Seize the Night

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Summary: Koontz's Best Book Yet!!
Review: This book is by far his best. It combines sheer terror and spine shivering suspense. One minute I was at the edge of my seat, the next I was cold with fear, and the next I was weeping in sadness. I couldn't even put it down.

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Summary: What happened to fast-moving, attention-holding Kuntz???
Review: This book has a clever plot and complex characters, but not clever or complex enough to use so much of the English language. Too many words! Wait for the Reader's Digest version on this one.

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Summary: Entertaining, but not as good as Fear
Review: My summary says it all -- while I did enjoy this book, it was not as good as Fear.

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Summary: I believe in Fort Wyvern
Review: I believe Dean Koontz has XP. I believe he is a surfer. I belive he has a dog who is his brother (both having been created by Wisteria Snow). I find myself worrying that Christopher Snow really will die before I can tire of him, Orson, Bobby, and Sasha. This series entertains me enough to forget the vagaries of my day, but doesn't frighten me enough to add to life's worries. This is another fine mess you've gotten us into, Mr. Koontz.

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Summary: Keep it up Mr Koontz !!!!!
Review: Long live Christopher Snow and his nocturnal adventures. These characters are alive. I hope the journals keep coming.

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Summary: I Couldn't Put it Down
Review: I think Dean Koontz is a very talented writer. Seize the Night is a great follow up to Fear Nothing. I did think however that there were to many similies, and it made you want to skip whole pages to get back to the actual story line. I hope to see more books featuring Chris Snow and the other characters of Moonlight Bay in the future.

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Summary: Moonlight Bay; a wonderful weekend retreat!
Review: For those of you who felt that Dean had moved away from the "super natural" to "sci fi" in his book Fear Nothing, stand by for a return to gouls, ghosts, and goblins in Seize the night. While masterfully maintaing a true presence and maintaining the story line from "Fear Nothing," Koontz has created in this book, something that is more along the lines of chilling suspence and vears away from goverment consperacy and cover-up. While reading "Seize the Night" I became close freinds with Cris Snow and his companions, while constantly checking over my shoulder to make sure the bad guys wern't sneaking up on me. If you love the writings of Dean Koontz, take my word for it, you won't be able to put this book down!

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Summary: Too many similes!
Review: While I normlly like Dean Koontz, this was the worst book I have ever read. I struggled to get through this boring list of repeated similes. As if he had to come up with 2 or 3 every page, regardless of whether it had anything to do with the story. Just write the story, if its not long enough to be a novel , than call it a short story. But please don't add words for the sake of size. Really Boring and uninteresting.

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Summary: what a disappointment
Review: What a disappointment! After the page-turner Fear Nothing I was so looking forward to this new book - this one doesn't even come close to that or any other of his books. What's the problem???

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Summary: Plot Overwhelms Character
Review: If I had to choose my favorite modern author, it would be Dean Koontz. I've spent hundreds of hours in the dark listening to his books on tape, mostly unabridged, thank the Lord. This is not one of Koontz' best works, but it is entertaining. What it lacks is a sense of mystery that keeps you popping cassettes into the recorder through the wee hours of the morn. Snow is an interesting character, but he doesn't fare well in this series. His XP should be central to the storyline, but it seems almost like an add-on. True, most of the action must take place at night, but a less fantastic, darker (grin) plot would have served him better. Snow should be caught up in situations where he's racing against the clock to solve some mystery or conquer some evil before daybreak, not battling genetically altered animals and tripping sideways through time... and his XP should, in some way, be central to the resolution of the conflict. So far, this has not been the case. In short, the mind-numbing sci-fi plot overwhelms the uniqueness of this character. But anything Koontz writes is worth a read (or a listen).