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Summary: BORING
Review: Is Koontz on drugs? This book is so far-fetched as to not qualify as science-fiction. It is hallucination. I have enjoyed other Koontz books, but this is over the edge.
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Summary: A surfer's dictionary
Review: I have read all of Dean Koontz's books since I discovered "Watchers" in the late 80's. I will now stop. Though Koontz was never heavy on characters, concentrating more on story, this book hit an all time low. The characters are all cardboard, spewing surfer lingo. They are so distracting and unlikeable that I lost sight of Koontz's themes of love and warnings about genetic engineering. I had to force myself to finish this book.
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Summary: Where is Dean Koontz
Review: Although not a fanatical Dean Koontz fan, I have genuinely enjoyed most of his works and consider myself and enthusiast but that may all change if he continues to produce drivel like this. From his "hip" surfer talk to the paragraph long descriptive phrases, this book disappoints at every turn of the page. I found it neither entertaining nor worth the effort to read although I did finish it having spent the money to purchsae it to begin with. Knowing that Mr. Koontz is capable of far better work than this only serves to increase the disappointment. The prequel was not much better although at least it was fresh, where this is book could well be the sum of the parts that were cut from the first novel. Could this really be the same author who penned Dark Rivers of the Heart or did he put his word processor on auto-pilot and what we're seeing is a first of what promises to be many "computer generated" works of "literature"?
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Summary: my heart still hasn't stopped racing
Review: wow! what a book! dean koontz has struck the mother-lode with SEIZE THE NIGHT. the snowman and his friends are back(thank god) for another high- speed chase through the quiet hamlet of moonlight bay. the heroes of FEAR NOTHING are back to battle the evils of that nasty little virus created at fort wyvern and stumble across an even bigger threat, the mystery train project. as chris snow and his merry band hunt for the stolen children and snow's einstein-brained dog, Orson. Koontz once again delivers with a strong, powerful story that grabs the reader by the throat and doesn't let go until the end.
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Summary: hakneyed plot, cookie-cutter characters and no protagonist
Review: This book reads as though it were written in a week. Christopher Snow is virtually non-existent as anything other than a narrator. I know nothing about him other than the fact that he is light-sensitive. What makes him really unique as a person is beyond me. There were some interesting scenes - particularly within the first 100 pages - but if the reader is expecting plot tension similar to, say, "watchers," forget it. Also, the surf lingo and tongue-in-cheek observations of life are also trite and distracting. I have always enjoyed Koontz's novels - I have at least 10 on my shelves! - but this simply does not live up to his earlier work. A big dissappointment.
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Summary: "Seize the Night" grips you with heartstopping suspense!
Review: Mr Koontz must have read the Amazon.com reviews for "Fear Nothing" (especially mine), and respected some of the opinions expressed therein because he's definitely salvaged some of the main characters, who previously were either too unrealistic or too irritating. And those characters are, Chris Snow, his now-fiance Lilly, and that surfer dude.In the first of this three-volume series, the surfer dude was a real nasty character. But Dean manages to work some of his magic on this guy in this second installment of the Wyvern series that makes surfer boy a bit more pallatable, and certainly less abusive. Dean also manages to make us understand better Chris Snow's inordinate love for the black pooch, then makes us care for bowser breath by using the old reliable kidnap-and-rescue bit on Mr. Doggie. (Hell, it worked for me!) Couple that with more of an actual story than in the first installment (Fear Nothing), and you get a great story, and with characters that, at first, were merely boring and annoying. Psssst! I still don't understand why Chris didn't use the ID card that he found to work the elevator door when it couldn't be accessed. Was this a nodding tease to us pc gamers out there, who enjoy playing CD ROM games that require acqusition and manipulation of objects? Or did Dean gloss over this for a quick buck? We may never know the answers to these questions.... Corollary: It would be a far far better thing for us to know that Dean's busy working with some computer gaming gurus (like CYAN or ACCESS) into making a Wyvern game out of this series. It would be like another Tex Murphy game, pastiche, whatever ... but with a deliciously weirder bent to it!
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Summary: Plot ok, characters narcisstic, empty shells
Review: Mr Koontz has written a pretty good story plotwise, combining science fiction, horror, suspense, etc. There may be a few too many threads, but hey, that's ok. The characters, however, are about as cardboard as they come. They are all noble, honest, loyal, self -effacing, etc. There's not a character flaw among them in the book. Well, although the book doesn't show it as a flaw, the narrator, Chris Snow, does go on ad nauseum about their special bonds and relationships, how how noble, honest, etc, each of the others are. Paragraphs about this continually pop up everywhere, in overwrought prose that sounds like Deepak Chokra in overdrive. Characters would be much more believable and likable with a few flaws and far less of this constant narcisstic introspection. The characters' nature, and any overarching themes of the book, would be far better brought out through the story. Instead, the reader is constantly told about how noble, honest, etc, the characters are, and about the greater values they exemplify. Outside of that, the story is okay. After a while you learn to anticipate the flowery expostions and skip a paragraph or two. This can cut a good 50 - 60 pages from the book, with no loss of content, and leave a decent thriller.
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Summary: Koontz Does It Again !
Review: Once again Dean Koontz the master story teller brings us back to Moonlight Bay, Home Of Chris Snow, Bobby Hollaway, and Sasha Goodall, and if you thought the town was stange lastime, this adventurer takes for an even wilder and wicked journey in that twisted town. Great Book Thanks Dean!!
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Summary: Not As Good As The Rest
Review: I have about 20 more pages to go in this book and hate to say it, but I will be glad to finally finish it. Don't get me wrong - I am a serious Dean Koontz fan - I have a hard copy of every book he has ever published and have enjoyed most of them. This particular one I feel just has entirely too much description. I found my mind wandering during a great part of it. Heck, I don't care about details concerning doors and floors. I just wanted the plot to move on. I hate being disappointed by one of my favorite authors, but this one just wasn't my style!
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Summary: Trilogy Here we come!
Review: I read Fear Nothing and was at the book store the day Seize the Night came out. Seize the Night was every bit as exciting as other Koontz's books! I can not wait until the 3rd and final book comes out. I am so attached to the characters now and can not wait to find out how everything turns out. Koontz is such a master as revealing the characters in is stories and you actually love and care for them. If you are a Koontz fan or not you need to read this book. Keep on pumping out those books Koontz!
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