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Summary: I Couldn"t Put This Dowmn!!
Review: This was my first Koontz book and will definetly not be my last!!
I have read three so far, and will bestarting on my fourth tommorow. I love psychology, and this book gives you plenty of it.I hope everyone can enjoy this book as much as I did.
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Summary: Took me a year to finish it!
Review: I have read a Koontz book in less than a day but this book took a year to finish. It was far less interesting then the many other books, I have read by koontz. There was one great concept in this book I loved and it has little to do with the story line. It is obvious that I am not the Author or I would have given it 5 stars! Its a good book that I do recommend!
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Summary: As the Doctor would have reviewed the book himself...
Review: Siting by his desk, waiting for one of his epilepcy patients, irritated by their lack of focus, the doctor saw clearly in his mind the theme that describes their life... There she was alone. The darkness surrounded her. Where will there be hope? Quickly agitated by the thought the doctor resides to one of his favourite books. He was a player, and he could have easily tought many a writer about the art of play... except maybe one. Dean Koontz the writer. Again it's a work of art. Yes: False Memory... Nope, he liked the first of his short verses better. This one would have definitely left him with a ticket to the artists' handicap zone.
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Summary: It was a real thriller
Review: It is a real thriller. The writing is good, the characters are engaging, I'm really enjoying it.Dean Koontz is a great writer. He really cares about his readers. (wink). Not only is this an intriguing thriller (I'll admit I listened to the audio book - time isn't what it used to be) - but it contains, or suffices, as a review of the Manchurian Candidate that makes you want to read that book as well, and a good, fast-paced, entertaining story with - while not suprising in any way - a solid, happy ending. Gotta love them retrievers. So - wherevery you are, Dean Koontz -- "I'm listening." Mark Ehriman
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Summary: Excellent read, highly enjoyable.
Review: I am a Koontz fan, and I thought this book was great. I enjoyed the characters, and while it may not have been quite as thrilling as other works of his, I found it quite suspenseful anyway. I recommend it! :)
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Summary: An Interesting Read
Review: This was this first Koontz book I read, and I found it fantastic. The book is long, but nonetheless kept my interest throughout. Koontz does a great job bringing the characters in this novel (even K-9 Valet) to life. Even with the myriad individuals we are introduced to in this story and the action pact plot it is easy to follow.
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Summary: Not One of Koontz's Best
Review: Since Dean Koontz satisfies the public's craving for his work by releasing one or two new novels every single year, he's entitled to a below-average clunker once in a while. And this is one of them. I'm a big fan and thought this would turn out to be a classic, because the premise is intriguing. Unfortunately the book doesn't quite deliver. "False Memory" can't justify its huge length - 751 pages in paperback, which mostly consists of excessive detail about the characters' interior decorating tastes and what they're eating. And few of its characters are believable. This is especially true of Dusty's family of snobbish intellectuals, whose condescension towards the working class is so ornery that it becomes impossible to believe. Even worse is the character of Dr. Mark Ahriman. Early in the book I thought this guy was so evil and loathsome that he truly gave me the creeps, the way a character in a good horror novel should. Unfortunately, his evil ways become so ridiculous through the course of the book that he ceases to be a believable character. In the story we learn that Ahriman has been carrying out an intricate plan to destroy the lives of a select group of people, by subtly hypnotizing several of their friends and loved ones, and slowly altering their personalities. This process has taken him years, leading up to his final victory. Now what is his motive for this intricate plan? By the time we learn his motive towards the end of the book, it is extremely disappointing, and leads to one of the worst conclusions of any Koontz novel. There's no way you could believe that a man could be that evil in pursuit of such a lame goal. Meanwhile the "organization" that Ahriman belongs to seems like an afterthought and makes no real contribution to the plotline. And have you noticed that almost every Koontz book has a heroic golden retriever? This time it's Dusty and Martie's dog, who as usual is patient, loving, understanding, and has tons of personality. Koontz surely loves this noble breed of dog, and that's nice, but his worship of them is getting ridiculous. At one point in this book, Dusty even calls his dog "fluffy butt". Now what kind of a grown man would say that?
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Summary: No Way Koontz Wrote This One
Review: Let me just make a list of negatives, then positives: -Misleading intro. The cover and/or inside jacket of the book says that "False Memory" is about authophobia (fear of oneself), which is BS because it's NOT. -The villian is revealed too early on, so the suspense is gone before the book is halfway through (unlike in his Midnight, where readers don't know too much too soon) -Too much phycological description. -Disgusting description of the death of little girl, which belongs in a police file about child molestation, really. -One dimensional bad guy -The killing off of characters that had great potential in the story. -Dean Koontz "no espeekee Spanish." He keeps misspelling a young girl's Spanish name. -A saccharine fairy tale ending that I could not believe. The positives: +It could happen in real life +The characters felt real very likable +I'm glad I purchased the book second hand for only $1
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Summary: too manipulated to finish
Review: the formula of the book kept getting in the way of the flow of the story. felt used by it's attempts. loved 'sieze the night' tho...
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Summary: Nope. Sorry.
Review: Not that this was a BAD book, but I was disappointed. This is the first book I've read by Dean Koontz, and it will probably be awhile before I read another. The book did have its moments, and a few interesting and/or endearing characters, but it was 1) too long, 2) not really scary (To be scary, imo, a story has to strike a resonant chord, i.e., "This could happen to me!"), 3) Less suspenseful than just plain frustrating (I experienced a lot of "Oh, come on! What is this guy, psychic?" reactions). The ending was too "pat," the villain was too one-dimensional, and there was a lot of repetitious explanation that came across (to me, at least) as a bit condescending toward the reader (The third time the author explains that the character chooses not to do a certain thing "because of what happened last time," and then REMINDS you what happened last time, you're starting to suspect he has your IQ estimated in the low double digits.) I dunno, I'm sure you don't get to be a best-selling author by being mediocre, but I'm going to have to read something better than this before I'm a fan. Problem is, now I don't want to!
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