Hideaway

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Summary: One of the most thrilling books ever!!
Review: Hideaway is and always be (in my opinion) Dean Koontz's best book. You are spellbound right from the beginning and all the way through till the end. The way he plays the good against evil is truly brilliant because it is so against the norm and the old good and evil cliche. A must read

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Summary: UTTER BRILLIANCE!
Review: This is one of my favourite books of all time, standing with Michael Moorcock's Elric books, Pardon Me! You're Stepping On My Eyeball by Paul Zindel and Koontz's Voice Of The Night. I love a good religious thriller. As with all Koontz books, the main goodies are boring and the other characters and especially the baddies are brilliantly done.

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Summary: New Dean Koontz fan!!!
Review: This was the first Dean Koontz novel that I have read. I was very impressed by the writing style and gripping story. I can't wait to read more of his work.

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Summary: By far the best & most terrifying Koontz has written
Review: I have read every Dean Koontz book published to date. "Hideaway" was the darkest and most brilliant story ever. I have read it at least 5 times. It was gory, scary, intriguing and a wild ride all the way. Dont waste your time watching the movie version though, it was lame.

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Summary: Maybe worth reading, if you're a hardcore Koontz fan
Review: Definitely not his best work, but it was pretty gruesome if you're into that kind of thing. If you really, really like Dean Koontz, you might give it a try. It has a couple of interesting ideas.

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Summary: Had promise, but ending was awful!
Review: This book had some promising ideas, and in the hands of someone else (me or Stephen King) could have been excellent. It was far more shallow than it could and should have been. When I was at school, I would write long stories, and finish them abruptly when told I had half an hour. This must have happened here. Koontz was bored, and finished off quickly, while reading something better.

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Summary: Classic Koontz
Review: Koontz is one of those writers who pumps out the same novel over and over, with different characters and scenery :) He is the West Coast Stephen King, which makes his characters more 'American' but often more bland than King's. King can also be deeper. Koontz' novels like to feature a white middle class male, his faithful wife, and a spunky kid, whose life is disrupted by the supernatural. Here, the kid is handicapped and adopted. The man dies and is rescuscitated, changing him and giving the story its hook. The supernatural is in the form of a young satanist male, a former California mall rat type, who lives in an abandoned funhouse, tries to kill the kid, and present it to Satan as a sacrifice to get into Hell. Add to this Koontz' knack for describing things with apt adjectives, and you have one of his better productions. Unbelievable silly gunk presented as matter-of-fact reporting, and begging to be made into a screenplay so he can afford his Newport Beach lifestyle :)

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Summary: The Most Intense Book Ever Read. Page Turnner All The Way
Review: Dean Koontz has to be one of the best writers of all times. This book was awsome. The whole telepathic conection is scary but yet a brilyent idea. The weird part about why i started it didn't really sound like a good book till i saw the main charecters name Hatch and Lindsay Harrison. This is wierd because my name is Michael Harrison. so i started it and by the first 2 pages i was hooked. i couldn't put it down. A Must Read book! Also read Dark Rivers Of The Heart. Thats a Page Turner.

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Summary: I don't need one-line...just one word - EXCELLENT!
Review: Hideaway was my first experience with Dean Koontz. What a way to be introduced to an author! I loved it even though I never considered myself a "horror" fan. Since then, I have read several more and have enjoyed them as much as the first.

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Summary: Like a pschological scare that leaves nightmares? It's here
Review: If you want a scare of magnanimous proportions, then here it is. Imagine reaching into the black soul of a vile murderer, knowing his inner thoughts and desires, and being unable to stop the ghastly visions. This is the plight of our unlikely hero, Hatch Harrison. This novel is the classic tale of good vs. evil, twisted to the point where the protagonist is trapped in the mind of the villain, and the only escape is death...but for whom?