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The Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz
3.0
This is a story about Benny, a 23 year old very nice man who loses his job and his girlfriend on the same day. On this day of life changing events, he is bequeathed a mysterious crate from a distant relative.
We quickly discover this crate contains 'Spike', a 7 foot tall, supernatural creature known as a Craggle.
Spike's mission is to keep Benny safe and to discover why he lost his job and his girlfriend. Joining them is Harper Harper, a waitress and trainee private eye, first name Harper, surname Harper.
The story swaps between the present day mission and Benny's formative years, coming from a broken home and being sent to an elitist boarding school where the headmistress has been bitten by an alien and experiments on the students.
Whilst the story certainly sounds interesting, I found the characters to be very one dimensional. The occasional amusing quip but otherwise the dialogue is very 'wordy'. It reminds me of a quote from Harrison Ford discussing his StarWars script with George Lucas - "You can write this sh#t George, but you just can't say it!"
I think my biggest issue with this book is that by having this amazing, amusing, magical creature that can always save the day takes away any sense of jeopardy.
I found myself wanting to know more about Bennys time at school rather than following him into his present day encounters. I felt this was a book Dean Koontz churned out rather than lovingly crafted.
We quickly discover this crate contains 'Spike', a 7 foot tall, supernatural creature known as a Craggle.
Spike's mission is to keep Benny safe and to discover why he lost his job and his girlfriend. Joining them is Harper Harper, a waitress and trainee private eye, first name Harper, surname Harper.
The story swaps between the present day mission and Benny's formative years, coming from a broken home and being sent to an elitist boarding school where the headmistress has been bitten by an alien and experiments on the students.
Whilst the story certainly sounds interesting, I found the characters to be very one dimensional. The occasional amusing quip but otherwise the dialogue is very 'wordy'. It reminds me of a quote from Harrison Ford discussing his StarWars script with George Lucas - "You can write this sh#t George, but you just can't say it!"
I think my biggest issue with this book is that by having this amazing, amusing, magical creature that can always save the day takes away any sense of jeopardy.
I found myself wanting to know more about Bennys time at school rather than following him into his present day encounters. I felt this was a book Dean Koontz churned out rather than lovingly crafted.