Rating: 
Summary: Seedy
Review: You can tell this is an earlier Koontz novel, though most of his early novels are much better streamlined.The plot is good enough, and anymore, pretty recognizable to Koontz fans: the government has a chemical mind control project it is clandestinely testing out on a small isolated town. At least one of the experimenters is a little off his nut, and takes advantage of the opportunity to perform a few rapes - and murders. It took me literally years to finish this book. Night Chills was the first Koontz I read that failed to grab my attention and hold it. When I did finally read the entire thing through, I was disappointed mostly because the book is pornographically seedy, without much redeeming value. That, and the heroes aren't exactly heroic. There's a vigilante scene that is as pointless as the voyeuristic rapes, and undercuts the supposed virtue of those perpetrating it. I understand this book was actually blacklisted from some public schools, no doubt for its content. I wouldn't ban it, but I wouldn't recommend it. Koontz has written better. The more recent False Memory, for instance, contains largely the same plot and even a couple of the same scenes, still as voyeuristic, but not so bad they make you want to take a shower.
Rating: 
Summary: One of the best!
Review: You can't put this book down even if you tried. Everything is true except the part about the drug. This is Koontz at his best. Just remember one thing, DON'T DRINK THE WATER!!!!!
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