The House of Thunder

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Summary: This book is about a lady in a coma trying to recover.
Review: This book opens when Susan Thorton has just awaken out of a coma. She is very disoriented and remembers very little about the 3 weeks before when she remembers the devasting car accident. She knows very little about her background or her life back home of the East Coast. The doctors don't have a clue either, or do they. That is the question you are trying to answer the whole novel as Susan tries to figure out the strangeness of small Wilawauk County Hospital. Basically, the plot of this book is very suspensful and flows well. The one minor thing is that the end unravel s so rapidly. This book is a very good suspensful thriller. I recommend this book to Dean Koontz and Stephen King fans alike. The plot keeps you turning the page and waiting for the end. The one minor flaw is that the end unravels so quickly.

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Summary: Truly deserving of 5 stars!
Review: with stunning plot twists until the very end, Dean Koontz's "House of Thunder" keeps you in the story. This book will have you afraid of the dark, and looking under your bed at night. A truly scary novel! Way to go Dean, a masterpiece!

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Summary: Pretty good
Review: This book hit some good points as far as brainwashing and fear of yourself go. It was a little predictable but overall, not bad. I would be willing to try another Koontz book.

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Summary: What's with Koontz and Endings
Review: I have only read three Koontz novels, but I can still critique his work. This Book was great, until about three fourths of the way through it, when the fear that had building had the rug pulled out from under it. You were convinced the reasons for the strange happenings at the Hospital were supernatural, until he switches to a reality ending with really took away from the novel. It was a good twist, it just kinda stopped the suspense. Who cares what it is if it's not ghosts? But maybe you'll like it. Read it and find out yourself.

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Summary: A Good Read from Koontz earlier days
Review: I read this Koontz book after some procrastination. The title and back cover synopsis just did not appeal much to me. Despite the irrelevance of the cover picture, the book was uniformly outstanding. The story progressed at a good pace with none of the drab repetitiveness of the more recent Koontz novels I have read. The characters are believable and the plot line for the first 3/4ths of the book keeps you riveted. The absolutely unexpected ending in the last 1/4th of the book makes this one of the best I have read. Not necessarily due to the written subject of the plot twist, but the hairpin turn into another completely different realm of story line. Overall, this book rates as one of the best I have read and I have already recommended it to another Koontz reader.

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Summary: WARNING! Don't read it alone!
Review: Mr. Koontz has the marvelous knack of spinning simple words into the finest gold. Catch a thread and be pulled into Susan Thornton's world where even the most innocent item can be turned into that which can scare the life right out of you. "House of Thunder" slowly wraps it's reader into it's veil of deception and fear, and doesn't let go until you are screaming for more on the final page. Reality and illusion mingle and mesh until Susan cannot even trust her own mind, nor can the reader. Koontz is a spinner of tales that leave you tail-spinning to the store for more, more, more!

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Summary: Ho-hum
Review: I actually like Koontz a lot, but I felt the explanation for all the suspenseful events was a bit contrived; I felt tricked, instead of getting that wonderful a-ha feeling that a plot twist/resolution should give. You're expecting a wonderful resolution to the tightening plot and Koontz tries to pull off a hare-brained, implausible explanation. The character of the doctor guy (I don't recall his name) is abit far fetched as well. Try reading Lightning instead...much, much better.

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Summary: Incredible...!!
Review: This book is truly one of his best. When I started reading this book, I never imagined the plot would end up being so complex and thrilling!!! Not that in any way being complex is bad. It just made it all the better.

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Summary: This was the first Dean Koontz book I read & loved it!!!!
Review: This is the best book I have ever read!! I started reading this book on night, and before I knew it, I was finished. You will not be able to put this book down. I LOVED IT!!!

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Summary: A wonderful book from beginning to end
Review: I could not put this book down. From the very beginning of the book I was captivated by Susan's sudden revival after being in a coma. She's told that she was in an Oregan hospital after a car crash, or is she? Haunted by four people from the past, dreaming or was it real? I was mesmerized by the mystery and suspense. I would recommended this book to anyone. I loved the ending.