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Summary: My favorite Koontz yet
Review: Unlike some other readers, I didn't buy this to dissect the plot or the characters. My mission when I pick up a Dean Koontz book is entertainment...pure and simple. I got that with this book! I couldn't put it down, I read on this one every chance I got until I was finished, then went back to re-read some sections. It took me all of 2 days to get through this it.The "moral" of this story is too good to miss. Try it!!!
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Summary: an ok read but not enough answers
Review: It was an enjoyable read - I haven't read many koontz books - so not an expert on his style. I do agree that some of the main characters were just too "sweet" for me and not enough answers at the end about what was going on with those kids.
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Summary: The Killer Angels
Review: This is one of Dean Koontz's most ambitious novels to date - and also, I think, one of his best. A conflict of good vs. evil that, in parts, is reminiscent of "The Stand" by Stephen King. Representing evil is one of the truest bad boys in recent literature. Enoch "Junior" Cain pitches his own wife off of a tower in the Oregon forest for reasons known only to him at first. We see inside of him as he fantasizes on how women must find him irresisitible. He uses this rationalization when he rapes the teenage daughter of a minister. His dispicable series of murder that follow only add to his abhorent nature. When a series of events convinces him that someone called Bartholomew is or will become his arch-enemy, he assumes that Bartholomew is the son of the girl he has raped and he begins a quest to find and destroy him. Bartholomew, or "Barty", is not this illegitimate offspring, but is one of the forces of good to counterbalance Bad Bad Junior Cain. Barty is the son of the "Pie Lady", a truly beautiful person who gives him his sense of values. Because Junior is such a bad dude - reminiscnet to me of Randall Flagg of "the Stand" fame - Koontz introduces another force of good to balance him out. Celestina is the sister of the girl raped by Cain, who adopts her offspring, Angel. The story is told as three plots swirling around each other - Cain, Barty, and Celestina/Angel. Koontz deftly alternates chapters to keep the show moving and the results are a very good read. Change and counterbalance are the themes here. From when Barty loses his sight to regaining it (to losing it again). The detective in this story is not, to my mind, a likeable fellow at first, but once he winds up in a lake, his character development experiences an epiphany and he becomes one of the more moving individuals in the tale. Almost a rebirth, if you will. Koontz's story shows us the despicablility of evil on the one hand and yet the true beauty of goodness on the othter. The title of the book comes from the answer to the question how can God watch over all of us - the answer being that He sees all of us from the corner of His eye. The spititual context is not lost here. Look at all of the Biblical names: Enoch, Bartholomew, Celestina, Cain, even Angel. The evil is dark here but Koontz shows us that the goodness we have in ourselves can be our last full measure.
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Summary: Not his best
Review: Not his best. The characters were very vague and never fully explained. But if you like Koontz you'll like it.
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Summary: Could have cut out 100 pages without losing anything
Review: Well, I have been a fan of Dean Koontz since I picked up "Dragon Tears" in an airport bookstore and couldn't put it down. However, this book was a definite disappointment. I neither despised the villian, Enoch Cain, nor liked the heroes, and by page 300 or so, I was willing to shoot Bartholomew myself just to put an end to the story. Koontz suddenly (and unbelievably) brings back Thomas Vanadium after killing him off early in the book, and dispensed with the villain in a couple of paragraphs (making him about the weakest bad guy I've ever seen). The significance of Bartholomew's being able to walk into other parallel worlds was never explained (other than some vague references to quantum physics), and the reasons for Junior's evil nature never become apparent. I'm definitely going to get his next book out of the library and then decide if I want to buy it.
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Summary: ...and a stab at quantum physics, no less!
Review: This is probably his best. The characters are deep and the story neatly brings together an elaborate puzzle of people and activities in a neat little package. The nutcase, Enoch Cain, is so far out, I wonder about Mr. Koontz (his own psychological health) ... but never mind that. In particular I really enjoyed the reference to his mentor, the master maniac, Zed (forgive misspelling as this review is about unab. audio), who has thoroughly researched, developed and implemented the art of the dark via volumes of books. For each positive, Zed finds the negative and elaborates. Nutcase Cain uses Zed's philosophy which basically has him living in the future, ignoring the past, and using the strength of his anger to continue down a dark road; thereby turning off (in his head) all the negative acts he leaves behind. And Koontz stabs at quantum physics. His explanation was credible although not as indepth as Michael Crichton's take on this subject in Timeline. All in all this was a thoroughly developed, well thought out, and entertaining offering. If you like Koontz, you'll love this one.
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Summary: No Trouble Suspending Disbelief
Review: I am an avid Koontz fan, having begun to read his books because he spells his last name the same way my mother spelled her maiden name. I have ALL of them, and have enjoyed each, though there are favorites. They are always interesting, grab-me-by-the-throat stories that I can not put down. My reason and purpose for reading Koontz is to ENJOY the story. Suspend disbelief? Where is there a better place than in a book? Worry about plot and character development? Why? Just enjoy! Mr. Koontz' writing lets me enter his stories and live them. I can see the characters and even hear them speak. Am I nutz? I don't think so. I've never written a book reveiw before, but I had to write this, because while Mr. Koontz always provides a story I hugely enjoy reading . . . this time he made me cry.
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Summary: Way too bitter, Much too sweet
Review: This book is like the No.2 pencil you have at the start of a long examination. By its conclusion, the sharp point is a distant memory. At the outset, Enoch "junior" Cain is a vivid window offering an unobstructed view into the depths of evil. As the central character, he is so utterly despicable there is never a question of his ultimate demise, and the interest factor is how will you be transported to that end. But somewhere along the course, his delusional state and psychopathy begin to require a suspension of belief well beyond the extent one would expect Koontz to request. In the other corner, there are the protagonists, a prescient young boy named Bartholomew, who by transcental means has become the bane of Junior's existence, and a young girl, aptly named (for this tale, anyway) Angel, who will inadvertently serve as the link between the manifestation of evil and the salvation of good. FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE is overloaded with characters, all on the righteous side of the ledger, so encumbered by overwhelming misfortune or idiosyncratic personality, you are left wondering where they find the fortitude to face another day, yet they remain so mellifluous you want to choke. It's a book that starts out with so much promise but crawls across the finish line.
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Summary: Koontz pleases again
Review: This book is a revelatory masterpiece in a literary world too devoid of spirit-lifters and diamond-sifters.
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Summary: Big Disappointment!
Review: This story started out very good and it got really exciting and then it was like the author went out to lunch and never came back. Total disappointment! The ending was so stupid, that when the tape was finished after all the hours of listening, I kept thinking somewhere I missed something. James Patterson could have and would have had a much better ending then this author.
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