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Summary: Carnivals are scary!
Review: This book proves why carnivals are scary. What's funny is that as you're reading- the plot seems possible! An insane man lurking in the dark shadows...This is a classic Koontz book. If you're looking for something freaky, crazy & suspenseful, this book will do it!
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Summary: Fantasy mixed w/ movie "Frailty"
Review: I read this book in high school, a while ago. I remember enjoying it a lot. The writing was somewhat sophomoric, but considering the fact I was a sophomore I did not mind. The story is pretty cool, demons among us and all that, and the ending takes a surprisingly apocalyptic end. Mingled with tales of an Atlantean pre-human civilization I think it was a very original turn for Koontz who's books mostly seem to be so similar you can barely tell them apart. If you like Koontz, read it. It is a lot different from his later work, and I think the freshness of the story makes up for his still-budding technique.
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Summary: Good Idea .... Poor Execution.
Review: I'm going to keep this short and sweet...uh... alright sour. Dean Koontz is a second rate author, he can be lumped in with other successful hack
horror writers (King,Saul,Laymon) who cater to the blue collar mentality or better put, the easily entertained. This book like all Koontz's books starts off good ,wanes in the middle,and falls flat on it's face in the end. His books are so cliche ridden and predictable that I have to cover my eyes in disbelief and think the horror of it all. Read Clive Barker, Simon Clark, Phil Rickman, or anybody for that matter instead. HORRIBLY UNORIGINAL! would have been a more appropriate title
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Summary: One of Koontz's best
Review: This is a great book-- it is nearly impossible to put down. Koontz keeps a good pace to the storyline, and the writing style definitely keeps it interesting. The plot is spooky but also has a lot of humorous parts and is really enjoyable. I highly recommend "Twilight Eyes" to any Dean Koontz fan, or really anyone who's looking for a good horror novel, because you'll find it in this.
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Summary: Do U see goblins?
Review: A fun and entertaining read by DK!! Koontz' first "carnie" book, Funhouse, was very good. This is a very different novel, but just as good. Slim kills his uncle and joins the carnival, falls in love, etc. It is an interesting premise and it moves along very smoothly. Characters are well developed and trademark witty repartee follows. It is a good first introduction novel to DK; not too deep as recent stuff. Having said that, Koontz knows how to write and not get too wordy (although lately he has gotten King-syndrome to just ramble on and on). Not very-thought provoking, but great reading.
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Summary: I see goblins
Review: DEan Koontz explores that "are demons living amongst us disguised as humans?" idea in his book TWILIGHT EYES and he starts it very well.
His main character is Slim Mackenzie(I may have misspelled that) a 17-year old guy who sees 'goblins' disguised as human beings who like killing people. Slim ran away to join the carnival after killing his uncle(whose a goblin) with an axe. That seems a little absurd at first, I think thats what DK was going for though and it makes youu wonder if this guys crazy or if he really does see 'goblins'. After he explains what his mysterious uncle did you'll see it differently. Anyway the story takes place mostly in and around the carnival, with excellent and alive characters including Joel Tuck, a character you have to read about to believe.
The first part of this book is excellent, but the second part is kind of disappointing. It developes slowly and isnt very interesting. Also when I discovered what the goblins really were, I was like 'is that it?'. Thats right, they're man-made creatures and were apparently made by an ancient civilization thousands and thousands of years ago. Why couldn't they just be demons or something? DK seems to have something against the supernatural.
All in all though, the book isn't bad it could just be better. I really like DK's work, some of my favorites are Darkfall, Dragon Tears, Lightning, and the excellent Phantoms. I would still reccomend reading TWILIGHT EYES, but as far as horror goes, I only give it three and a half stars.
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Summary: Had me "seeing" goblins hehehe
Review: Funny, I borrowed this book from my sister and read it cover to cover in about 5 days....I read it while working at an atmosphere sorta like the carnival in the book, so it made my day at work more interesting (working at a fair, watching lots and lots of people walk by daily) The action is great and I like the sex scenes too....I really like the idea of deamons in mens clothing and skin......I think I may have met a few of mr koontzes goblins when at around the time I read the book I had a little stint at jury duty.....lets just say the judge and a few of the lawyers were giving me the chills after reading this book....room full of "goblins" hehe....
I STRONGLY suggest that Mr Koontz make this book into a movie....or TV series....If you are reading this Mr Koontz please make a movie on this book, it would rule! well thats all, Im not intensly critical because Im easy to please.....and I have an open mind :)
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Summary: Goblins Are Among Us!
Review: From the start, Koontz grabs the reader with intense action and an uncertain anti-hero - is he a psychotic killer, or are his terrifying visions not hallucinations? He sometimes sees people that aren't...people. They're some kind of "goblins" - inhuman creatures, masquerading as men. And when he sees them, he doesn't take them down for the count. He takes them out. This potentially alarming young man ends up hiding-out at a carnival, where he discovers he isn't the only one who sees such things. He and his new carnie friends embark on a search to find out just what the goblins really are - and engage in a private little war with them. This book is more interesting in its moral ambivalence than most of Koontz's work. His human protagonists and antagonists are slipperier, grayer around the edges, uniting against a greater outside threat - and sometimes not. There's a great deal of intrigue, and no one is quite what they seem. The book has one flaw, which is that the entire second half goes on too long, and is essentially a sequel to the first half rather than a continuation. However, one can look at that as getting two Koontz books, for the price of one!
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Summary: One of the first of his I read, and still the best
Review: I've read now 6 or 7 Koontz books. This book introduced me to Koontz and his fast paced, suspense and action filled style. This book combines suspense with a great fantasy/science fiction story. The whole idea of the goblins and how they've managed to hide amongst us was great. If you like Koontz already then I think you'll be very pleased. If you haven't read Koontz, then this is a perfect introduction.
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Summary: Very Creepy but not scary :)
Review: Wow, cool book! especially for the time I was reading it....
It make you question weather there ARE goblins hidden under the human facade.....its interesting because I sometimes feel like some people are not people at all. (I was reading this while I went to jury duty about a year ago and got in trouble with the judge, I was a little late to the trial :P, it felt to me like the friggin judge was a goblin, just like in the books...freaked me out!) anyways....it made me care about the characters...teenage runaways...drifters, carnies...retreating from the "stright world". I guess Koontz is no Stephen King because he isnt.....he is himself (duh! in reply to one review that dissed Koontz for not being stephen king) Anyways if you like strange stories about strange people you will like this :)
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