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Summary: NO WAY!
Review: I've read other books by Koontz and this has been a big disappointment! The beginning just dragged and I found myself skipping sections by the time I reached the last new character. The middle was okay at best. The ending left me feeling cheated. The characters get through their fear issues and find out the secret buried in their memories. Something unsurprising happens. It gets resolved in less than 3 minutes. Then the characters talk about the secret for awhile. THE END.
This book was lame. Definitely one to miss.
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Summary: A book that has not aged well
Review: From coast to coast in the US, unrelated people are having the same problems: nightmares, sleepwalking, phobias, fugue states and an inexplicable attraction to the moon. In the first 500 pages of "Strangers", Dean Koontz describes the affected lives of this tormented characters, and their struggle to know what happened to them in the summer before last. Concerning character development, Dean Koontz is a good author, and "Strangers" prooves that once more. The reader always wants more information about them, how they are dealing with their phobias and nightmares, and how they begin to disclose the relationships one might have with another. The problem is, some of the characters are too cliché. For example, the one who is a former CIA special-agent forsaken in a foreign country that has to struggle alone to go back to US and now has turned into a robber because he's against the system. See what I mean? This is not new. In "strangers", Koontz is an author who has a good writing hability, but lacks immagination. When I reached the end of the book and "the truth" was revealed, I couldn't help but role my eyes. I won't say anything in order not to spoil the fun for future readers, but if you've read more than 10 books in your life or have watched at least one episode of the "X files", you know what this book is all about. It's really silly. But there may be an excuse for that. This book was written in the mid-eighties. Maybe in that time this was not so silly. But today it is. "Strangers" is a book that has not aged well. To counter that, the final chapters are filled with good action and, once more, Koontz's competence as a writer saves what could be an otherwise floppy book. Grade 7.5/10
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Summary: Excellent
Review: The book was not too long, rather it was too short. The ending is where your starting to come to Nirvana with whats happening in the world at the time and you'd like to know what happens next. From the minute I picked the book up it was neither boring nor too long in "character development". That is what gives you such a deep sense for every character and a pain when some of them are lost. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good read.
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Summary: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Review: It took me a while to finish STRANGERS, but that is not to say it was boring, it was actually a huge Robert Altman esq. sized thriller. Dean Koontz, has really got talent, to be able to write so many complex novels at the pace that he does, is really impressive. Strangers, is a large intricately written novel about the lives of several people who for what ever reason have a bond together. Strangers basically shows how all the characters come together and it is amazing, the relationships between the people is really told well and the ending is a bit rushed, but the build up is amazing. I will warn those out there it can get a little tedious and I think there were a few too many characters to follow, but if you can stick it out it will be a worthy entry in the Koontz line up. I really don't feel I need to go into the particulars, but I will say it isn't his easiest novel to read. But if curious, give it a try.
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Summary: very good, but....
Review: I thought that this was a good book. I enjoyed reading a lot, I mean I spent all weekend doing nothing but reading it. However it seems a little drawn out when it didn't need to be. In the beginning of the book, it seemed all about fear. Most of the characters were experiencing problems with fear. Then towards the end, it lost that and didn't really go into why. You may guess the reason, but it was a little unclear. Also, it seemed to end a little early. (If that's possible with 600+ pages.) A little too rushed at the end. This is only my 2nd Koontz book and I did enjoy it immensely, don't get me wrong, but it seemed a lot like (in a general sense) the 1st Koontz book I read, One Door Away From Heaven. Save the world with the help of ETs and a few pyschos thrown in. Oh well, they were both really good.
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Summary: Excellent book but very long to get into it
Review: This was one of the first books that I read by Koontz and I must say it was pretty darn good. I picked this book up however, and it took me over 3 months to finish it because I kept losing interest in it. But I must say, after you get through the boring parts, especially about the priest Brendan Cronin, it will pick up and be quite suspensefull. I would recommend Whispers or Strange Highways as a book to start with if you are new to the author however, if you enjoy most other books by Koontz and can put up with the slow and sometimes agravating beginning you will be rewarded with and excellent story that you wish didn't end as soon as it seems.
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Summary: Part of the Trinity
Review: Along with Watchers and Lightning, this book forms the top tier of Koont's writing. It was the first book of his I ever read and remains a favorite to this day. The eerie writing, the mood, the question of what in the world is making people act as they do is presented with arching suspense. This is not in his usual horror genre but is more a science fiction mystery. I gave it a five even though the characterization was slightly weaker than in the other two - maybe it should get a 4.9. But that moment of revelation was worth all the wait
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Summary: Long, but worth reading
Review: I've agreed with most all the other reviews on this book. It is good, but it is long. It's not scary, but interesting. It keeps you turning the pages if for no other reason than to find out when it's going to get moving. The last thirty pages are the best of the 688 pages. It took me six days to complete this book, but I had to set it down now an then to rest from some boredom. Maybe to many characters is why this book was so long? In Koontz afterthought he mentions the editor wanted him to shorten up the story...he should have. In any case I enjoyed reading this book.
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Summary: A book almost as good as The Stand
Review: I have tried reading several of Dean Koontz's novels, but have never finished any of them, except for Strangers. This novel is so different from any of the other novels Koontz has written. Koontz writes this novel in a way that reveals just enough information, a little bit at a time, that compels you to keep reading. The story is about all different kinds of individual people across America that suddenly become alienated from others because of some undefined, and unexplained fear. I won't reveal what these people all have in common, but the ending of the story was very convincing, and I was not disappointed at all. I only wish I could find another great work of fiction like this one to read.
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Summary: Good Story "at the end"
Review: I have read many Koontz books, I hope to read all his work like I've done with King. This story, like many of Koontz's stories is very wordy. Sometimes I feel like Koontz is trying to dazzle you with his immense vocabulary. The introduction of characters was about half the book (there are alot of characters in this story, and all are very likable)but once all the characters are introduced and the story starts to come together, fasten your seatbelt because the action is furious and entertaining. Like most stories, there are characters you like better than others, I found Ginger and Dom very likable. All-in-All this is a good story, just like most of Koontz's books
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