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Summary: Predictable but enjoyable just the same.
Review: I'm pretty sure I've read this book before when I was a teenager. Parts of the novel, including the ending were too familiar for it to be fresh. Either that or this novel was too much like some of his other work, which is possible. My only complaint about Koontz is his tendency to be predictable. The heroes win and the evil is destroyed. In "Whispers", this is again the case. On the flipside, I love Koontz for his great characters and relationships between these characters. I feel more attached to Koontz's character then I do with other similar authors. In "Whispers", Koontz builds two great characters - Hillary the screenwriter, sweetheart and victim, Tony the cop and super nice guy.The plot is clever and has some nice twists. The protagonist is suitably evil and scary. This is not my favorite novel by Koontz (actually "Watchers" is my current favorite) but this is still a very good read.
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Summary: I was out of my mind!
Review: This was the first of Dean Koontz books to read. I fell inlove with this author immediately. The numerous breaks I was forced to take just to get through. At times, just closing it and taking a breather. You're on the edge of your seat, or in my situation, my bed, sitting up with mouth open wanting to scream out myself. The female character becomes you and you're confused of who is whom and what is going and why. It's sad in the way of why people do horrible things to others, and when young enough, it alters your life forever. I've never been disappointed in one of his books yet. I've run out of room for the hardcover, so try to keep paperback. I will never turn these in to the used book place. They're keepers!
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Summary: Not bad
Review: This was my first Koontz book. Any novel that makes you wonder, and even care, about what happens next is a good novel. I read far into the night with this one. A good plot, story, character development, and dialogue created the power this book has. A sequel might be cool, too.
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Summary: worthy a read
Review: This was my first Koontz book, even though i have 10 of his others stashed on my bookshelf. I totally enjoyed it and now im reading Watchers, which is amazing!
Whispers is a good book, because it totally pulled me into the action, i liked the main characters, and i even felt sorry for the vilain; Bruno Frye, because of what horror he had to go through as a child. I totally recommend it, it made me wanna sit and read, and do nothing else, for the whole week that i read it.
I only wish that the ending was a bit longer, because i feel like im climbing a moutain of suspence, only to be kicked from the top to the final answer!
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Summary: WHIPERS WILL KEEP YOU UP UNTIL YOU FINISH IT
Review: I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE NEGITVE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, I BOUGHT THIS BOOK, AND COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN, I LOVED IT. THIS WAS THE FIRST DEAN KOONTZ I HAVE READ, AND NOW I AM BUYING ANY DEAN KOONTZ BOOK I CAN FIND.
THE CHARATERS ARE WELL FORMED, AND THOUGHT OF, YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH TONY AND HIS FROG TALKING. YOU WILL HATE BRUNO FRYE, AND YOU WILL LOVE THE ENDING I PROMISE. I WANTED TO READ AND READ, BUT I HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL.
IF YOU LOVE KOONTZ OR YOU JUST WANT TO SEE HOW BIG OF MASTER HE IS READ THIS ONE, AND I ALSO RECAMEND INTESITY.
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Summary: uuumm whispers can be deceiving!
Review: You know I am really dissapointed with this one! I think Dean Koonts is a great writer, but it is like he started this book without a deadline, and then ended it with one. The story line is really easy to figure out, after reading most of it. You really don't need the ending for this one. Anyways it is too far fetch and not a good read! I wouldn't reccomend this to anyone!
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Summary: An Uneven Effort
Review: Make no mistake about it; "Whispers" has some very scary scenes that are the strength of this novel. It recounts the story of Hilary, a brilliant screenwriter who is just beginning to enjoy the fruits of financial success. She loves her beautiful home and garden, a sharp contrast to her poverty stricken unhappy childhood. Hilary returns to her home only to have a man to whom she is slightly acquainted leap out of the coat closet and brutally attack her. She is so shocked that Bruno Frye, a wealthy, urbane vineyard owner, is 1) in her house and 2) insanely enraged, that she is at first too stunned to react. Finally she recovers, finds her gun and scares him off temporarily. She calls the police who do not believe her. (Among other imprudent actions, she tidied up before placing the call.) The next night she barricades herself in her guest room and upon awakening, thinking all is well, cautiously emerges into the hall with a 4-inch knife in her hand. Bruno has again found entry into her house and is waiting outside the door. In a terrible battle she mortally wounds him. He is found, declared dead, has an autopsy, is embalmed and buried. --- And returns. The weakest part of the story is the blindness of the entire cast to consider the most obvious solution to the puzzle. In the first 100 pages, I kept waiting for someone to suggest a likely line of investigation, but waited in vain. This was the first of Mr. Koontz's books to be a resounding success, so perhaps the poor dialogue is something he mastered with more experience. But the story is too long and needs editing. The political views that crop up every chapter or so adds nothing to the novel's storyline and are an irritation. Mr. Koontz can set a scene that will spook you into next week. He can come up with unimaginable horrors. He developed Bruno Frye's character well enough that the reader has a certain amount of sympathy or at least pity for him. Overall, C+.
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Summary: The FIRST and not the last I have read
Review: This opened my eyes to the world of Dean Koontz and I have not been disappointed. A female Hollywod script-scribe is paranoid after killing a man who stalked her. The man returns. Or so she thinks. This was a very good novel, smiliar in style to Dick Laymon's. Koontz and Laymon's stalker novels are both fun reads and filled with surprises galore. Great characters, smooth writing style, and surprises make this a "Must-Read" for "Koontz-ite's" or "Laymon-ite's". A guaranteed white knuckle page-turner!!!!!!
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Summary: One of the worst
Review: This book took me two years to complete. And I only completed it because I always finish a book I start. The characters are very one dimesnsional and typical of Koontz's books. How many times will he use the successful but trouble past,lead woman character and the Tough but sympathetic and lonely detective???? How many??? The book is also very predictable. I knew the big secret a 1/4 of the way through and I never doubted that "Everything will be o.k. at the end". The only highlight of this book is the villian's past which of course you only get a taste of at the very end of the novel. Other than that, you have no idea why he's doing what he's doing. Oh,, I forgot,, he's crazy and keeps returning. That's enough of an explanation.
If you are a true Horror novel fan but new to koontz, please don't waste your time with this book. Also don't go by the ratings on this site. Apparantly his fans are blind to what's good and bad by him. Watchers and Phantoms are much better books but they give Whispers the same 4 or 5 star rating. Go Figure?
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Summary: My recommendation
Review: This is a very good book. More. This is a brillant book. "Whispers" was one of my first Koontz's books, but one of this books, whitch I'll never forget. I'm recommending "Whispers" for all readers.
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