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Summary: I've Been Here Before...
Review: Am I the only person who recognizes the evil doctor as the essentially the same villian as in DRAGON TEARS? In DRAGON TEARS , he is a young, demented hermit, who has an obession with eyeballs (which he keeps in jars of formaldehyde in his secluded mansion), has killed family members, may be a genius (and a sociopath), has a thing for junk food and wears black silk pajamas. Sound familiar? When I heard that Dr. Aramin's wears black silk PJ's, I said, "Oh come on..." Koontz recycled a formula here and has lowered his skills to mass-production. I wish he would find his imagination again.
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Summary: Too Wordy!
Review: This was my first Koontz book and I was very disappointed. Although I thought the story was okay, I felt Koontz droned forever - off on some tangent that had nothing to add to the tale. It was the first book that I have ever "skimmed" and felt I missed nothing. It would have been better at 100 pages lighter
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Summary: Cookie Cutter
Review: The characters are all cookie-cutter characters from his previous novels, up to and including the adorably intelligent golden retriever. The first third of the book is excellent, and his peek inside the heads of neurotic people are spooky. Then in the next third we meet the obligatory megalomaniac-genius-evil-doctor and the rest of the book might as well have been any other of his 'let's get paranoid' thrillers. The last third is highly improbable-action-adventure, however it redeems itself when we meet the wonderfully bizarre family of the male lead. These characters deserve a book of their own. But the plot is interesting and I think the first third of the story makes it worth reading.
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Summary: He's baaaaccckkkk!
Review: During the past 16 years, I can't tell you how many coast-to-coast flights I have made for my company. I also can't tell you how many Dean Koontz novels have helped to make those flights a bit more bearable.Lately though I've noticed that I couldn't get into Koontz' novels even on the longest flights. I'm happy to say that "False Memory" has reversed that trend. I really cared about what happened to the "good guys" and I found myself really hating the "bad guys". There is, of course, a loveable dog and, in this novel, I was grateful to see that the dog didn't "chuff" too often. The plot was a lot more believable than his recent novels and the pace of the story was great. I continue to love the Southern California locales. I think what I appreciate the most about Koontz is his belief in the inherent courage and intelligence of average people. The world is full of self-appointed, intellectual elites who seem to feel that they know better than average citizens how the lives of these citizens should be led. Truth and courage are not now and never were relative things. Koontz' best characters and novels seem to reflect and reinforce this fact. I highly recommend the novel and I hope Koontz fans enjoy it every bit as much as I did.
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Summary: Mixed Feelings
Review: I really enjoyed most of the book. I looked forward to the moments I was able to have time to read the book. I was disappointed in the ending. I felt that the villian should have died a more horrible death. He should have shed some "tears". He seemed in the beginning to be a serial killer of some sort and all of a sudden it became personal. The ending seemed rushed. Maybe his next book I will enjoy more. I think it would make a great movie!!
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Summary: What a wonderful Koontz!
Review: This is the way I remember Koontz! I enjoyed Seize the Night and Fear Nothing....but this hearkens back to the old Koontz I fell in love with--Whispers and Strangers and, of course, Watchers! I couldn't put this book down...haven't spoken to anyone in 2 days. Kirkus Review is right: Koontz leaves his competitors in the dust!
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Summary: I'm enjoying it!
Review: It's a real thriller! The writing's good, the plot is entertaining and the characters are colorful. I'm enjoying it!
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Summary: Not a good book
Review: Just wanted to bring this customer rating DOWN, this book is BA
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Summary: Oh, God, What Trash
Review: Why does this guy have such a following? Now THAT would make a good horror/mystery story!
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Summary: Not particularly memorable
Review: (Originally submitted 02/01/00) I read every Dean Koontz book hot off the press and am usually hooked from the first few pages. This one is not typical Koontz in that I was over 200 pages in before I became interested in the story line. The protagonist is weird and dangerous, without a doubt but, in the end, he is simply a man, and I missed the supernatural/paranormal elements which are quintessentially Koontz. If I read correctly, the evil doctor's chief motive for the bloody havoc he wreaks was revenge for bad literary reviews of his work on Amazon.com! The main characters -- Martie, Dusty, Valet, Skeet, et al. -- are well and highly developed and, once you get past the slow start, you will certainly gain sympathy, worry about them, and root for them to the end. The premise is brainwashing, keyed by an individualized haiku. As depicted, it's probably possible, which is genuinely frightening. The secret revealed near the end, however, is out of the blue, over the top, and patently unbelievable. This novel lacks the meaty substance of the works we've come to expect from Dean Koontz and is, alas, unmemorable.
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