Reviews

The Mask by Owen West, Dean Koontz

butvampirestho's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

an interesting plot and certainly keeps you on your toes, but the dialogue comes off a bit corny and unnatural at times. then there’s the title that just barely makes sense. also I can’t believe I stayed up past 1:00 AM for that underwhelming ass ending.  Dean really pissed me off with that 

1 more thing: the descriptions involving the 15 year old girl’s breasts were just. unnecessary and awkward 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

bookishwyvern07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

labunnywtf's review against another edition

1.0

As I was heavily skimming through this novel, I thought to myself, "I remember Dean Koontz being better than this."

Then about halfway through, I paused. What exactly do I remember about reading Dean Koontz?

Hmm.

....

There was...

And then that....

Darkness. Someone was afraid of darkness. And there was a hermaphrodite that one time.

Yeah, apparently I don't remember novels from childhood like I thought I did.

Dean Koontz sucks. How did I forget that?

_lilbey_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

chey_jade's review against another edition

1.0

First of all- I don't do spiders.

Second of all- what does a Mask have anything to do with any of this?

Third of all- EXCUSE ME, what is this ending??

thesassyreader1208's review

mysterious medium-paced

3.0

andipants's review

3.0

Solid horror-thriller. I realized after I'd started it that I actually have read this book before, but it's been years - since middle school, iirc. I remembered liking it, but couldn't recall any of the details, so it was still pretty gripping. I did think the ending was awfully abrupt — lots of rising action, good climax, and then NOPE DONE. A little more resolution would have been nice. And it's my own personal gripe, but I had to knock it down a star because

Spoiler

the cat turned out to be evil and had to be killed. Sorry, I'm a cat person, so that's a no-go for me

. But it had a compelling plot, likable (if somewhat flat) characters, and a high creep factor, so it was overall an entertaining read.

donnakaye64's review against another edition

3.0

This book starts out well and kept me interested throughout most of it. The ending was a huge disappointment for me. It seemed hurried and unfinished. Just my opinion.

wombat_88's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

yarebma's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.0