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Summary: Disappointing but not bad
Review: This book had an interesting premise, with suggestions of a supernatural battle between good and evil, but around the midpoint of the novel it starts to stumble. The overly psycho-analytical therapeutic touchy-feely stuff at the end of the novel feels like it was written by a different author from the more action-oriented gung-ho beginning. The supernatural mystery aspect of this novel also suffered from this disjoint. A good mystery author misdirects the reader but still creates a logical chain of events. The "solution" to the mystery is a borderline deus ex machina that's totally unsatisfying. Many things that were suggested or built up at the beginning of the novel are rendered pointless by the end.Having said that, Koontz's prose is certainly readable, his characters are interesting, albeit implausible, and the book was such a quick read that I can't feel too bitter about the ending.
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Summary: It was okay
Review: This one didn't do as much for me as his other books. I am a pretty big fan of his, but I didn't think this book compared to his others. It wasn't a terrible book, and I don't regret reading it. I just wouldn't recommend it, when Dean Koontz has written so many books that are a lot better.
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Summary: Cold Fire review
Review: I thought that the book Cold Fire was a great book. It had a lot of everything that I am looking for in a book mystery, suspense, and romance, things that will not normally physically happen in the "real world". The fact that what happens is going on in the book with saving peoples live with a slight mixture of romance, and mystery all in the same book. Dean R. Koontz puts everything in such a great spot so that it makes the whole story flow awesome. Koontz puts you right in the book with the characters and you feel scared when the characters do. I would defiantly suggest this book to anybody who has read his books before or are looking for something new; this would be a great book to read.
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Summary: Not His Best, But Definitely Worth the Money
Review: This was the first time I was introduced to Dean R. Koontz. Although it is not the book that hooked me (see Watchers) it is a wonderful suspense novel. This has what has always intrigued me about his work, a mystery so complex that you will not get it until the end, no matter how hard you try. The characters are very interesting, although not as developed as his later characters are. The story line is extremely well thought out and the psychological aspect of the thriller is very interesting. Definitely a great page turner and you will love every minute of your time with this book.
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Summary: Page turner 'til the end....almost
Review: I must echo the sentiments of many of my fellow reviewers. This book grips you at the beginning, but loses you at the end. For me, a very disappointing ending to an otherwise magnetic story.
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Summary: Somewhat Odd.
Review: The book started out great with a man who appears out of nowhere to save the day when tragedy is about to strike. But then it kept getting more and more bizzare with alien contact at a windmill. But like most Dean Koontz books, I found it to be well worth the read.
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Summary: "Cold Fire" Left Me Cold
Review: Gads, what a let-down! This book starts out as an amazing, supernatural thriller that I simply couldn't put down. I was riveted by the "life lines," the character development, and the supernatural intrusions on the characters' daily lives. Then, near the end of the book, after a terrifying and expertly-written sequence involving the windmill, the pond, and a scary voice, we find out where all of the activity is REALLY coming from (I don't want to say too much and spoil the ending). Feh! I completely lost interest at that point, closed the book, and returned it to my library. And Holly got increasingly annoying in the book, too, like a lot of Dean Koontz's "good" characters get near the end. Go ahead and read it, but stop after Holly gets in her car and contemplates driving away from the windmill. The book is unbearable from that point onward.
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Summary: Weak, But Readable
Review: This is one of the harder Koontz books to review. As others have noted, it starts out well and then goes nowhere...slowly. The payoff is inadequate, for the buildup. As usual, Koontz's characters carry it off, but just barely. The problem is that he sets up too many wonderful possibilities, and out of all of them decides to choose the most prosaic, unlikely, and dissatisfying ending. It's not a bad book, just a disappointing one from someone as gifted as Koontz. Don't start out with this title. Work your way back to it, after reading his better titles and seeing why he became a bestseller. If the basic story idea of this one sounds appealing to you, read Strangers instead - it's quite similar, but much, much better.
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Summary: Dean Koontz's Cold Fire
Review: Only a mad man is dead certain of his sanity. Or is he? Take a mysterious journey to a lighthouse with pschic Jim Ironheart and his arresting blue eyes and misremembered past. Tag along with the lovely newspaper reporter, Holly Thorne who thinks she is in love with him, whoever he is. Maybe camping out in his backyard will get him to notice her. Along the way meet a pair of unnatural enities named "The Enemy" and "the Friend." It's a journey you will not long forget.
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Summary: Please give me a break
Review: I am at a loss to understand the reputation Dean Koontz has garnered in the literary world. I wasn't sure my assessment was valid after only having read The Bad Place but upon finishing Cold Fire I am convinced it is. Cold Fire was interesting and tightly written for the first 200 or so pages and falls rapidly apart in the last 200. The dialogue is contrite, and unrealistic, the premise approaches juvenile, (could we be expected to believe an alien with a mental condition, God give me a break), and Koontz repeatedly lays everything out for his readers, no innuendo, or thinking required. He is not good at describing complex plot development and this is the way he conceals that weakness. Equally unbelievable was that Holly Thorne, a mediocre journalist at best (by the author's own admission), was repeatedly, with unerring accuracy able to psycho-analyze the protagonist with the skill of a seasoned psychiatrist. I'm sorry, we have Stephen King's, we have David Baldacci's, we have Patricia Cornwell's and Mary Higgins Clark's. Dean Koontz is in a category well below the skill and talent of any of these fine writers and should not (or at least for this book), be even remotely considered their peer.
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