I picked this book up at a little charity book stool whilst in Spain and without knowing anything other than the cover looking cool (mine has a picture of the carnival and a big clown face) and that it could be a bit of fun I didn't know what to expect for €1.

What transpired was unpleasant, gruesome and scary but incredibly well written and intriguing. I am by no means squeamish but this is some unpleasant stuff. But the more I read the better it became and if you can get past the prologue then you can handle the book and what a book it is. The teen representations and clichés and the 'Carrie by Stephen King' similarities are something to be discussed but what I thought would be a 1 or 2 star book, managed to impress me but to quote one of the characters in the book, 'Funhouse is a weird name for something that's quite the opposite'.

There's a sentimental afterword from the author at the end and its revealed that this book was intended as a novelisation/film tie in but became far more popular than the film. Thought it was ironic that someone who collects novelisations can unwittingly buy and read a novelisation but that's life; amazingly random.