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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
A love story and a happy ending
This story pulled me right along in its wake. Koontz is as lyrical as he is suspenseful. I thought I had the ending figured out, but was surprised.
This story pulled me right along in its wake. Koontz is as lyrical as he is suspenseful. I thought I had the ending figured out, but was surprised.
A 2 seems harsh because there are parts I truly enjoyed and I still liked the book. But overall there was way too much fluff and it reallllyyy dragged for a while.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Koontz has a habit of making everyone in his more recent books perfect--they are perfectly skilled, perfectly knowledgeable. This one is the same. He does far more telling (oh, David just loved Emily) than showing (no flashbacks to see David and Emily). His characters are boring. I couldn't care any less about David or his precious Emily or why he does what he does or what the purpose of Jessup was. Koontz is hit or miss for me, and this one was a tedious miss.
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Worst book I’ve ever read. So slow to read (literally took me months and I’m a fast reader), never held my interest, and the way the book ended just made me angry because it was completely out of left field. The genre ended up being alien-like instead of murder mystery. Don’t read this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder
Involves a very demented serial killer
don't remember..but sounds interesting...sound recording
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Honestly this one was not a favorite of mine. It was hard to want to keep reading it, and it was almost confusing in parts, but it was alright. 3 stars.