Helpful Score: 6
I have read this book at least ten times. It is my absolute all time favorite.
Helpful Score: 5
Crazy book! Dean Koontz is brilliant at writing the latest "nightmare". In this book, a man is afraid to fall asleep because each morning when he wakes up, something strange has happened. One morning, he's covered in blood. Another morning he finds a bag of cash next to him. He finally hires two private investigators to help him. What they uncover shocks them all!
Helpful Score: 4
This is one of Koontz's earlier books, but is one of his finest. Husband and wife private investigators are caught up in supernatural events as they help a client who must continue to teleport himself to escape superhuman forces out to destroy him. The wife's brother, a wonderful character who has Down's syndrome, is also telepathic and provides a great counterpoint to all of the evil against which they must fight. Koontz is a master of making the unbelievable believable. A great read.
Helpful Score: 2
One of Dean Koontz's best
Helpful Score: 2
This book was great. I started reading it at the same time as another book, and it was so good I put the other book aside to totally concentrate on this book. It grabbed by total attention by the second chapter and was very engaging. I strongly recommed it to any Sci-fi reader and it is a definite reader for anyone who like Dean Koont's books.
Helpful Score: 1
This is another standard, pretty good book by Koontz. I like to read him when I need a break from real life.
Helpful Score: 1
Loved this one! Like most of Koontz's novels, this keeps you on the edge of your seat! I read it in two days, I just couldn't put it down.
Helpful Score: 1
If you are a Dean Koontz fan this is a must read.
Helpful Score: 1
Read this book years ago and it was good enough that I wanted to read it again. Dean Koontz is a great storyteller and this book doesn't disappoint.
Helpful Score: 1
A very fitting review:
"A master storyteller, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life. And his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns." - The San Diego Union-Tribune
"A master storyteller, sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, but always riveting. His characters sparkle with life. And his fast-paced plots are wonderfully fiendish, taking unexpected twists and turns." - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Helpful Score: 1
Once again Koontz had provided me with a book that was full of thrills and suspense. I had a hard time putting this book down and had to hang my "DO NOT DISTURB" sign.
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book. I couldn't hardly get anything done until I finished it. Not what I was expecting when I started reading but it gripped me from the first few pages. Masterfully written with great characters. I laughed, cried and didn't sleep well that first night. Couldn't ask for more in a book. I highly reccommend anything written by Dean Koontz.
This book is amazing, awesome - I've read it about 6 times!! It is my favorite book - ever!
One of Koontz's more twisted stories . . . I loved it!! The character Thomas is so realistic and alive!
The Bad Place is bizarre. Koontz pulled out all that strange ideas for this one. Definately 18+ to read. Its got the type of characters we have grown to love with such a twist of story this time.
Fast paced and fun to read!
Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning he awakes and discovers something strange--like blood on his hands. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man.
My daughter read this book and said it was very good
Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning he awakes, he discovers something strange--like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only on person-a young man with Down's syndrome--can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns...
Excellent! Frank Pollard continues to go through bizarre transportations only when he sleeps. The key to the mystery lies within a boy with Downs Syndrome. Classic Koontz!
Bobby and Julie reminded me of Nick and Nora Charles. Some unexpected events which I like.
Pretty good - suspense.
same great works by Dean Koontz. suspense, mystery,chills this one has it all.
Dean Koontz is a masterful storyteller and this book delivers!
this was one of my favorites
Possibly one of my favorites...
This book was terrifying, gripping, haunting, a real page turner. It contains a classic duel of good and evil. Synopsis: Frank Pollard awakens in an alley sensing he is in great danger. However, not remembering anything except his name. He takes refuge in a motel and awakens with blood on his hands. Over the next few days he fears sleep because each time he wakes up he discovers strange objects in his hands or in his pockets. Bobby and Julie Dakota are a husband-and-wife detective team. They specialize in high-ticket corporate security investigations. However, they help Frank Pollard out of compassion and curiosity. But as the Dakotas begin to discover where Frank goes when he sleeps, they are drawn into ever-darkening realms where they encounter the figure stalking Frank. Thomas is Julie Dakota's Down's-syndrome brother. To him, death is the "Bad Place".
Dean Koontz is my favorite author. This is another of his good books.
Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning he awakes, he discovers something strange--like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person--a young man with Down's syndrome--can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns...The Bad Place.
This book is a fast read. I had read it many years ago and decided to re-read it. Although the characters were vaguely familiar, I enjoyed it just as much this time and the last.
This was the first Koontz book I read, and it got me hooked, DK is at the top of the list in this genre.
This is a scary book. I like to read at night before going to bed, couldn't handle this. If you enjoy Kean Koontz and not easily scared, this is the book for you.
This is one of my favorite Dean Koontz books.
Koontz soars beyond the limits of Midnight and his other bestsellers. The principal characters, married detectives Julie and Bobby Dakota, agree to help frightened amnesiac Frank Pollard figure out what he does when he's asleep. (Not only can Frank not remember his past, but he wakes up mornings to find mysterious bags of large-denomination bills by his bed.) In due course, Frank and the Dakotas join forces against murderer Candy Pollard and his weird sisters, who want to kill Frank--evidently the sole human in the monstrous family. Candy extends psychic feelers toward potential victims, emanations that are sensed by Julie's younger brother Thomas. A Down's syndrome child, Thomas is telepathically gifted and able to warn Bobby of the demons who threaten Julie. Horror follows horror with each crime perpetrated by Candy & Co. as they come ever closer to the Dakotas and other prey. Besides episodes of shriek-worthy suspense, the book features out-of-body flights, and data on insects and gems of impossible origins, no less unnatural than the Pollard villains, who could incite envy in Lucifer himself.
Not the best - I liked Strangers better.
I had to read this in one go because it was so good!
This book was good. It started out slowly, but picked up speed so I couldn't put it down. Really good read.
This is another of my top 3 favorite Koontz books. Story is excellent with all of my favorite elements - supernatural/sci-fi & suspense! Without giving too much of the story away, Frank's family turns out to all have different supernatural powers. The battle between good and evil comes down to a tired and bewildered man trying to figure out his powers to save people around him from the powers of his brother.
Classic Koontz horror story with the weird ending. fun read
Great humor, engaging characters, unique story
Exellent Koontz.
I couldnt put it down.
My 86 year old Mom turned me onto Koontz. Go figure! I haven't been sorry that she did.
Frank Pollard awakens in an alley, knowing nothing but his name and that he is in danger. Over the next few days he develops a fear of sleep because when he wakes he finds blood on his hands and bizarre and terrifying objects in his pockets. Some things are so evil, that death is almost a relief.
Loved it
A CHILLING HORROR YOU WON'T PUT IT DOWN TIL YOU HAVE READ THE WHOLE THING
Good suspense novel
Written in the traditional Dean Koontz style, this book rocks. Plenty of mystery, psychic abilities, some gore, and a touch of science fiction. This book also offers a throw-you-for-a-loop twist at the end that you won't see coming. Seriously loved this book.
It holds your attention
