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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
I loved this book. It was amazing. The only reason I didn't give it five stars was because there were some boring parts. But there were so many memorable scenes in this that it outweighs what I don't like. I loved the carnival. It made me want to become a carnie so bad. They were the most unique people that were like family to each other. I loved the idea of being misfits to the outside world but fitting in perfectly with one another. They were just their own little society that I loved. I loved the part where Slim was going into one of the carnival stations to see the fat lady and the guy with the three eyes. It made me love Slim because of the way he reacted to these people. He was a very unique male character that loved, empathized, and was just so human. I grew to love his relationship with Rya. At first it was too insta love for me but then after I saw them have sex, have hours of conversation, bake cookies, and save each others lives countless times, I grew to love them. Rya was great from the beginning though. She had such a traumatic past, one of the worst I've ever heard. I loved how she had this deep sadness inside of her. I mean she was extremely crazy and suicidal at the beginning but I understood it. My favorite scene was the ferris wheel scene. I think its the coolest thing to climb up a ferris wheel in the middle of the night and talk during a storm. Then at the same time be life risking. Probably my least favorite part of the book was the fighting with the goblin scenes. I kind of zoned out during those parts. I loved hearing about the goblins but they were probably my least favorite part. I really loved the psychic instances though. It was a perfect amount of foreshadowing that made me dying to know how their vision was going to happen. The sex scenes were so good because they were psychic and knew what each other wanted. I didn't like the second part of the book nearly as much because they weren't at the carnival anymore. But I was still very interested in it. The stuck in the mine part was crazy. I was so worried about Rya, and the way he found out she was alive was perfect. I loved how the beginning of the book started off explaining what happened the year this started and it ended like that. But added "this wasn't the year the fight with the goblins ended." It was perfect. I loved this book. Might even be a new favorite.
The book was enjoyable and interesting. I saw a parallel here with the Goblins and the race of beings in Koontz's Frankenstein series were both were seeking to destroy all of mankind and then destroy themselves. It was interesting how the existence of the goblins was explained. And it was interesting to see how Slim and Rya would be able to defeat them. The book is in two parts, though not obviously pointed out, but upon reflection you can see where the second part begins which serves as the sequel to the original writing.
Came to me highly recommended so I kept trying to force my way through. Don't do that to yourself.
Not my favorite Koontz book. I find the author, of late, to be overly sesquipedalian and verbose.
I remember liking this one a lot, although I don't remember the whole story. Something about a bunch of monsters posing as humans, but one man can see through their disguise. It's an eerie proposition I've always had a fondness for... the psycho killer is not psycho and everyone else is wrong!
Couldn’t finish it. Couldn’t stop rolling my eyes over the dramatic moral monologues by the ‘characters’ and found the plot super boring.
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-paced