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Summary: not one of my favorites
Review: I Have had a copy of Icebound since '95 and I just can not get into it no matter how many times I have picked it up. While waiting for new releases, I go to my book shelf and read again the novels that I have. I would not recommend that this be the first Koontz book you read. I suggest The Bad Place. That was the first one I read and was instantly hooked. I am in the process of reading False Memory now and that is great too. I can't wait untill From the Corner of His Eye comes out on paperback. Anyway, I don't think this novel stands out as one of his best. OH and THe Face of Fear was really good as well. Same with Strangers.
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Summary: Not too bad at all
Review: I am a HUGE Dean Koontz fan, having read a majority of his books and owning quite a few, and this book was one of the most recent that I have read. I've had it quite a while, but after reading the first chapter, I couldn't quite get that into it, so I'd set it away and start a new DK book. Finally, I was out of new material, so I picked this book back up and was determined to get into it. I must say that it wasn't long before I was swept into the arctic by this fast-paced novel. My initial feelings toward the book were gone as soon as I got past the first chapter. While this is not in the same league as "Watchers" or "Dark Rivers of the Heart" (my two favorite Dean Koontz books), it was very enjoyable.
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Summary: Solid but not the best of Koontz
Review: This novel was an attempt at Koontz to replicate the scentific extrapolation that authors such as Michael Chricthon have festooned novels with in recent times. Koontz writes brilliantly while developing extremely rich characters yet lacks the insight to pull this novel off quite as effectively as others might have. Do not misunderstand, the novel still reads well and is worth being read but only after perusing a shelf of other Koontz materworks (ie. the secret pearl of a novel "Lightning"). I believe D.R. Koontz would agree.
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Summary: Fun Reading
Review: I own a previous edition of this book, which I believe was originally published by Koontz under a different name. Surprisingly, it is one the Koontz books I enjoyed the most, a straightforward cold war spy novel.
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Summary: Another one of Dean Koontz's bestsellers
Review: It chills you! If you've read Dean Koontz's books before, you know they keep you on your seat. Icebound is no exception.
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Summary: great reading
Review: i found this to be one of his best works it is informative and knowledgable on all the details of a submarine. i couldnt put it down. he captures his audience with suspense and intrigue right to the very end i would recommend this book to anyone, it is very detailed in descriptions and places and times, it makes you feel like you are really there
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Summary: The Worst Book I've *ever* read
Review: And I read *alot* of books. This book was extremely terrible. It claims that it's about a science team trapped on an iceberg with a serial killer and a lot of bombs ready to detonate...Sounds intense, eh? You would think so, until you read it. WARNING, OBVOUS SPOILERS AHEAD: They get off before the bombs detonate, how intense The "homicidal maniac" doesn't even kill a SINGLE person The water scene is the most unreal I've ever seen, and I'm a certified SCUBA diver myself. The conversations are cheap, cheesy, and dull The "romance" is almost non-existent Where the hell did the suspense come in this book? Never saw it myself... This is a book that deserves to have Joel and the bots from Mystery Science Theater 3000 making fun and riffing at it, NOT a book under the name Dean Koontz. Once again Koontz, you let me down badly.
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Summary: Bet you Can't Put this Book Down!
Review: This was one amazing book! There is this crew who works out in the Antarctic. They are drilling bombs down into the ice, and have been warned that they may be too far close to the edge. They should have listened to warnings, because a tsunami passes under them and breaks off part of the ice, making it an iceberg that they are stranded on even thought they do not know it at the time. The force of the tsunami broke one of the snowmobiles and the other one goes over a cliff! As if that isn't bad enough they discover one of the members missing, and when they find him he tells them that someone has tried to murder him! So now they are in a race of time trying to get the bombs back out before they go off and watching out for a murderer! The reason that I gave this book four stars instead of five was because Koontz should have elaborated a lot more on the murderer. I mean, why even go to the trouble of putting a murderer in a book if you're hardly even going to mention it. I mean, the guy tries to kill someone twice in the whole book, including the member they found! BIG DEAL! But anyway it will be worth your time if you read it.
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Summary: Secret Arctic Experiments, Storms and Murder
Review: When a group of scientists conducting secret experiments in the Arctic are set a drift on a floating ice flow all heck breaks loose.Cut off with a murder in their midst and no means of escape and an explosive charge set to detonate they must find a way to escape. This novel will grip you from the start. It was an excellent read and hard to put down. Not like your typical Dean Koontz, he combines murder, espionage, and a little Sci-fi to create one of his best novels ever. I highly recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Big Disapointment
Review: Boy when I picked up this book I expected to be as entertained as I am with most of Dean r Koontz's other books, but what a dissapointment this was! I got about halfway through the book but it just could not hold my interest. This was written under one of his pen names and it should have stayed that way.
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