K-Pax

K-Pax
by Gene Brewer

K-Pax
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Author: Gene Brewer
Reader: Tom Casaletto
Edition: MP3 CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
Published: 2004-06-10
ISBN: 1593350023
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD
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Book Review: This author can't write
Summary: 1 Stars

This was one of the worst books I've ever read. The only one worse is its sequel. Why did I read them then? Because I saw the movie and was dissatisfied with the ambiguous ending. My husband and I both wanted to know whether "prot" was or wasn't an alien. Otherwise, I'd have never subjected myself to such pulpy drivel. This is awful. The author can't maintain a consistent direction. He doesn't appear to have any idea where the story is going, he just writes it as it pops into his head. He has done a pathetic job researching mental illness, and he creates unrealistic sub-characters and situations. Why this book was made into a movie, I'll never know, but to the credit of the filmmakers, they did a much better job telling the story. Definitely a case where the film is far better (though not great) than the book.

Summary of K-Pax

Imagine a time and space traveler from another planet. One that looks human and exemplifies the ideal world he comes from, a world free from human nature''s greed and cruelty. That creature would be "prot", as he calls himself, the newest patient at the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute.

Prot seems to know more than he should about faster-than-the-speed-of-light-travel. And besides drawing constellations as viewed from K-PAX, the name of his home planet, "prot" can describe its orbit around double suns in unpublished detail. Who is "prot" and where did he really come from? Why does he have the ability to cure severe mental cases? And to disappear at will? And to charm everyone he comes into contact with?

Bizarre delusion or reality? Listen in as a psychiatrist who specializes in delusional behavior documents his sessions with the man from K-PAX.

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