Hideaway

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Summary: Good plot once again falls apart
Review: Dean Koontz has a nack for coming up with some good plots. But inevitably, they fall apart due to his usual monotonous delivery and not planning in advance. He comes up with a fascinating subject, but doesn't think about how the main character will survive(he\she almost always does.) The story, while scary in some parts, slowly dissolves into exactly what you expect to happen.

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Summary: The novel was awesome, but the movie was ok.
Review: Dean Koontz wrote a terrific novel in Hideaway. I recall Koontz saying he wasn't pleased with the outcome of the movie, which starred Jeff Goldblum and Alicia Silverstone (to name a few). I have to agree the novel was better than the movie.

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Summary: How Can So Many People Praise This Book!
Review: I find that I am an off and on Koontz fan. Some of his novels I simply devour and consider the top of their genres (his books usually fit into several.) I also find that sometimes he disgraces himself as a writer, and this book illistrates one of those times. The opening of this book was very powerful and exciting; the female narrator's internal dialogue is both touching and emotionally truthful. But after that, the book slowly declines to a mediocrity. The book initially would have been worthy of a three star rating, but then came the ending. Never have I felt so let down by an ending, and this was a very cheap cop out by an author who aparently couldn't find any better way to get his character out of the situation. He ends up taking the ending out of his characters hands to symbolize something more devine and spiritual, and only ends up making his climax very anticlamitic. My advice, if you must by this book, read up to the point when husband and wife are at the hospital and stop there.

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Summary: Interesting plot
Review: This is about a man who goes to the brink of death but comes back only to discover that he brought something sinister with him. Very dark and atmospheric and very suspenseful.

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Summary: Best of the BEST!
Review: Dean Koontz's novels lead us to explore the truth of the world, the conflicts between evil and innocent, and the meaning of life. He showed his well-understanding between the innocent spirit and the sociopathic evil, the power of love, and the dark side of human beings. Hatch Harrison died in an accident of drowning. However, Dr. Jonas Nyebern resuscitated him after eighty minutes of being dead. This brought him and his wife, Lindsey, a second chance at life after their only son died of cancer. However, good thing never last long enough. Hatch Harrison brought back an Unknown from the hell who has a physical connection links to Hatch. The nightmares and the scenes of killing appeared more and more frequently in Hatch's mind even when he is not sleeping. The horrible events bring them to face the fact that there is a murder out there killing whoever Hatch sees or hates. Hatch can sense the Unknown is more than a murder, more dangerous and more likely to be an unkillable thing. He knew the Unknown followed him from the hell back to life and it will eventually come to him. He has to be prepared for his coming. He and Lindsey has to fight not only for their own survival but also for their Regina, the disable child they adopted who gave them the meaning and purpose of life after the resuscitation of Hatch. He has to keep the promise he made to give Regina a new life to love and to have a family again. With this desperation, Hatch and Lindsey followed the physical connection between the Unknown and Hatch and eventually leads them to an abandoned amusement park, where the Unknown put his all his collections as the ticket back to Hell. With Dean Koontz's skill, you will find yourself reading a book as watching a movie. Everything show up in front of you like you are a narrator. Every word gives the reader an deeper and more thrilling feeling.

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Summary: GGGGGRRRRREEEEEAAAATTTTTT!
Review: This was the first book that I ever read by Dean Koontz and now I can not get enough of his writing. This book will play with your imagination and scare the stuffing out of you in some parts. I was a little imtimidated when I saw the length of the book because I had never read a book with more than 250 pages before. But I couldn't have been more pleased when I was finished. Dean Koontz has a real gift of writing and I think is a wonderful author.

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Summary: Hideaway
Review: Hideaway is a suspence and thrill novel that has you on the edge of your seat the hole time. I have read many suspence and thrill novels and none have quite measured up to this one. It has you wanting to know more the minute you start the book. It even gives you the feeling as you are actually there going through everything with Hatch and Lindsay. I would definantly recommend this novel for everyone to read!

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Summary: Hideaway
Review: Hideaway is a suspence and thrill novel that has you on the edge of your seat. I have read a lot of mystery and suspence novels and none have measured up to this one. He captures every moment, with you wanting to know more. It is a book that you just don't want to put down. It is definantly a book I would recommend for others to read!

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Summary: Dean Koontz is excellent at his craft
Review: I've read hundreds of popular fiction novels and everything Koontz has published.. but there is a scene in this book where I was so eager to continue reading to see what happened next that my heart started pounding in my chest and I had all the classic symptons of fright. And I had this reaction simply from the printed word...it was the only time that has ever happened to me. Koontz is also the only author that commanded my attention so completely that I went to the bookstore bought everything by him and read them all one by one all in a row. That was a fun two weeks!

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Summary: a master's piece
Review: Koontz's ability to paint with words is excelled in this work only by the gripping nature of the plot and the three dimensionality of the lead characters.Again, an excellent read to any Dean Koontz cultist..uhhh..fan