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Summary: Are memories real and can they be created?
Review: I just finished this book and must say that it was hard to put it down until I did! Every time I would try to do something else, my mind would go back to the novel. It's definitely a recommended read if you like thrillers, specifically relating to the notions of mind-control.False Memory basically tells the story of a southern california couple whose lives get changed by the actions of a psychiatrist. This man has the power to hypnotize, and like the movie "the Curse of the Jade Scorpion", any time his victims hear the activating name along with a haiku, they become hypnotized and unquestioningly do what the doctor wishes. The psychiatrist is calculating and cold-blooded and uses the people as toys in a game he is constructing. It is up to the couple to stop this man before he gets to them as well...
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Summary: More of a patchwork than a coherent novel
Review: The best I can say is that it seemed like a good idea for a plot when I first started reading the book. It still does now that I have finished it but unfortunately this good idea has been carried out very poorly indeed. Mostly because Koontz didn't just stick with the original theme of mind control but cluttered up the story with lots of other little bits and pieces. It ends up touching down on so many subjects but rarely doing more than scratching the surface and it leaves the book looking more like a bulletin board than a well-rounded entity. Especially concerning things like the scientist rivalry and the Institute - things which could have made for really interesting parts of the story but instead are used only as fragments to support the story here and there. Instead one is treated to more details about clothes and furniture than is necessary to last a lifetime. How vital is it really for the reader to know the colour and material of the doctor's bathrobe or that he had his breakfast served on an antique silver tray? Too few details will make a story seem lifeless but too many will outright kill it. Helping along with this murder on the reader's desire to keep on reading is the cardboard feel of many of the characters. You have the hero and the heroine, the psychopath, the "paranormal enthusiast", the icy witch, etc. etc. All something, which has never helped a story so far and probably never will. Neither does wrapping up your story with a cut-and-paste solution. It seems as if Koontz went back and inserted the Keanuphobian woman long after having originally finished those scenes because he had tried every other idea and failed. All in all it is still a fairly decent read (a good beach/summer cabin read) but not even within shouting distance of his best work.
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Summary: False Memory
Review: I think this book was awesome. All of my friend said it was a great book. I say its one of his bests.
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Summary: Finding Reality
Review: This book is scary.
Just what really happened here?
Hauku tells the tale.
Ever wonder how to turn ordinary objects into poetry for ...? Then this book is for you. Are you a fan of the famous actor, Keanu Reeves? Maybe he is more than he seems. Read and find out. This book has more twists and curves than a West Virginia Highway. Just when you think you have it all figured out, another bomb shell falls out of nowhere. Using Haiku as clues, (poetry with 17 syllables, 5-7-5) this story has something for everyone. There is an adorable dog named Valet, very sphisticated computer equipment and a big house with lots of hidden safes. The most intruiging part of this story makes you take a good look at all those other book... My only complaint with this book was that it was too short.
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Summary: A fun read, but a disappointing denouement
Review: While I was willing to suspend my disbelief about the mind control aspects of the story, and I did enjoy reading the book, I have to agree with the reviewers who complained about the book's pacing. In places the action dragged more than I thought was really necessary to continue building the suspense. On top of that, when the pace picked up and the suspense did ramp up, I felt Mr. Koontz let the reader off the hook a little too soon, and a little too far. Although it is a good idea to occasionally release a little tension, it should only be to reel the reader in even harder the next time. For instance, if Dusty and Martie had left New Mexico still being pursued, the tension could have been maintained. Some of the characters were quite interesting; unfortunately, the two too perfect heroes of the book were not among them. My final lament concerns the book's ending. I will try to phrase this complaint in such a way that nothing is spoiled for readers who have not finished the book, so I hope this still makes sense to those who have. After more than 700 pages, I was very disappointed by who did and particularly who did not "solve the problem" of the book. Enough said. If you generally like Dean Koontz, you will probably like this book; if you have not read Koontz before, you might want to start with another of his books that has gotten less mixed reviews.
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Summary: What a Roller Coaster ride
Review: This book is a roller coaster ride from the beginning, a very intense roller coaster. I found it to be a bit too intense and a wee bit far fetched. The story line kept me rising, falling and turning in every directions with an unbelievable ending.
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Summary: disturbing but great
Review: I enjoyed this book from the first page. This was the first Dean Koontz book i've read and i am now a fan. The book really makes you think and open up parts of your brain that has never been opened before. At some parts i was completely terrified, but not in the same way as you would be from watching a gory horror movie. This was a different, realistic type of terror that makes you have strange dreams. It didnt scar me for like or anything, just really made me think. The reason this is a 4 and not a 5 was i really didnt enjoy the ending too much. It was somewhat unrealistic and vague.
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Summary: MAD doc.
Review: The first half of the book is very slow, so you just keep on waiting for some action.
The story sound some how familiar GREEDY DOC WHO WANTS MAKE MORE MONEY BY MAKING PEOPLE SICK AND THEN CURE THEM BY FAT FEE.( SOUND LIKE MANY DOC WE HAVE TODAY ).
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Summary: Manchurian Memories
Review: Anyone familiar with The Manchurian Candidate has a leg-up on this book, from the start. It's not giving anything away to say so, because the book itself makes it pretty apparent early on. This is essentially the much better version of Koontz's earlier Night Chills. A number of people in a given area begin displaying bizarre, atypical, destructive behavior. Of course, they all have something in common. That something is what the hero of the piece has to discover - and put an end to. A very involving read, though it has a shaky beginning. Koontz's characters, especially his psychopathic villain, are typically well-drawn. There are some nice comic touches, throughout. This is one of Koontz's few good books of the last several years. Nothing new, really, but at least he's back in the saddle with this one, and not exploring quasi-scientific metaphysics. False Memory is just a good, straightforward Koontz thriller.
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Summary: Dean Koontz's False Memory
Review: First, Dean Koontz is an amazing author who does a great job of getting the reader to jump inside his character and describes what it happening so well that you can envision an extremely vivid environment and very deep characters who are never who they appear to be on the surface. This book begins very quickly, and easily kept me riveted to my chair, and really made me want to read more and more, but about a quarter of the way through, it dies, taking up an extremely slow pace, and keeping this pace until about page 475. Koontz does a great job of thinking up brilliant plots for his books, never feeding off of someone else's ideas like many author's of the day do, and keeps his readers faithful. It is interesting how he intertwines the many character's lives in such a complicated way, and keeps you guessing about what will happen next.
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