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  • The Funhouse

  • By: Dean Koontz
  • Narrated by: Karen Peakes
  • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (36 ratings)

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The Funhouse

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Karen Peakes
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Summary

Once there was a girl who ran away and joined a traveling carnival. She married a man she grew to hate - and gave birth to a child she could never love. A child so monstrous that she killed it with her own hands.… Twenty-five years later, Ellen Harper has a new life, a new husband, and two normal children - Joey loves monster movies, and Amy is about to graduate from high school. But their mother drowns her secret guilt in alcohol and prayer. The time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins.…

Because Amy is pregnant.

And the carnival is coming back to town.

©2001 Universal Studios Publishing Rights, a division of Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Recorded by arrangement with The Berkley Publishing Group, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.
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outstanding performance

Absolutely loved listening to this, which is mostly due to the narrator who really brings the characters to life with her performance. It's a pretty decent story, though the style of writing seems different from other Dean Koontz novels I've read or listened to and actually reminds me of Richard Laymon. My only complaint is that it seemed to wrap up rather quickly and left me wanting to know what happened in the aftermath so am epilogue would have been a nice touch.

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Loved this was read brilliantly

Listened to this on the beach I’ve read it before but having it read as well was great

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Creepy but so good!

So very creepy, the idea of his kids gives me the shivers!

I needed to know what else was coming at the end! Are they ok? What will the mum say? The rest of the carni folk?

This defo had my full attention 🤎

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loved this book.

I remember this book it was the 1st ever book I'd physically read, I wanted to see how it compared.
it didn't disappoint.
It's a great tale

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