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3.95 AVERAGE
Week 22 of the 2018 Reading Challenge: A book you have high expectations or hope for
Mini-Review:
The worst thing is that the book is over and yet there is so much more to go. Jane Hawk is an amazing, resilient woman out to fight against the forces that have caused the death of her beloved husband and threatened to harm her son. More details about the project is fleshed out and everyday heroes are drawn together in a nebulous network that could collapse at any moment. Each character stands out in a distinct manner and Koontz does a great job of making the ordinary extraordinary while the macabre has more than an edge of horror.
I'll be really thrilled if the next book is due out sooner than a year or two. This one popped out about six months after the first.
A present day thriller bound by family values and questioning the cost of maintaining freedom.
The worst thing is that the book is over and yet there is so much more to go. Jane Hawk is an amazing, resilient woman out to fight against the forces that have caused the death of her beloved husband and threatened to harm her son. More details about the project is fleshed out and everyday heroes are drawn together in a nebulous network that could collapse at any moment. Each character stands out in a distinct manner and Koontz does a great job of making the ordinary extraordinary while the macabre has more than an edge of horror.
I'll be really thrilled if the next book is due out sooner than a year or two. This one popped out about six months after the first.
A present day thriller bound by family values and questioning the cost of maintaining freedom.
It seemed like some of the info was repeated several times through the book. Felt repetitive. Also, I'm tired of the nanotech stuff. Hope book three moves on to something fresh.
It has been a long time since I read a Dean Koontz novel, never feeling the need to rush out and purchase his newest work. I believe that will change after reading “The Whispering Room.”
The novel is nothing short of amazing. It is the second in the author’s Jane Hawk series, although it can be read as a standalone (there is enough back story provided). Jane is an FBI agent on the run, trapped by events and machinations beyond her control. With every move she makes, the rabbit hole gets bigger and moves further away from a world to which she can never return.
Mr. Koontz keeps the tension at a high level throughout the story through the use of small chapters, some lasting only a page or two. The shifting POVs kept me turning pages, because whoever I was reading about, I knew that the person I had just left was in some level of danger. The author has strategically limited the shifts to a minimum number of characters, which keeps readers from becoming confused.
The plot takes place today, wrapped in the science of nanobots and the people who would use them in a personal effort to make the world a better place. Ironically, these same people never hesitate to kill if that action will bring everyone closer to their perception of nirvana.
Even though I have a pretty good idea of what happened in the first Jane Hawk book, the storytelling in this novel was so good that I plan on purchasing “The Silent Corner.” If you are looking for a thriller that will keep you turning pages far into the night, you won’t do better than “The Whispering Room.” Five stars.
My thanks to NetGalley and Bantam Books for an advance copy of this book.
The novel is nothing short of amazing. It is the second in the author’s Jane Hawk series, although it can be read as a standalone (there is enough back story provided). Jane is an FBI agent on the run, trapped by events and machinations beyond her control. With every move she makes, the rabbit hole gets bigger and moves further away from a world to which she can never return.
Mr. Koontz keeps the tension at a high level throughout the story through the use of small chapters, some lasting only a page or two. The shifting POVs kept me turning pages, because whoever I was reading about, I knew that the person I had just left was in some level of danger. The author has strategically limited the shifts to a minimum number of characters, which keeps readers from becoming confused.
The plot takes place today, wrapped in the science of nanobots and the people who would use them in a personal effort to make the world a better place. Ironically, these same people never hesitate to kill if that action will bring everyone closer to their perception of nirvana.
Even though I have a pretty good idea of what happened in the first Jane Hawk book, the storytelling in this novel was so good that I plan on purchasing “The Silent Corner.” If you are looking for a thriller that will keep you turning pages far into the night, you won’t do better than “The Whispering Room.” Five stars.
My thanks to NetGalley and Bantam Books for an advance copy of this book.
Jane Hawk, disgraced former FBI agent, uncovered The Hamlet Plot, a tool of a secret group called The Arcadians, who wish to destroy and subjugate people they regard as inferior or anyone who their computer algorithms have determined might be creative or bold enough to turn the tide of humanity. Jane's husband, Nick, was one of those people. Injected with nanobots that created a web in his brain, he committed suicide at the behest of The Arcadians. Now, Jane will rain down fire and hell. On the run and trying to discover a way to get to David James Michael, the head of The Arcadians, Jane uses and abuses many people. But along the way, she meets others who will stand with her.
I guess when you are Dean Koontz, no copy editor is allowed to trim your grandiloquent words. This book could have been 200 pages shorter with some strategic editing. I will continue reading the series to find out what happens because the plot is engaging, but know I remember why Dean Koontz is not one of my favorite writers.
I guess when you are Dean Koontz, no copy editor is allowed to trim your grandiloquent words. This book could have been 200 pages shorter with some strategic editing. I will continue reading the series to find out what happens because the plot is engaging, but know I remember why Dean Koontz is not one of my favorite writers.
A really enjoyable and fun series. Lots of action and very well written. Well worth checking out if you enjoy a good thriller.
The main character in this book, Jane Hawk, IS a female Jack Reacher. I tend to like kickass female characters so this book started out as good as the first one in this series. This book was too long in my opinion. It was a continuation of “The Silent Corner”, which I really enjoyed. However, the last 30-50 pages went on forever, and they were after the end of the adventure. Those last pages were the setup for Jane Hawk #3. It seems like the mystery of the Whispering Room will be continued in book 3.
I have been a long-term Dean Koontz fan. In fact, it was well-read copies of DK novels that enticed my husband into reading. However, while I have enjoyed some of his more current books, I haven't read one in quite a while that really just left me hungry for more - a series that would have me buying the newest without even reading the blurb. The Jane Hawk series has changed all that.
Plausible (even probable?) technology, wealthy people high up playing God, and a lone FBI agent who uncovered it at the cost of her husband. The action is relentless - but the characters are excellent as well. This is Dean Koontz at his best - at least for this reader.
Plausible (even probable?) technology, wealthy people high up playing God, and a lone FBI agent who uncovered it at the cost of her husband. The action is relentless - but the characters are excellent as well. This is Dean Koontz at his best - at least for this reader.
