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Summary: virtues and faults of Koontz
Review: Dean Koontz is one of the best suspense writers around. His book "Watchers" was one of the best that I have ever read. However, his similarity in his stories has become way too much. The 30-something couple, the dog, the house they work on, paranormal events, funhouses, enough!
He has no right to be on the bestseller list every time.
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Summary: Scary, gripping, and sexy
Review: Don't think I haven't daydreamed about what it would be like to have Ogden Salsbury's subliminal powers! There were some hot scenes in this book where he uses them too. Ogden, of course, is tragically flawed. I really liked this book and its very interesting subject matter.
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Summary: Worst Koontz yet, but still a 7
Review: Great start......boooooooring finale. I think I was under some form of mind control by the half-way point. Nothing significant seems to remain in my memory from that point forward. Interesting topic. Not well completed.
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Summary: My favorite Dean Koontz book
Review: I am not the Dean Koontz fan that I once was which was just over a decade ago. He and Stephen King were my two favorite authors in high school. I voraciously read their books like there was no tomorrow. "Night Chills" was my first Dean Koontz book that I read. I discovered it when I read in a blurb in a magazine that former Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson was a fan of this particular book. The concept of subliminal messages and using them to brainwash an entire town fascinated me. I enjoyed reading the story of Paul Annendale and his children who takes a trip to Black River only to discover the evil deeds of Olgen Salsbury. The results was very interesting. I loved the book the first time I read it, and I still love reading the book over and over again. What was disturbing about this book was that it made me think about subliminal messages and whether it was possible or not that my own government could use subliminal messages on its own constituents. After all the US government in recent years has managed to intrude on my personal life even more so than a decade ago. "Night Chills" is a fascinating fictional take on the possibilities of subliminal messages and what happens when it is used for evil purposes. "Night Chills" is a truly a literary classic by Dean Koontz.
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Summary: Fright Chills!
Review: I am the Key. A simple sentence by one man that has devastating consequences for those who reply with the words, I am the Lock. This is a masterpiece of literature by Koontz. This is quite simply one of the most terrifying books ever written because it could so easily be true. Not even in the not to distant future but today, technology exists for this sort of thing to be happening right now. Koontz shows what subliminal mind control can do to a society not ready for it in the hands of people with no morals. There will definitely be those who will use this invention to make women their bedroom slaves as is done in Night Chills as well as for murder and financial gain. Of course subliminal advertising only can implant simple thoughts such as I would like to buy this product at the moment but whose to say that can not be improved upon like happens in this book. Koontz is a master at fiction but how long will it be before this book isn't really fiction anymore. This is a sensational book that will scare, and through fright will give you the night chills. Do not hesitate, buy this now! You will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Fright Chills!
Review: I am the Key. A simple sentence by one man that has devastating consequences for those who reply with the words, I am the Lock. This is a masterpiece of literature by Koontz. This is quite simply one of the most terrifying books ever written because it could so easily be true. Not even in the not to distant future but today, technology exists for this sort of thing to be happening right now. Koontz shows what subliminal mind control can do to a society not ready for it in the hands of people with no morals. There will definitely be those who will use this invention to make women their bedroom slaves as is done in Night Chills as well as for murder and financial gain. Of course subliminal advertising only can implant simple thoughts such as I would like to buy this product at the moment but whose to say that can not be improved upon like happens in this book. Koontz is a master at fiction but how long will it be before this book isn't really fiction anymore. This is a sensational book that will scare, and through fright will give you the night chills. Do not hesitate, buy this now! You will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Starts Out Chilly and Ends Up Luke Warm....
Review: I can't say that I am a big Dean Koontz fan and that is simply due to the publishing of this type of mediocre, blazee, run-of-the-mill "horror" book. Koontz can write some pretty scarey stuff. This book had some great potential...a drug that can cause people to respond to psychic suggestion. Then Koontz gets his villan all caught up in sex, power and domination. Blah, blah, blah. What kind of evil genius works his whole life to perfect this "potion", markets it to the right people, places it in the right town for testing, and then blows the whole deal by following his suddenly out of control libido? Tisk, tisk on Koontz for ruining a really good premise and story line with sex (which I like...sex that is...just not in this case). Sorry Dean, this one doesn't get better with age.
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Summary: Couldn't even finish it!
Review: I did not like this book at all! In fact, I stopped reading it about 3/4 of the way thru, when I realized it wasn't getting any better. I would not recommend this book!
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Summary: Blah!
Review: I didn't like this book. It started out interesting. The whole idea of the power of suggestion is intriguing. The novel was weighed down heavily by excessive, dirty sex scenes and characters I didn't care a flip about. This isn't a gem and Koontz can do better.
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Summary: Horrible Horror
Review: I don't buy the premise of this book. Subliminal advertising is simply not believable in this day and...buy this book, it is incredible, a treasure, a must-read, a 10!...age and so I must rate it a mere 2.
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