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Summary: rather boring
Review: The book, because written in the 70s, seemed rather old fashioned, although the topic of mind-controlling is always actual. The chief villain Ogden seemed rather one-dimensional because of his obsession to humiliate and rape all women within his reach. What the author really managed to do is to raise profound feeling of disgust for him. Otherwise, quite an ordinary "train reading stuff".
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book deals with the interesting topic of subliminal messages. It kept me up late nights with my eyes glued to the pages. The characters are developed well, and the suspense is excellent. One of my favourites from Koontz. If you are a Koontz fan, or a fan of any good book, than this is a book for you.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This book deals with the interesting topic of subliminal messages. It kept me up late nights with my eyes glued to the pages. The characters are developed well, and the suspense is excellent. One of my favourites from Koontz. If you are a Koontz fan, or a fan of any good book, than this is a book for you.
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Summary: This is the single scariest book I have read
Review: This book scares me still. I read it alone, late at night, in a rambling country house. It had me fearing for my safety. Koontz's strength in this book is rendering the subliminal suggestions to the reader, as experienced by the victims. Also reccommended, Lightning.
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Summary: GREAT!!!
Review: This book was a great read for me. Koontz is my total favorite author. This book was not only captivating, but it sure did keep my attention. The scary part about this book is that almost everything (with the exception of the drug) is true. Subliminal advertising is not a very big part of our lives right now, but could become something very very big in the future. If there's one thing that I learned from this book, it's that technology is not always good. In this case it was abused to the extreme. You have to be a very mature reader to even open this book. The author's prolouge explains it all. Thank you for your time.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: this book was spell binding...... Has all the ingredients for a "can't put it down" type of book...... thrill, suspense, sex, love, hate, etc. etc.
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Summary: Excellent! Superb! Terrifying! Perfect!
Review: This book will scare the pants off you! Turning this very real horror into a book was a smart move by Dean. It will terrify you not because it happens to the characters, but because it can happen to YOU!
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Summary: Perhaps Koontz's edgiest book...
Review: This one is not recommended for the faint of heart. Koontz doesn't hold back on telling what could happen when virtually godlike power falls into the wrong hands. Basically an exploration of how absolute power corrupts absolutely... and there's plenty of explicit corruption detailed herein. The book doesn't end on an "up" note either, like many of Koontz's others -- it's definitely a downer, albeit a highly entertaining one. Although it's one of my personal favorites (and thankfully doesn't involve the supernatural or aliens, a recurring Koontz theme), I'd recommend the typical Koontz fan go into this one knowing that all is most definitely *not* peaches and cream. The "good guys" do win, but the damage is done... and there's no easy-breezy escape via a "touched by an angel" golden dog. Not what I'd call light entertainment, but entertaining nonetheless.
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Summary: Perhaps Koontz's edgiest book...
Review: This one is not recommended for the faint of heart. Koontz doesn't hold back on telling what could happen when virtually godlike power falls into the wrong hands. Basically an exploration of how absolute power corrupts absolutely... and there's plenty of explicit corruption detailed herein. The book doesn't end on an "up" note either, like many of Koontz's others -- it's definitely a downer, albeit a highly entertaining one. Although it's one of my personal favorites (and thankfully doesn't involve the supernatural or aliens, a recurring Koontz theme), I'd recommend the typical Koontz fan go into this one knowing that all is most definitely *not* peaches and cream. The "good guys" do win, but the damage is done... and there's no easy-breezy escape via a "touched by an angel" golden dog. Not what I'd call light entertainment, but entertaining nonetheless.
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Summary: Koontz does Laymon
Review: When I read this, I thought it was good, probably because I was reading a lot of Richard Laymon at the time. But thinking back this was a generally crap Koontz novel. A loose storyline linked by Laymon'esque promiscuity.
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