The Eyes of Darkness

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Summary: The Eyes Will Read a Great Book
Review: A grieving Vegas mother Tina Evans, is just starting to come to terms with her young son Danny's death. Someone starts leaving her messages in her son's room and at work saying stuff like Not Dead! She decides to exhume the body of her son which she was too distraught to see before he was buried to put her mind a rest. Elliot her friend and lawyer is visited by two men who want to know why she is doing this and what she knows about their secret organisation. She is also simultaneously visited by a friendly gasman and that is when the fun begins for them both.

This is a pretty good book and I don't want to give anything away by being clearer with my next comment but I do wonder why the writer of the messages to Tina could not be clearer rather than just writing Not Dead and other simple messages when they have such exceptional communication abilities. That is my only question with what is a sensational novel that you will not be able to put down until the final page. This is not a masterpiece like Night Chills, Watchers and Intensity but it is still definitely five stars in literature quality. I highly recommend The Eyes of Darkness to anyone after a good read.

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Summary: The Eyes
Review: The Eyes of Darkness is one of Dean Koontz's best novels, but not his best. This book deals with the paranormal, such as, telekinesis and premonitions. If you are in to this sort of stuff, then I would recommend reading it. I prefer The Door to December, because it is based on some facts of life.
I would recommend reading this book before The Door because if you are not into the paranormal then you will be disappointed after reading the Door then this book. This book could have used a little bit more suspense and less paranormal. That is why I like The Door better than this book, it carries more suspenseful details.
I really do enjoy reading all of Koontz's books no matter what they are about, because they all seem to be filled with suspense, romance, and humor; some of them have more than others, but they all are good.

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Summary: Trial Run
Review: A woman is convinced her supposedly dead little boy is still alive. He seems to be supernaturally manifesting himself around her, but she's sure he isn't a ghost. Someone believes her, and helps her track the boy down. Is the boy still alive? And if he is, why would someone be holding him incommunicado?

Fairly good book, which suffers by comparison to the author's better-written Door to December. Eyes of Darkness comes off rather as a dry-run toward the later title. If you're going to read them both, you'll probably want to start with this one, or it will end up disappointing. Door to December won't disappoint, even if you know what's coming.

Not Koontz's best, but worth a read when you've read his others.