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Summary: Not for 1st time Dean Koontz readers
Review: The first 200-250 pages were poorly written and should have been severely edited. The descriptions were verbose, laden with too much simile, and were often silly. What some critics called "suspense" was nothing more than cheap tricks to keep the reader's attention by building the tension in one scene, then jumping to another before resolving the first. I continued reading only because I paid full price for the book. The middle improved noticeably. The pace tightened and the descriptions became more clever and vivid, closer to what I have come to expect from Koontz. As more background information became available for some characters, they really began to come to life. The antagonist shares many traits similar to other Dean Koontz villains, but this one was especially interesting and believable, possibly his best. Shortly after the 500th page, the novel became a real page turner, one that I couldn't put down. I only had two complaints about the ending - he obsessively described one of the minor characters in equine terms after an initial description that was anything but horse-like, and he allowed the wrong character to kill the villain. All in all, I am glad that I read this story, but I don't recommend it as a first time experience with Dean Koontz. It is a slight departure from what I consider his norm as it has no supernatural aspects to the story. A better introduction to Dean Koontz can be found by reading "Dragon Tears".
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Summary: koontz has had better days
Review: I usually enjoy Koontz's work very much and look forward to reading this novel. But, I have to say while I found the idea of mind control and brainwashing to be an interesting device for the plot, I had concluded who the villain was well before he made his revelation. This is a very slow read for the first part of the book, if Koontz was being paid by the word he sure was well compensated. Parts of this book could have been considerably shortened. The ending was rush and contrived and should have been fleshed out more. The mysterious institute was left around for another book I expect without being resolved. The gal in the pink suit who one moment guns down two men then plans her legal defense was funny but here again contrived. To top it all off we have the revelation that the whole reason Ahriman is after this family is because of the actions of the mother, who is a cold social climbing character if there ever was one. Still this book did have some interesting characters but the editor should have cut out at least 50 pages at the beginning and added them to the ending.
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Summary: A Great Read
Review: This is one of my favorite Dean Koontz novels. Although it had a few bad points I thought that overall the book was great. I honestly couldn't put the book down! The plot was definetly interesting, the charcters had you engaged in the story, and the detail is amazing. Like many of Dean Koontz's other novels, False Memory, has many twists and turns along the way. The story centers around Martie and Dusty Rhodes. One day, seemingly out of nowhere, Martie develops and overwhelming fear of herself. Autophobia. Susan, the best friend of Martie develops an intense fear of wide open spaces and it gets progressivly more destructive. Even Dusty's brother Skeet is a victim of the strange psychological disorders. Koontz allows you to know the antagonist and what is going on early in the story. You get two seperate views in the entire plot. The good and the bad. There was one thing about the book that I found a little discouraging. It was a long book that could have been a little shorter. I found myself at times getting tired of some of the extra long paragraphs in which the charcters were quite introspective and where the action stopped to allow the charcters to think. Other than that. False Memory is an excellent book!
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Summary: The best Koontz yet
Review: This is one of the best tapes I have listened to in a long time. Author Koontz has wonderful command of the English language, phrasing and excellent grammar. The reader is outstanding and carries you with the story line in such a way that you won't be able to wait to put in the next tape. The intrique, mystery, character development is exceptional. Koontz weaves a web of questions that fit together, leaving nothing left out there unanswered. This author shows that he is truly talented and can hold his own with the best authors of our time. I appreciate the absence of an over abundance of obscenities in this well written and well read material. Don't miss this one and don't hesitate to buy this unabridged version. Happy listening!!
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Summary: THOUGHT PROVOKING
Review: The premise of the book focusing on phobias as it does, makes you think twice or more about seeking treatment for said phobia: to wit dr. mark ahriman, the demented psychiatrist in the novel sublimely twists and turns his patients unknowingly into guinea pigs of a sort for his own twisted fantasies. A clever set of events occurs in which one of his patients turns on him a"Kenauophobe" as the author describes this wealthy elegantly dressed woman, who is first obsessed with kenau reeves the actor and then suddenly fearful of him, mark ahriman so eloquently uses the film the MATRIX to alter the patients sense of reality, which has a suprise in store for mark ahriman and skeet the feeb, as described in the novel.
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Summary: A good story!
Review: This was a very good Koontz book. That said, the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because while it was good it just wasn't one that stayed with me. I know I'm not reviewing literature(sometimes I hate that word) and this book delivers great entertainment but, personally, it does not touch Fear Nothing. I know, apples and oranges but I'm honest. The characters(one of the most important aspects to me) were great. The story was great. Well, maybe 4 and a half. The premise is not too far out there and everyone reacts in a very real way. While I enjoy stories that go way out on the limb it is good to see one that just puts a foot on that limb and makes sense in every way. Very good. Read Fear Nothing first.
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Summary: Demented
Review: I find it disturbing that an individual could consciously write something like this. It is both sick and tactless. If this is the way Dean Koontz is going to write from now on, I'm finished with him. I value the sacredness of life and of the mind, both of which Koontz shamelessly exploits in this novel. And the way he seems to write disparagingly of women in this novel (most of the victims in this book are women) angers me greatly.
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Summary: Been gone, but now I'm back
Review: Up to two years ago, I had read everything Dean Koontz had published (including all of the hard to find early sci-fi books under different names that I could find).I think I had become a little tired of the similarity of all of his plots. When I saw that his new book dealt with agoraphobia, which I suffered terribly at the time, and had an evil doctor as the antagonist, I decided to skip this one. I was already phobic of medicine and doctors and didn't want to make things worse. This made "False Memory" the first Koontz released in over twelve years that I didn't read instantly. I bought it, but just kept it on my shelf. This year, I'm doing much better with the agoraphobia, and decided to test my boundaries by reading the book I was afraid to read before. Dr. Ahriman is not a very likable character, and he's maybe too over-the-top for my tastes, but he didn't spoil the book for me. I must say that I had a really good time reading "False Memory". It's far from the best book I've ever read, but it made me want to keep reading Dean Koontz. Yeah, his plots are similar, his humor is sometimes way too corny, but somehow, all of the criticisms I can think of just make his writing endearing to me. He's like the friend you know that tells the bad jokes, and if he wasn't around, you'd find yourself missing them. "False Memory" departs from Koontz's formula in some ways. It's quite a bit longer and the main characters aren't really on the run from anyone (at least not for most of the book). He also uses amazon.com customer reviews as a small plot point, kind of neat. "FM" is definitely a Dean Koontz book, though. You can tell. There's a very cute dog, a heaping helping of bad jokes, main characters who are just decent people, and the whole odd mix somehow works. It's a lot of fun, and now that I'm back on the Koontz express, I'm going to read "From the Corner of His Eye" and then be ready for his collection of poetry "The Paper Doorway " this October.
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Summary: Lame
Review: This was my first Koontz book, and perhaps my last. The idea of the story was interesting--mind manipulation. However, the author didn't MAKE it very interesting. I'm surprised I even finished it. Not much else to say...it wasn't very memorable. Perhaps someday I'll try reading The Watchers. For now, I'm going back to Stephen King.
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Summary: A gReAt BoOk HiGhLy ReCoMenDed!
Review: This was a great book, and I highly recomend it! I just know that everyone, that reads this book--the whole thing will love it. The beggning is not very suspensful, but very interesting. It starts getting suspensful a bit before half way of the book. But it always keeps you intriged! I loved it! READ IT!
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