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Summary: Strangers
Review: I have read nearly all of Dean Koontz's books and this one was one of most interesting, exciting novels that I have read. I started the book on a Monday, and I was finished by the next Monday, (that's with work, a man and five books.) I was able to get others interested in how far I had gotten and what was happening at each stage. It is like I read the book, but two others shared in the interest. Each time I put the book down, I found myself picking it back up. It was interesting the way all those people knew nothing about each other, and yet they all shared something unbelievable. I am wating for my next newly published Dean Koont novel to arrive in the mail so that I can start out on another adventure. I am ashamed of myself becasue I kept using the excuse that I had to use the restroom so that I could steal some additional quiet reading time.
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Summary: NOT a masterpiece
Review: First of all, the characters are poorly developed and at times are disgustingly "perfect". Take Ginger Weiss as an example. She has worked so hard to become a doctor. She has impressed her mentor and teacher, a man who is never impressed SHe beats up a potential rapist despite her small size. SHe has reached maximum potential despite losing both of her perfect loving parents. When her mom died while Ginger was young, she immediatley learned to cook and prepared wonderful meals for her Dad and guests. People were shocked that a child could fill the shoes of her mother so well. She had no faults ( I dont think she even uttered a bad word). WHen characers are developed this way, the novel to me seems contrived. I cannot attach to characters who are so unbelievable. It seems all the main characters in this novel are developed in a similar super hero comic book fashion.
I wont give the ending away, but when I found out what was driving their fears and nightmares, I was very disappointed. The ending itself and the manner in which the government was covering it up seemed like a story you would see in Weekly World News. And the manner in which Koontz used the ending to pound his message of "We all need need to love and understand each other" was downright sickening. His cure for the evils of the world is way too simplistic and the preaching was too obvious. Koontz's writing towards the end seemed as if he were auditioning to be a songwriter for Creed...ugh!
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: This book is very slow at the beginning. The only good part is the middle when they mystery reaches its climax. Unfortunately, the ending didn't live up to the strong element of suspense. The ending was hokie, cliched, and predictable.
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Summary: Great Read!!!
Review: This is one of those rare books that keeps you in suspense right up until the end!! Keeps you guessing through all 681 pages, and the ending will suprise you!! Koontz does a fantastic job in making the characters seem real...by the end, you'll feel like they're a part of your life!! Be prepared to keep this book at your sides at all times!
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Summary: Enough said!
Review: The only thing wrong with this book is that it ended!!! One of Koontz's best, I've reread it several times over the years and loved it every time. I'd STILL like the story to keep on going!
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Summary: One of Dean's best novels, an epic...
Review: Koontz writes an excellent novel about a group of strangers thrown together after a gut instinct tells them to go west to a small city in rural Nevada. They find out that they know each other from years before and embark on a journey of a lifetime.This is the type of epic that only King, McCammon, or Koontz could pull off. He writes with a flair for characterization and plotting. Koontz is just simply a master storyteller and it is a shame he doesn't have grandchildren. Koontz would make a perfect grandfather that tells stories. Having corresponded with the author, I found out he has an outraegous sense of humor and is quite unselfish; he sent me his Dean Koontz companion when asked for advice on writing. That shocked me; he sent me a book that retails for [money] or more!!! Suffice to say, I am a lifetime fan!! The only drawback I have is his novels lately contain some sci-fi and fantasy elements. I am not really into either of these, unless it's dark fantasy/horror, but it's not that much of a drawback. He just is too good a storyteller to complain about; then I feel guilty after all he's done for the literary world. Koontz is King (no pun intended or maybe there is) and I hope he keeps writing till he's in his 70's!!
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Summary: Koontz Best Work...
Review: This book is truly amazing. It keeps you thrilled to the very end. The plot is good, the chaerctors are great, and the book is written masterfully. It is also makes an important comment about Aliens and about who should deal with them: Should the army make the Alien research as a part of creating a strategy in case that they are hostile, or should it be the science, that as a representer of the human curiosity, would ask questions first, and shoot, if needed, later? It is a cool and interesting book wither you are interested in Aliens or not. It gives a surprising answer to the ancient question "Are we Alone?:...
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Summary: Strangers
Review: I am big mystery/suspense reader and Strangers does not rank up there with any of my favorites. This book, to put it simply was just okay! The version a that I read was 526 pages long and I found that to be entirely too long (how others read versinons between 800 and six-hundred-and-some pages and still gave this book five stars I don't know)! The story could have been told very well in about 400 pages and would have gotten a much better review from me, however, I felt that much of the 526 pages was just fluff that unnecessarily filled up space. My other problem with this book was the ending which was totally predictable (let me just say, without giving away the ending, what you think it is, it is). Strangers was not a horrible book but I expected so much more from it as well as from Koontz which is why I can only give it 2 1/2 stars (there is no 1/2 option so I can really only give it 2).
Rating:
Summary: Strangers
Review: I am big mystery/suspense reader and Strangers does not rank up there with any of my favorites. This book, to put it simply was just okay! The version a that I read was 526 pages long and I found that to be entirely too long (how others read versinons between 800 and six-hundred-and-some pages and still gave this book five stars I don't know)! The story could have been told very well in about 400 pages and would have gotten a much better review from me, however, I felt that much of the 526 pages was just fluff to fill up space.
My other problem with this book was the ending which was totally predictable (let me just say, without giving away the ending, what you think it is, it is). Strangers was not a horrible book but I expected so much more from it as well as from Koontz which is why I can only give it 2 1/2 stars (there is no 1/2 option so I can really only give it 2:)).
Rating: 
Summary: Good but predictable
Review: I had it figured out early on.
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