Yeah! Had my eye on this one, but been a little put out with Koontz for a few years. One too many books with dogs in it. I love dogs, but tum... anything can be overdone. Had to look up the movie Funhouse. Pretty sure I've seen it or at least a dozen like it. Yeah, I'll add Koontz Funhouse to the TBR, but it will be a while before I get to it. A: Depends upon the story. There are only a few stories I don't want touched, other than that I love a good retelling of any story because there is no story left untold. Mixing it up brings life to a story! So please bring on the narrations! Especially children's stories made dark and or twisted, a different take on what might have been going on or people that weren't as um, kind as once believed. Thanks for this review Erik!
There are quite a few books that feature horror versions of myths, fables, and even literature (Alice in Wonderland. Wizard of Oz.) I have some. Plan to get more. Because, you know, I don't have enough books.
@@ErikSmith57 Fan request: Please do share the myths, fables etc. video? I ask video rather than comment because a video is easier to find than a comment. YT "comment history" is shaky at best.
Just finished reading The Funhouse. Some people are saying that the ending felt rushed but I figure Dean did such a good job giving a back story/filler but he eventually had to use the scripts main essence to make the whole story happen.
It certainly feels rushed, when compared to the movie. But, Koontz did something very interesting by giving us all of that backstory. Not something you see in most novelizations, in my experience. And, in this case, it worked.
I don't typically read novelizations but if one is 90% different than the movie that would entice me to read it. I've read The Funhouse by Dean Koontz in the 1990's so I vaguely remember details. But I do remember enjoying it. The last Dean Koontz book that I read was Saint Odd which is the last book in that series. I was very disappointed in the ending but I suppose at some point in time that I will read him again. I don't think the overly religious mother is a thing anymore. He writes about golden retrievers a lot. I read somewhere that he suffered some abuse from a parent or step parent and that's why his characters often have abusive or overbearing parents. I once read a John Saul book and swore I would never read another. I haven't but I'm thinking of trying him again
Koontz mentions, in the afterward, that he came from a bad home, and I wondered if that was why he had so many overbearing, religious mothers in his work. I really liked Saul's The God Project. I liked Nathanial, but then the next two or three that I read were the same thing, so I gave up on him. Perhaps, someday, when I am old and retired, I will give him another try.
Nothing low budget about it🤣 I’ve recently read this early Koontz classic (I say classic coz IMO his later work isn’t as good) and, just as the title insinuates, this book is great fun😎👍🏻 I’ve not yet seen the movie and wasn’t aware that this was a novelisation of the movie until after but this is a Great, Fun read
@@ErikSmith57 Cannot disagree. A lot of his books are very similar, most of his earlier ones have a woman on the run usually with a man joining her on the way to assist with her escape!
