Mr. Murder

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Summary: One of his best- Absolutely Wonderful
Review: This book is one of the best I have ever read. Something about the way he wrote Alfie made me want to come through the page and waste "The Other". Alfie and his horrible logic frustrated me to the end. Absolutely no ( 0 ) complaints. I was truly sorry to see it end.

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Summary: splendid
Review: A truly marvelous work by Dean koontz,although i have read only 3 books in the past by this author(intensity,funhouse and i think shadows it was called)This book i liked because of several reason for one it reminds me of a book i read by stephen king called the "The Dark half"in where an authors creation comes to life an stalks the author's family,even though this book had a more dramatic nature to it .I still loved it,i love the children characters so brite and yet so innocent at thier age ,and the killers character was awesome deankoontz goes in to the deep pyshce of the man and explains it in the book realistically.which made me understand the man's hunger and desperate yearning for a meaning in life and purpose.The killer obssesion with marty family and to disipline his children to obey him. truly a splendid novel.The only fault i had with the books was the killer remarkable recovery when being shot with several diffrent guns at diffrent times,also the uni! maginable high metabolism of the killer.The part which i can call the "fakest"is the first encounter with marty stillwater and the killer and the killer takes 2 bullets to the chest and finds the energy to fight with marty stillwater in which resulting him to fall some 20 feet to the ground on his back,( i thought he had broken his back at this time) finds the power to escape the house before authorites arrive to get in the stolen car drive to Mc donalds (according to the author feed his healing procces)and after devouring all foods desperatley,takes his finger and probes in his chest where the bullet wounds where left and take the bullets lodged in, out of his body!.Then totally recover by himself without medical attention in 2 days time.nevertheless this book is ver griping and the hooror factor on it is is very high!!

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Summary: Exciting and thrilling book!
Review: Did not want to stop reading. I needed to know what was going to happen next. I loaned the book out and could not get it back. I am ordering a second book for a second read.

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Summary: Magnifico Mr. Koontz
Review: Good start...but not so good Closing. Maybe too easy and guessable End. But I liked it and I'd recommend it and all other books from this talented writer. Need to have some more.

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Summary: very good, but weak at points
Review: this book was very good. It definitly kept me at the edge of my seat. Yet, at the same time I thought the storyline was becoming too unbeliavble. This was the first book I had read by Dean Koontz, and i plan on reading more, even if at points i thought this book needed work

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Summary: Heart-stomping!!
Review: I was introduced to Dean Koontz books about a year ago. This was the very first book I had read of his. I was terrified. I couldn't sleep. I was too scared to turn the lights out. If you are looking for an edge-of-your-chair, heart-stomping, sleepless night kind of book, you have found it.

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Summary: Of the numerous Koontz books I've read, the worst by far.
Review: The main character, Marty the writer, is not particularly interesting. He seems small, petty and put-upon, his only larger-than-life quality appearing to be that, in his imagination [and hence his writing], he sees society through a glass darkly. If this character is semi-autobiographical [and it is difficult to believe that he isn't], Koontz obviously got no useful feedback from his editor on how this was going to come across in print. Both the thinly-veiled pro-gun agenda [including an absurd concept of gun 'accidents' and the oft-cited misinformation regarding Swiss home weapons access] and the whining regarding how fame and fortune are such crosses for writers to bear [in the guise of a negative article in "People" magazine] detract from the story and ill-serve both the novel and Koontz as storyteller. The villain, of whom it is inferred has had significant success with numerous difficult 'hits', suddenly has a lobotomy to go along with his 'psychic' conn! ection to Marty. From a 'perfect assassin', he degenerates into a clumsy steamroller that can't even get out of his own way. One of the most cardboard villains I've read of in years, and the 'explanation' for his genesis was both clumsy and obvious. This novel by Dean Koontz may not have been written strictly to fulfill a contractual obligation, but it isn't well-crafted in the way that many of Koontz's other books are, and certainly he was not well-served by his editor for this volume, either. Koontz is far better when he is just telling us scary stories than when he [or his character] is either preaching, or moaning about the downside of being a well-paid public figure as a writer. I really can not recommend this particular book of Koontz's, which is unfortunate as he generally gives a good thrill for the money. Review (c) 1998 by Ray A. K. Crawford

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Summary: One of my favorites of his to date!
Review: Dean Knootz has not let me down yet. I'm only disappointed I discovered him about a year ago. This man is brilliant! He makes writing look like figure skaters make ice skating look! I am making it my goal to meet this unually gifted man/writer! I looking forward to my reading career with so many of his books left! That and 2 younger kids, it should keep me busy for awhile! MR. MURDER is top of the line.

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Summary: EXHILIRATING TO THE VERY END
Review: DEAN KOONTZ'S BOOKS START OUT SLOW AND CONFUSING, BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE MIDDLE, IT GETS YOUR HEART POUNDING. DEAN KOONTZ BACKFLASHES THROUGH THE WHOLE BOOK AND SOMETIMES I HAD TO READ EACH CHAPTER 3 OR 4 TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON.

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Summary: A great book with a weird deathmatch!
Review: You would have never expected to see the coming of the events in this book. That's why this is a great book. It's one of the best books of the century.