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Summary: Whispers
Review: I must say first that other than WHISPERS, I have only read 2 other books by Dean Koontz, but ever since the first one, I have been a fan! WHISPERS is truly a phenominal piece of art! This is what you're waiting your whole life to feel from a book. These characters become you and you them. Koontz pulls you right into the action, suspense, and relationships in this book. After reading about the first 10 pages, I put it away because it seemed less interesting than some of the others. However, 3 weeks later, I picked it up again and I finished it in a day's time! It was so fantastic that I couldn't put it down (literally)! I read it every chance I had. This is a great book for Koontz fans and if you have not read one of his books yet, this one will definitely get you hooked!
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Summary: Fair read...but not great.
Review: 1) CON: The first hint at anything strange doesn't happen until page 190ish2) CON: First actual scene where something strange is reveled didn't come unti pg 270ish out of 500. Until this scene Koontz is just building a foundation for us care about the characters 3) CON: Koontz seems to take a LONG time to build our concern for the characters vs other stories of his he is able to establish our emotional attachment a lot, lot sooner. 4) PRO: The relationship between the "buddy" cops is well done and a nice twist 5) PRO: He actually takes a lot of pages to establish the growing love between two characters. Thus, when the characters say the magical three words it is believable unlike many stories where such a things are rushed and full of disbelief 6) PRO: As usual Koontz finds a new twist in creating a phsycotic bad guy
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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful And Attention-Holding
Review: I absolutely loved this book. When I started reading it, It held my attention right away. Usually, I don't have a lot of time to read, but I made time to finish this book. Once the story started to unravel, I just had to find out what was up with this stalker and why he had such a fetish with people that looked like his mother. Once I'd finished it and the truth was revealed, I couldn't think of anything but "Oh. My. God." It was just so good and original. It seems like it would start out as a super-natural story, but its not. It's not at all. It is a storyline that is destined to stay in your mind, and you'll want to read it again, I swear it.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK AFTER ALL
Review: I must say I've only read two Dean Koontz novels in my life. The first was Intensity, the second was Whispers. And it's like the same thing happened with both. I started to read the book but for some reason I found it somehow difficult to keep reading, like the book was too heavy, gave many turns and didn't push the plot forward. I stopped reading Intensity and later on I started it all over again and enjoyed it at the end. I had left Whispers behind and I decided to give it another try. I read it in four days, the last of which I stayed up till 2am. It was a great book. Not a horror novel but a very good psychological thriller which kept me guessing all the way. Koontz has created one of the most memorable villains. The reason why this one is so special is because it's not the typical EVIL character. You really get to symphatize with him more than once (something that did not happen with the character of Tony Clemenza which I didn't like and reason why I dont give the novel a higher rating). On the other hand is the victim, Hilary, a woman who has fought all her way up to the top and is scared that everything she has accomplished so far may crumble down any second. Despite the avalanche of words it IS possible to be caught inside a book like this. The final chapter is by far the best and keeps the suspense at its peak literaly until the last page (the novel does not have an epilogue). Things I didn't like, well, Clemenza's character and his relation with his partner Frank which has a dramatic change in just 2 days. Still a great read which stays with you long after closing the book. Me I'm about to read Fear Nothing and look forward to read other Koontz's.
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Summary: If Strangers
Review: opened my eyes, this book was a true testament to me that DK was actually very weak as a writer. This book has all the worst elements you expect from a DK book: Uninteresting, shallow but too smart and good, almost sainty caharcters: a nice actress (???), two very well going cops etc etc. The storyline is boring to the end; the mystery is revealed too early if you call it a mystery...But the most funny (and loathing) thing in the book is the dialogues and conversations: between two cops, or the young cop and the heroin who fall in love with each other; my god if you read those dialogues, you may never want to hear any person speaking again. Koontz has no ear there.
The only remarkable thing in the book is the fact that there is not a canine there with a 150 IQ. Another favourable (or perhaps not so favourable) thing to say about this kingdom of boredom is lack of Dean's latest laughable flowery descriptions that take one character for fifteen pages to move from one room to another in a house. But the irrelevant and cold-leaving humour attempts are in abundant, as well. Oh, Steven, in God's name, why did you retire? Even at your worst, you know how to write and you are quite funny and smart.
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Summary: Way too long! Not one of his best efforts.
Review: I am a great fan of Dean Koontz. I've read about a dozen of his books and intend to tackle all of them eventually. This work, however, is way too long. I gave up about 3/4 of the way through it. It is just too repetitive. Another thing about this book that is a little off-putting is that Koontz can't seem to make-up his mind if he's writing a suspense novel or soft-core porn. I'm not a prude - far from it, but this novel needs a picture of Fabio ripping a bodice on the cover.
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Summary: Not a bad read...
Review: It was a little ahrder to get into thsi book, then i expected. i mean it starts off very fast paced, I mean a pshyco tried to rape and kil la girl all in the 1st few pages but then it drags on a little too long, and is overdescriptive. The book picks u pa little later on, it si definately eerie, and its' one when your halfway thru then it's a pageturner and you can't put it down. I might read it again in a few years, it is a good book, and has an eerie ending. It might be a good book for someone to read, who had a bad childhook, because that seems to be the theme here. A nice read. Considering that thsi is one of his earlier novels, it's very good.
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Summary: Koontz Fan
Review: Whispers was a real page-turner. The violence and sex were more vividly described than I like, but the story was great.
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Summary: Whispers in the dark
Review: As I thought Dean Koontz does it again. But...this time I could see the book so fully in my minds eye. I was a child of abuse, and the demon would haunt me over and over in my dreams long after the abuse stopped. So this book was so much more to me in many ways. Most of the time I stick to the Non Fiction works as I am always searching for answers, but became a Koontz fan years ago...and rightfully so. the demons in this book are demons I see in my mind....
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Summary: One of his best
Review: This is a great book to start with if you haven't read Koontz before. I think it's one of his best. You'll be scared out of your mind, you'll be imagining horrible things in your head, you won't be able to go to sleep & you'll be looking around you in the pitch dark...all things that happen after you read a Koontz book. That's when you know it's GOOD.
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