from us. Health, wealth, parents, beloved brothers and sisters, children, friends, the past, the future - all can be stolen from us as easily as an unguarded purse. But our greatest treasure, hope, remains. It is a sturdy little motor within, purring, ticking, driving us on when reason would suggest surrender. It is both the most pathetic and noblest thing about us, the most absurd and the most admirable quality we possess, for as long as we have hope, we also have the capacity for love, for caring, for decency."
> "I was reminded that we see so little of anything at which we look, that we are usually satisfied with simple surfaces, perhaps because the deeper view is often terrifying in its complexity."
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Oh Dean Koontz, I wish I knew how to quit you.
This wasn't quite as bad as his other carny-horror book, [b:The Funhouse|11166889|The Funhouse|Owen West|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388453834s/11166889.jpg|2212445], but it was still pretty bad. This is the kind of a story where the good guys are pure and virtuous and the bad guys are total sh*theads, and I kept thinking how much more interesting it would have been had the main character been a murderous sociopath who just thought he was killing monsters.
The most interesting thing about this book was how obviously it was a precursor to the [b:Odd Thomas|14995|Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)|Dean Koontz|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388245669s/14995.jpg|4574034] series - all the same elements are already, and pretty much only the names and places have changed.
This wasn't quite as bad as his other carny-horror book, [b:The Funhouse|11166889|The Funhouse|Owen West|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388453834s/11166889.jpg|2212445], but it was still pretty bad. This is the kind of a story where the good guys are pure and virtuous and the bad guys are total sh*theads, and I kept thinking how much more interesting it would have been had the main character been a murderous sociopath who just thought he was killing monsters.
The most interesting thing about this book was how obviously it was a precursor to the [b:Odd Thomas|14995|Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)|Dean Koontz|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388245669s/14995.jpg|4574034] series - all the same elements are already, and pretty much only the names and places have changed.
Dear Mr. Koontz,
Because of you I will never be able to visit a carnival/amusement park after dark ever again. My children will curse your name at a future point in their lives.
Thanks so much.
Ami
A gory, intriguing, violent, scary story that starts off well and then starts to drag its feet at the end.
Because of you I will never be able to visit a carnival/amusement park after dark ever again. My children will curse your name at a future point in their lives.
Thanks so much.
Ami
A gory, intriguing, violent, scary story that starts off well and then starts to drag its feet at the end.
That afterword alone is reason enough to wish the goblins' plot was successful.
The main story was actually pretty good. At least, the first part, the second part dragged on and on and ON, so much so that I seriously considered DNFing this thing - and if I'd had to read yet ANOTHER revoltingly descriptive sex scene, nothing would have saved it from being forever consigned to the "not worth the nausea" pile. We get it dude, can we get on with the story now?
The main story was actually pretty good. At least, the first part, the second part dragged on and on and ON, so much so that I seriously considered DNFing this thing - and if I'd had to read yet ANOTHER revoltingly descriptive sex scene, nothing would have saved it from being forever consigned to the "not worth the nausea" pile. We get it dude, can we get on with the story now?
The first half of this book isn't too bad, but the second half us too farfetched and feels tacked on.
I've read this book once, a very, very long time ago. It wasn't exactly what I'd call memorable. Just something to pass the time.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced