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Summary: A MUST READ PAGE TURNER
Review: Its been a while since i was so entralled by a Dean Koontz novel but the wait was well worth it.An absolutely wonderful coherent and just plain enjoyable book to read. Dean, if you re reading this ...please say a sequel is in the works.
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Summary: Different from his usual but WONDERFUL
Review: This book is very different from the typical Dean Koontz books, but I loved it. I loved the characters that Mr. Koontz chose and look forward to another book of this type.
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Summary: A great read from shocking beginning till end
Review: Koontz was able to shock my socks off in the first twenty-two pages and I was hooked thereafter. I do have to take off one star for a little sub-plot with no conclussion concerning the former gambler and the twins which left me confused. While I admit the climax was anti-climatic as someone else already pointed out and the ending was too rushed, I feel Cain was by far a great villain and this book an otherwise excellent read. It did what the writer wanted and that was to entertain. What else could you hope for?
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Summary: Heinlein reborn
Review: Just as little Barty could not get enough of Robert Heinlein, this book is somehow reminescent of some of Heinlein's work, especially in the melding of several families such as in Stranger in a Strange Land. A sequel is called for, to carry on the adventures of Mary Lampion and her certain encounter in another "place" with Cain.
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Summary: An outstanding brand of evil
Review: One of the many wonderful premises of this book is that evil does not adhere to stereotype. The villain in this book is as formidable as he is vain, deluded and sometimes hilariously hapless. A brutal inversion of characters in the tradition of Dr Lecter; his villainy is interspersed with human shortcomings that make him all the more believable, for real evil can parade in many guises, not always mad doctors with flickering tongues. A wickedly unique brand of evil, with the usual Koontz humour.
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Summary: I haven't made up my mind...
Review: if I love or loathe this book. Part of me believes it is one of the greatest black comedies-epics of this nanosecond...while another side sees it has a rather pretentious polemic on the nature of good and evil. One side, we have a created family of suffering plaster saints, and on the other is the Homer Simpson of sociopaths. Through out the book, Tom the energizer bunny of cop-priests, reflects on the nature of evil....and how terrible it is that books and movies make evil seem so glamorous, even as his heroes seem to be just dripping with so much good and pain...and no interesting flaws. I can see that Koontz had enormous fun writing this book...I just wish old killer Cain had not been dispatched in such an anti-climatic way. Perhaps it is a set up for a sequel....the alternate worlds seem more fun than Sliders.
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Summary: Good effort, dull middle and end.
Review: .... I give this book three stars alone for the perfect spelling and sentence structures. That's it, three stars alone. Few books these days seem to have an editor who is awake or cares about these tiny "details.". As for the story, well ... *yawn*... Look, guys, in all fairness to the author, I think I know what The Dean was trying to do in this book -- reversal of the usual characteristics he usually gives to his protagonist and antagonist. All his earlier books show a villian with supernormal powers or extreme cleverness, and the good guys with no powers, except a certain Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew style pluckiness we've come to know and tolerate. But in this installment, we get to follow a protagonist who is dreary and dull, and two heroes who are impossibly empowered with super powers. I, for one, do not wish to know or follow the antics of, and in the excrutiatingly detailed manner depicted, a psycho or imbecile as he goes through his unilluminating paces. This holds no fascination for me. If I want to observe something like that I can tune into a dreary program like Unsolved Mysteries and get a headful of worthless criminal thoughts. Sorry! This vilain role reversal -- that of your super powered villain into an ordinary dummy -- is like wearing your underwear outside your clothes, or your socks over your shoes. It Just Don't Work....
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Summary: I don't know about you, but I don't like being jerked around
Review: When I think of Dean Koontz, two things come to mind: great characters, horrible endings. Well, "From The Corner Of His Eye" doesn't stray from that formula. The characters Koontz creates, and especially in this book, are complex, intriguing people. Enoch Cain is the quite possibly the most fascinating villian I have ever had read. Most of the book is spent focusing on them instead of the main plot, which is a little unusual, and eventually disappointing. Very little of the book is spent dealing with the mysticism that entwines these people's lives, and the ending gives no clear explanation for the events that took place, which is really a let down. The majority of the book has a feeling that something spectacular will happen to the characters in the end. I laugh at that thought now. There is no major plot action until the VERY end of the book, and the climax is so ridiculous that I had to reread it to make sure I wasn't daydreaming. I wasn't. The climax was only one paragraph long. The rest of the book was utterly useless, and everything seemed to be a little too convenient. I lost count how many characters got married by the last ten pages. I would reccomend this book for people who can create their own endings, because at least they can come up with something that is in the least bit satisfying.
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Summary: Dean Koontz at His Best!
Review: Bright Beach, California - The birth of Bartholomew Lampion marks a day of triumph and a day of tragedy. For little Barty is all his mother has now. San Francisco, California - A little girl is born. The product of a vicious rape. Her mother dies moments after the baby's birth. Spruce Hills, Oregon - This very same day, a man journeys into a murdererous life. When he mumbles the word "Bartholomew" in his sleep, he's convinced this man could be the death of him. He begins his hunt to interrupt fate's plan and eliminate this unknown menace. Three different lives. Hundreds of miles apart. All intertwined. From this momentous day...forward. Bartholomew's mother quickly identifies her son's extraordinary learning abilities. But there's more to this prodigy, powers that he doesn't even know how to explain. In the Bay Area, a little girl is growing up with her aunt. Oblivious to anything evil. But her aunt knows a madman is out there. A madman who will one day come for his child. Meanwhile, a murderer is desperately searching for Bartholomew. Ghosts of his own seem to haunt him, undoubtedly the cause of this mystery man he must kill. And soon. "From the Corner of His Eye" brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, "It's a Small World." This compelling story offers a whole new insight into the consequences of our every decision. Koontz suggests each person who passes through our life has a profound effect on the outcome of our entire existence. This book is captivating and there's no good place to stop reading. Even the end leaves you wanting more. "From the Corner of His Eye" is one of those rare books that's worth a second read. This is Dean Koontz at his best!
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Summary: A Heart-Wrenching Tale
Review: Whether you're a long-time fan, occasional reader of his books,or picking one of his titles up for the first time, you won't bedisappointed with Dean Koontz's heart-wrenching tale, From The CornerOf His Eye. Other than being completely involving on many differentlevels, From The Corner Of His Eye is hard to define. Yes, it is asuspense novel. Yes, it is a friend and family drama of epicproportions. Yes, there are elements of the supernatural to be foundwithin the pages. Yes, there are elements of horror that are all themore chilling because of their grounding in reality (as opposed to,say, Stephen King's or Anne Rice's unique brands of horror). Koontzweaves all of these themes together in From The Corner Of His Eye andnever fails to be anything less than compelling as he does so. Thereare three main storylines in From The Corner Of His Eye. The firstbegins with the birth of Bartholomew Lampion, an event filled with asmuch joy as truly heartbreaking tragedy in the small, southernCalifornia coastal town of Bright Beach. Here, Koontz demonstratesyet again his remarkable ability as a writer to create characters youcome to care deeply about with in mere sentences, so that you findyourself unconsciously empathizing with them, laughing with them,cheering them on and, of course, crying with them when bad thingshappen as they inevitably do. Despite almost unbearable loss, littleBarty's (Bartholomew) mother manages to go on because of her love forher son, who's birth brings with it great portent, most of which isgood, some of which is bad, as far as his future is concerned. Thesecond story-line in From The Corner Of His Eye deals with a man bythe rather appropriate name of Junior Cain (i.e. the Cain of Biblicalfame). Within paragraphs of his introduction, Junior Cain's descentinto murderous psychosis begins in a scene that is as frightening asit is riveting. Though he is decidedly an unsavory character, Cainis, nevertheless, always absolutely fascinating to read about. Hisactions and thoughts are as egocentric, convoluted and downright weirdas you'd expect a psychotic's to be. In a lot of ways, I found JuniorCain's story reminiscent of Alfie's from Koontz's Mr. Murder; Alfiewho needed to be someone, who needed to be Martin Stillwater.Regardless, for mysterious reasons, Cain comes to believe he has amortal enemy that he must eliminate before he can know true peace andhave the kind of life he truly desires and deserves. This mortalenemy's name happens to be Bartholomew, and though Cain is beingdoggedly pursued by an almost inhumanly persistent detective namedThomas Vanadium, he sets out on a quest to find the Bartholomew thatis such a threat to his ultimate happiness. The third storyline inFrom The Corner Of His Eye involves a little girl named Angel, who,like little Barty, is also brought into this world under the specterof nearly unspeakable tragedy. Raised by the sister of her mother,Seraphim, Angel and her family, who are linked to the Lampions as wellas Junior Cain, have their individual stories of tragedy and triumphas the drama unfolds in Koontz's skilled hands. I won't say how theauthor braids the three storylines together because it would give toomuch of the plot away, but braid them together he does, and the resultis a reading experience uniquely different from any other Dean Koontznovel I have read so far. Throughout the narrative, Koontz's writingis elegant, thought-provoking and, at times, lyrically poetic.Curiously though, and the reason I didn't give this book five stars, Ithought the climax - the big scene near the end - was a bit of aletdown after the well-crafted, suspenseful buildup. I guess I wasexpecting something a little more dramatic, a little more drawn out.Not that the climax was bad by any means, it just wasn't what I wasexpecting. And, I have to say, I shed a few tears by the time Iturned the last page. I think you'll enjoy every one of the nearlysix-hundred pages of this novel as I did. By the end, Koontz haswritten a story where love and the brotherhood of man shines asbrightly and poignantly as the stars do in the nighttime sky. Inaddition to From The Corner Of His Eye, I would also highly recommendKoontz's Fear Nothing, Seize the Night, The Door to December, SoleSurvivor, Dark Rivers of the Heart, Intensity and False Memory titles;all of which are well worth your reading time. Enjoy!
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