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Summary: As the title says.......INTENSE!!!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I listened to it in the unabridged audio book version. Reader Kate Burton was fantastic. I almost gave this book 5 stars. The only thing that held me back was the periodic excess tangents that the author went off on. BUT, don't get me wrong; this is a highly recommended book. I was sad as I approached what I knew was the end. I wished it had ended a little differently but, hey, it worked. This book is a GOOD view into the demented mind of a psychopath. Chyna was a strong heroine character, liked her a lot.
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Summary: Dean Koontz--Intensity
Review: Koontz strikes again with another riveting novel that will not only keep your eyes glued to the pages, but also create a certain sense of emotional stress and strain that is very rare in modern suspense novels. Revolving around psych-student Chyna Shepeard, who is thrust into mayhem when the family she is staying with is brutally murdered by a psychopath, this novel's first 150 pages are absolutely fantastic. While trying to escape the evils of this horrific kiler, Chyna learns more about what motivates this beast and how she can actually save his future victims. The middle of the book is Koontz's only downfall because it tends to lag and some readers may loose some interest after an action-packed, gruesome first third of the novel. However, momentum builds to the climax in which Chyna fights not only her terrifying attacker, but her inner demons as well. A novel not for the squeamish...but then again...what Koontz novels are? Certainly one of his scariest of the 90s and a great read for any fans of Koontz or the genre.
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Summary: Not as good as his earlier novels
Review: I didn't enjoy this novel as much as koontz's earlier novels. There were times that i wanted to skip through a couple of pages to get to the end,
If you are new to knootz, then i suggest you read one of his earlier books like Watchers and Darkness Comes.
Only the surprise ending kept me from giving a lower rating.
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Summary: Best Koontz Book Ever!
Review: I have read many, though not all, of Dean Koontz books. All are, in my opinion, some of the most entertaining books I have ever read in my life. And there are some very good ones: Watchers, Whispers, Dragon Tears, False memory, etc.
But Intensity is by far the best of them all! Suiting its name, it is, indeed, intense. This book feels full, complete, right on! The rythm is a steady, relentless heartbeat and remains consistent throughout the entire story. The heroine is miraculous and yet entirely flawed and human. From the hair-raising crawl through the house at the beginning through the near escape at the gas station that ends with her voluntarily placing herself in deadly danger once more, all the way to the imprisonment and climax. This is by far Koontz's best work, the one book above all of them that I direct others too when recommending this author.
If you would like to read Dean Koontz and you'd like to pick a book that exemplifies his style and prowess as a suspense yarn writer, this is the book for you!
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Summary: Not one of his best but a good book
Review: I have read several of his books and although this is a good book, it wasn't one of my favorites. It has a good story plot but just wasn't what I expected.
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Summary: Intensity
Review: I purchased one copy new. It was so bad(good)that I could not read but a few pages at a time. It took me three weeks to read it. I was scared witless that anyone could be that diabolical. The title is dead-on. The action and the horror of every event and every escape is just too intense for me. I took my copy to my high school, and I ended up buying several used copies so my students didn't have to wait for the other person to check it in. Of course, due to some events, parent approval was required. This is my all time favorite book. I dare you to read it when you are by yourself.
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Summary: The title says it all!
Review: If you are a Dean Koontz fan you "have" to read this one! Intense,gripping, scary as hell! Koontz pulls out all the stops
with this one! If you read this at night, leave the lights on, or you wil be up in no time to turn one on!! His research is
stunningly accurate! He knows how to keep you not only reading, but wondering how he can surprise you at every turn, without you suspecting a thing. It will make you cringe. When you read this one, have a friend spend the night! It's hard to sleep with all the lights on! Sharon Warner
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Summary: Page Turner
Review: I want to tell you every time I travel I am inclined to buy a Dean Koontz book. There is no other author who can drag me into his story and spit me out at the other end. This book is his masterpiece to date, and I highly recommend it. This book is much like Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" but almost more exciting. You will never guess the ending. Thanks Dean, you keep right on keeping on.
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Summary: First DK after like 20 Kings... Give it a try
Review: One thing is clear, reading Dean Koontz is nothing like reading Stephen King. I'm not saying one is better than the other. Today I like them both. However this being my first DK it really took me off guard. Used to King's narrative of eerie small New England towns, I collided with Koontz's detail in description which at first I found cumbersome for it seemed to stretch the story forever. Not only that, but when I bought this book it was the previous edition -just a lot of yellow and orange stripes and the title INTENSITY. No synopsis of any kind either on the back nor inside. So I was reading in the dark which at some point is kind of exciting but still in this case I just needed to know where the story was going.At one point I just stopped reading. I picked it up a few months later and re read it from the beginning with a different attitude and found it really interesting though I wasn't that convinced that Chyna would risk everything going after this man despite already being liberated at the gas station. However the second part of the book moved a little faster and I was glad to be surprised by the killer's identity, something I did not expect. My advise if you are in my situation -avid King reader, never read Koontz before- take a different approach. Don't expect more of the same because you will not find that. Once you are clear on that you will be left with an entertaining read.
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Summary: More than impressed. . .It knocked me out!
Review: 2 Koontz books were on my shelf for the last few years, "Intensity" and "Sole Survivor." I just couldn't force my non-fiction self to read them, until I met a friend of the author. I thought I'd better read one of them, in case I ever got to meet the man himself. Forcing myself through the first few pages, I soon found myself with Chyna in Napa, rooting for her to the end. I wondered for years if I would ever be able to enjoy the "losing one's self in a book" experience I've known others to have. It happened! I see now, also, what get's lost when a book is taken to the cinema, chiefly, discriptions of the thoughts of characters. Koontz really is gifted.
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