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Summary: An Intese Book
Review: To make it as simple. Read it! It's an amazing book. On the surface the book is full of action and entertaining. On a deeper level it has good lessons, plus it takes you in the mind of some interesting crazy (psychotic) people.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This is by far Mr. Koont'z best! I first read it 5 years ago and I always come back and read it again and again. The action, adventure, conspiracies, chases, mysteries of the past, the dog....if you haven't read this book READ IT NOW! It will not disappoint you.
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Summary: Yep...another page turner!
Review: Koontz keeps you on the edge of your seat in this fast paced story of flight from a secret government organization. Good characterizations in both male and female leads.....and likable dog Rocky adds nice touch. One of the few Koontz novels without a genetic theme. Gets a little slow in parts at the 3/4 mark, but finishes well. Find a comfy chair....sit back....and enjoy.
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Summary: My First Dean Koontz Book
Review: Believe it or not, red-blooded American male over 40 that I am, this is the first book by Dean Koontz that I've read. Because of this gap in my higher education, I am able to approach my review with no preconceived attitudes about what Mr. Koontz writes or how this book compares to his others.Koontz doesn't paint a pretty picture of our super secret agencies and their methods and motivations. He also has a couple of bones to pick with real agencies and about which he gets a bit preachy. The first bone has to do with the attack on The Branch Davidian compound in 1982. The second has to do with the serious injustice of a great number of the questionably valid seizures of assets resulting from frequently unfounded accusations of criminal activities. (I've got a lot of adjectives in that sentence, but I really think that "injustice" {not an adjective}, "questionably," and "unfounded" are appropriate to the discussion.) My reading elsewhere, of fact based reports, supports Koontz's accusations. I wonder, however, if he didn't go a bit overboard in this novel. We start with a super secret government agency that seems almost omnipotent. This agency knows, or can find out, who you are, where you are, what you're doing, and how to destroy you. The head of this agency, Roy Miro, is a psychotic madman who, among other things, believes himself to be some sort of angel of death who has been placed on this planet to put unhappy people out of their misery. It seems that those he kills are much better off than those whom he believes deserve punishment of his making. His nemesis, our protagonist, Spencer, or Grant, or one of several other aliases, just wants to be left alone and live in absolute anonymity. Only his accidental involvement with a woman who knows too much about Roy's operation turns Spencer into Roy's target and obsession. Most of the novel is a series of chases where Roy seemingly holds all the trump cards. (Mixed Metaphor - Yeah, I know.) Spencer, at first alone, and later in the company of his mystery woman, through, skill, ingenuity, and an awful lot of luck and improbable coincidence, survives everything Roy can throw his way and seems to have a new lease on life as the sun sets in the west. But wait! Roy, the indefatigable, has teamed up with a female counterpart who is at least as evil and dangerous as Roy, himself. As our book draws to a close, we find Roy and his new help-mate doing their best to reshape the world to suit themselves. Is there another encounter looming just over the horizon? Who knows? Knowledge of how they all got to this point, at what costs, and where they are going next, will be your reward for reading this novel.
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Summary: A book inciting paranoia?
Review: I had no good feeling in the stomach reading that book. This is entirely a product of the 90ies, with conspiracy theories, the X-Files and JFK intrigues going on... I am not sure if I should think this book is good. It literally incites every reader to literally hate and mistrust anyone related somehow to the government... While I do agree that nothing and nobody is perfect and that abuse of power are a fact, generally denigrating the American government and people working for it doesnt really seem to me the appropriate way to deal with the problem. I wouldnt wonder if some far right milita are using this as their favorite bed time story. The story itself is well writen, the action is good and it's good entertainment. If there werent that extremely anti-government stance, I might have given two stars more.
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Summary: Top of the line Koontz
Review: Ok, Koontz isn't a literary master of our time. His work is more for an entertaining read, and for those of us who just like to be scared silly. One of my favorite themes is government cover-ups, and Koontz can always be counted on to offer these a-plenty. This was the best I've read to date. He includes interesting technology details which support the plot well, and convey a real sense of insecurity, which is necessary for a good thriller.
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Summary: Another good one
Review: Hmmm, reading through some of the reviews, I'm surprised at what people have had to say about Koontz and his writing. Sure, he's not for everybody, but he still has talent, and there are few writers that draw me in quite as completely as he does. Okay, enough of my ranting. I think Rivers is one of his better works. The characters achieve a greater depth than some in previous work, the flashbacks are well done, the government conspiracy is handled very well. Dean admits that the hacking in the book is not accurate, in a disclaimer at the end of the book, he says he shortened a lot of procedure for the sake of readability. Some of you are already complaining about the length...would you like him to add the detail back in so you have your accuracy and the rest of us end up bored silly? I would definitely recommend Dark Rivers to anyone who likes suspense or conspiracy stories. There's enough in here to keep you wondering for a while, and quite a few very unexpected surprises thrown in. (Just wait 'til you meet Godzilla!) While I wouldn't put Rivers in my top 5 Koontz novels of all time, it's pretty close, at least in the top 10.
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Summary: My favorite
Review: This is my favorite of Koontz's books, at least so far, although I've never been disappointed by this author. Dark Rivers of the Heart shows how much normalcy can surround even the most evil in our society. There is also the added intrigue of the government and what personal dramas and manipulations may be going on behind the scenes. Dean Koontz is truly a master at weaving ordinary characters into extrodinary circumstances.
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Summary: Best Koontz book by far
Review: This is by far the best book by Koontz that I have read. A page turned, you can't put it down till the end, and even then you'll want to read it again. The characters are rich, deep and colorful while you get caught in the current of the swift moving plot. Bone chilling, it's a must read.
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Summary: A dark surreal world
Review: When an author like Dean Koontz write a book, called "Dark rivers of the heart" you expect a fast, thrilling and appealing story. In this book it comes worse, Doon shows us the possibilities of the new media from a careful beginning until the surreal end comes. But at that time you are bound to this book.
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