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The Bad Place
by Dean Koontz
I first read The Bad Place when it was released back in 1990, a few other times since then, and I've just finished it yet again.
This was actually the very first novel I completed. I'm dyslexic and I struggled quite badly back then in my twenties. Dean's writing seemed so accessible to me that I went on to read over forty of his amazing creations. His early writing just really speaks to me.
Anyway, back to this book.
This novel hasn't lost anything over the years, I've enjoyed it afresh every time I've picked it up. Of course, there are a few small elements that date it, but I find these more endearing than annoying, and you have to consider every book for the time it was written.
This story is chock full of rich intriguing characters and fantastically imaginative elements and goings-on. You truly feel that every single character you encounter in these pages could warrant a novel all their own. Koontz is known for featuring disabled characters in his books, and The Bad Place is no exception. Thomas is a Downs Syndrome chap and an utterly mesmerising character. I think mainly because of how Dean has tried to get inside Thomas' head and really present him from the inside.
This book is a firm favourite of mine, and if given the ultimatum that I possess only one single book for the rest of my days, The Bad Place would be it. Mainly because it's such a fantastic creation but also because it has lifelong sentimental value to me.
If you haven't yet dabbled in the worlds of Mr Dean Koontz, may I please urge you to do so, I'm sure you will not regret it.
This was actually the very first novel I completed. I'm dyslexic and I struggled quite badly back then in my twenties. Dean's writing seemed so accessible to me that I went on to read over forty of his amazing creations. His early writing just really speaks to me.
Anyway, back to this book.
This novel hasn't lost anything over the years, I've enjoyed it afresh every time I've picked it up. Of course, there are a few small elements that date it, but I find these more endearing than annoying, and you have to consider every book for the time it was written.
This story is chock full of rich intriguing characters and fantastically imaginative elements and goings-on. You truly feel that every single character you encounter in these pages could warrant a novel all their own. Koontz is known for featuring disabled characters in his books, and The Bad Place is no exception. Thomas is a Downs Syndrome chap and an utterly mesmerising character. I think mainly because of how Dean has tried to get inside Thomas' head and really present him from the inside.
This book is a firm favourite of mine, and if given the ultimatum that I possess only one single book for the rest of my days, The Bad Place would be it. Mainly because it's such a fantastic creation but also because it has lifelong sentimental value to me.
If you haven't yet dabbled in the worlds of Mr Dean Koontz, may I please urge you to do so, I'm sure you will not regret it.