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Summary: You too can read this book very quickly
Review: This book is quite a page-turner. It has an interesting plot, and you do feel nauseous now and again. Koontz is extremely good at describing moods and feelings of the characters in the novel. This is why I always enjoy his books. But I think that the climax (although it is interesting) seems a bit too obvious. It is a little to simple, and thereby sterile. I could not help thinking that Koontz suddenly got tired of writing and decided to finish it a.s.a.p. It was OK though, but far from his best novel.
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Summary: Good book, unique perspective. . .
Review: This was the first book I ever read by Koontz, and though he is nowhere near my favorite author, reading this book put him high in my views. It's not often that an adult horror story is written through a young boys perspective, and I found it to be quite entertaining. The story moves along at a quick pace, so you don't get bored waiting for something to happen. And unlike some of his books, I didn't feel like he was stretching in order to put together a good story line. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in reading Koontz
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Summary: A below par Dean Koontz novel
Review: I love most of Dean Koontz's novels. This one kept me intrigued, but it did have its problems. For one thing, it took way too long for Colin to realize that Roy is bad news. The first 150 pages of the book are mostly dialogue between Roy and Colin, where Roy is telling him evil stuff that he's done and Colin's just blowing him off thinking he's joking. During this dialogue I was thinking "Hello...McFly!" I know he was supposed to be wonderstruck by Roy, but come on.Secondly, the ending was kind of anti-climactic and cheesy. Won't give it away, but you can kind of figure out what's going to happen.
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Summary: Very Very Good Book~!
Review: The Voice of the Night, by Dean R. Koontz is the best book I have ever read. I couldn't put if down from the minute I picked it up and started reading it. If you want an example of a page turner, then here's one for you. The book is about a young fourteen year old boy, Colin, who moves to a new little town in the 1990's. Right when Colin moves there, he becomes bestfriends with a boy named Roy, who is about the same age. The are inseperable. The boys are together all of time. Roy has become Colin's new bestfriend, which is something Colin has never had. He had been the outcast in his old school, but now he is friends with the most popular boy in his class. Roy has a deep secret that he desperatly wants to share with Colin, but he first has to test Colin to see if he is trustworthy. When Roy finally feels that Colin is trusted enough, he tells him his awful secret. Roy kills people for the fun of it. And he wants Colin to help him kill someone to prove their friendship. Colin cant possibly kill someone, but he doesnt want to lose Colin as a friend. He decides that their friendship is not worth what Roy wants it to be, so he says 'no' to Roy's offer. This angers Roy and he is out to kill Colin. But in the end..... well, i guess i'll just have to let you read and find that out! This is an excellent book, and I would recommend it to ANYONE. It has just the right sequence of events to make you keep wanting to turn the pages and never stop. Which is what I love about this book. I will read it many times.
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Summary: Disgusting...
Review: I found this book very offensive from the get-go and I am such a fan of Dean Koontz, so this was a major disappointment. Maybe if he would've layed off the animal torture at the beginning just a tad...
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Summary: The Voice of the Night: The Suspense Thrilla
Review: Chaulis Miller
English 11, 7th per
Mrs. Fason
October 10, 2003 The Voice in the Night: The Suspense Thrilla
*****
"You ever killed anything?" This question raises more questions then it does answers. Why Roy asked Colin? Why is Roy so interested? This novel is based on the results of that particular question. Dean Koontz's The Voice of the Night, is a high packed thriller that happens on the sunny beach of Santa Leona, California to two 14-year-old boys on their summer vacation. Colin, a shy, unpopular boy, becomes blood brothers with the most popular kid in town, Roy. Koontz writes this thrilling suspense with great details and easy diction for many to read. This book is an exemplary mystery. Roy and Colin, who became best friends in a short matter of time, become inseparable. One day Roy starts telling Colin how he likes to kill things. Colin thought just animals until Roy reassures him not only animals, but people, too. Colin is convinced it's a joke. Until one night he finds out first hand this matters no joke at all, when he tries to stop Roy form pushing a truck in front of a passenger train. And for ruining his rigorous plan, Roy tries to kill him. Colin escapes all Roy's traps and maneuvers for weeks, until he gets fed up with running and hiding. So he decides to make his own little trap. Both, Roy and Colin are tentative about who will win, but both convinced that one had to die. Dean Koontz has an extreme imagination. He takes an ordinary town, such as Santa Leona, California, and makes it into one of the most exciting places ever written about. The "damp air" and "misty for, with a hint of ocean dew" make it as realistic as an author could possibly make it. The citizens of this town had a notice for everything going on in public, but not in private which makes it perfect for Roy's little secretes. Also with Roy being so popular and Colin not, shows how people believe who they know. This setting is one of the most graphic imagery that let s the mind run its own course.
Koontz had fascinating way of making every character....... Alive. He makes it to where it's believed that this can happen to people in reality. The details of the characters seem if they are realistic and the dept he goes into each one show exactly what the person's expression is to every situation at that time. Many of the minor character have major role of just being announced it a paragraph or chapter. This book has the right power to pull the reader into the story. It is truly an "it-can-happen-to-anyone" novel. Many of the conflicts in this novel keep many wanting more every time. When ever there is a "boring" part (mot a lot of that in this novel), don't put it down! Koontz is just warming up to surprising conflicts that will "hit-you-in-the-face." He goes into such great detail that makes it seem as the reader is right there while it is happening. Many of the conflicts show how cruel even children can be and how peer pressure is a major factor in every young adult's life. All the conflicts lead up to one at the very end. And that you don't want to miss. Every detail and word counts. Read every microscopic word. The diction in this novel is very fairly easy to read. It is not elementary, but a very simple layout. This book had the "slang" of that particular place and time (which is assumed to be mid '90s), so people can actually relate to it. For example, the slang Roy uses to express fun or excitement is "popper", and a lot of the sentences are fragments because it's easy to understand and it's the way people talk. Koontz hoes an excellent job of taking everyday life and making it more interesting in just a few words. Dean Koontz's The Voice of the Night is an action packed thriller. It can make people scream and make the hair stand up on the back of their neck. Once started reading this novel; it will be hard to put it down. It keeps the imagination running, the mind racing for what's going to happen next, and the feelings of actually being there, and easy to read. The most anyone can get out of this novel is every work that they. Many read this with a calm and relaxed mind, because when they finish, they won't know what to think. So, "You every killed anything?"
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Summary: A Great, Quick Read
Review: Although "The Voice of the Night" doesn't have some of the deep philosophy and ingruiging mysticism that some of Koontz's books have, it's still a great novel. It's interesting from the beginning, and builds smoothly to the conclusion...I finished it in a day and a half! Although it's not particularily frightening, it is certainly suspenseful. Also, the characters and superbly realistic and I must admit I identified with the hero of the story. :-) The only thing that I might say against this book is that it contained a fairly simple plot and was rather short. However, the ending is satisfying and it makes a great point about human nature, putting this near the top of my list of Koontz's books.
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Summary: This is a great book
Review: This isn't the best book that Dean Koontz wrote, though i will have to admit this book is pretty good. You never want to stop reading it. Colin, a smart, dorky, 14-year-old boy is "blood buddies" with Roy Burden. Roy Burden is a strong, athletic, 14-year-old, who gets really excited about killing things, he says its a real "popper." Roy trys to cause a train wreck, but Colin is a good boy, and doesnt let him. When Colin trys to stop him Roy becomes anger with him, and trys to kill him. As Roy is chasing Colin around this junkyard, all Colin cares about is getting out of there alive. In conculsion this book has a terrfic ending. It involves Roy, Colin, and Colin's girlfriend Heather. Read this book to find out what happens.
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Summary: You ever killed anything?
Review: Another classic Koontz book with a great story to tell. It's not just the killing that makes this book so scary, it's that it's about two young boys. I think a demented child is one of the scariest things to imagine. Koontz pulled it off. Go read this book!
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Summary: And the Voice said, "Read This, It's a Real Popper!"
Review: Colin is your typical small town American kid. His friend Roy is not. One day they have a conservation. "You ever killed anything?" Roy asked. From this moment Colin's childhood innocence comes to end and he has to grow up real fast or die. This is a sensational thriller, following Colin's moral dilemmas of being dragged into a world of evil thoughts of rape and murder he doesn't want to be a part of. Can Colin escape this world? Can he do so alive? This is one of Koontz's best novels. Koontz takes you right into the thoughts of Colin and Roy's minds so much so that you think you know them intimately. Read this book, as Roy would say. "It's a real popper!"
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