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Summary: Major disappoinment
Review: I've read all or koontz's books and this is one of the worse. Chris Snow seems to gather information by osmosis -- with just a little information he's able to piece the story together. I guess because Koontz is planning a second book he couldn't tie up the loose ends, but I was left wanting more (more explanation, more closure, whatever).
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Summary: Not of his past writings.
Review: Upon reading this book, I found I wasn't into the story until nearly the end. There is usually a great deal of action right up front. The character (Chris) wasn't fully explained in detail (his disease) and therefor my husband and myself enpictured him STILL as an albino with the little detail we received. Dean has always been unique and when I ended this story and found it is "continued" so to speak in another book, it reminded me a lot of Stephen King who is another of my favorites, but given Dean's uniqueness, it sort of popped the balloon on creativity.
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Summary: A great author repeating himself
Review: I used to be a HUGE fan of Dean Koontz. Some of his early novels created a truly new horizon for sci-fi/action. Unfortunately it is now obvious that Koontz needs a new source of inspiration. This "Watchers" part 2 could have been great if the author had been able to develop his story more around the challenges of a disabled person than using the old "talking dog" story.Endless descriptions render the story painful to read. You'll be waiting a lot for meaningful action.
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Summary: Typical Koontz
Review: A bit slow in the beginning and predictable toward the end but all in all a good read. Kept me up past my bedtime
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Summary: This was a "wanna-be-like-Chricton" all the way through.
Review: I kept thinking through this entire novel Koontz was trying to one-up Chricton on technical and social commentary. Entertaining to a point, but the surfer stuff was getting a little ridiculous. I prefer a great deal of "well, maybe that could happen", but this had something missing. Certainly, Koontz is a talented writer with many accomplishments. Try another Koontz before this one.
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Summary: Good character development with an interesting plot.
Review: This is a first time read of a Koontz novel and I would probably read another. I liked the character development of Chris, his canine hero, Bobby, and Shasha. There are several places where the story drags, and vocabulary is used in some instances that might stop the reader, long enough to figure out what was meant, causing them to loose the flow of the story line. The ending sort of left things up in the air for me and there was no closure to the problem. Perhaps Koontz is leaving room for a sequal. Overall I enjoyed the book.
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Summary: Fear Nothing Is Not In League With More Recent Works
Review: I have read most of Koontz's books. Generally, I find that his more recent books are more polished, more enjoyable reading that his earlier works. In this work he certainly has the polish down, but other areas - mostly plot - suffer. I almost had the feeling that he was half way through writing this book and he had to meet a deadline so he just slapped on a "they lived happily ever after chapter". Through the novel he builds up to the mystery of what was happening in this town. Also you are kept wondering about his wonder dog. In the end neither issue was resolved. Often you see this author will take some premise that he used in an earlier work, add polish and produce a great book (Intensity reflects several of his earlier works). In this case, Watchers (an earlier work) is vastly superior to this book. How unfortunate that Mr. Koontz did not elect to create a sequel to Watchers rather than starting this new line of books. This book is not bad, but it certainly is not as good as many of his works.
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Summary: I will never look at animals the same way again.
Review: Fear Nothing is the most gripping book I have read since Intensity. Christopher Snow is the bravest character I have met, I wanted to hide and never enter the night again, yet he continued to go into the darkness. I was frightened by the thought of what would happen next, when he would be attacked by the monkeys, or some other being. I wanted to stop, yet could not put the book down until I knew that Christopher was safe. From page one to page 432 I was hooked and couldn't wait for the next adventure with Christopher and Orson. Exciting, Thrilling, Compelling !!!! The best! I don't think my heart has pounded so much, or have ever just wanted to enter a book and rescue the character like I did Christopher Snow.
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Summary: borring;a "must not buy"
Review: boredom is the word that characterises this work of fiction;the story evolves slowly,the surf lingo is a bit too much(who really cares but the surf aficionados anyway)and nothing reminds us of Koontz's tour de force writing.It is money thrown down the drain;u r better of giving $7.99 plus tax to charity or to a bum rather than wasting it on "fear nothing"
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Summary: Koontz is Back On Track!
Review: After having been disappointed with a couple of his more recent works, Fear Nothing, has me firmly back in the Koontz fold. I enjoyed it's similarity to Watchers (which still remains with Lightning my two favs) and really liked the Chris Snow character. Anyone who has ever had a dog, can't help but like Orson. Some other reviewers have commented that the book was too wordy, a little-I have to agree, hence the 4 not 5 stars. But I managed to read it in one sitting, not easy to do with two little ones running around. Looking forward to the sequel, which apparently came out yesterday. Think I'll get that one in hardcover.
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