K-Pax by Dr. Gene Brewer
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Book Reviews of K-Pax
Book Review: Garbage in, garbage out
Summary: 1 Stars
The only thing needed to add to johnewark's excellent review of this is that the movie was as painfully bad as the book in every way.Actually, given all the high ratings here, perhaps it's not gratuitous to pile on the criticism for this awful book, juvenile and utterly self-inconsistent when it's not purely derivative (as many people have pointed out, of Good Will Hunting, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Starman).
It's dreck like this that gives Scientologists a certain credibility when they say L. Ron Hubbard's subhuman literary performances aren't the worst things ever sold under the guise of science fiction.
Book Review: See the movie instead
Summary: 1 Stars
The book's basic story is excellent but poorly executed. It is preachy, contains unnecessary asides and is altogether un-interesting and uncreative. The makers of the movie, on the other hand, took the book's concept and created a wonderfully engrossing and powerful story. Thank you Hollywood for creating a terrific movie out of a poorly written book.