Phantoms: A Thriller by Dean Koontz

3.72 AVERAGE

hollielou's review against another edition

3.0
Apparently Dean Koontz resented this book because it labelled him a horror writer. This is a fast-paced and easy to read horror thriller. Some of elements reminded me of the Welcome to Night Vale podcast.

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read247_instyle_inca's review against another edition

5.0
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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whendles's review against another edition

4.0
medium-paced
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stormieraee's review against another edition

3.0
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yolosaurus's review against another edition

3.5
First half 4/5
Second half get outta here
DNF at 70% cuz lord
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momo_hoppy23's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
This is an amazing book, that gives and STRIPS hope at a moments notice. Makes you feel deeply for the characters (minus a few of them for me personally). It is action packed, gory, very descriptive, and build the tension beautifully. I love Dean Koontz! The moral message is a great one, and very introspective one. The ending is absolutely PERFECT with only one loose end (but honestly the loose end isn’t bad AT ALL and the conclusion is easy to make on your own with your own personal bias/experience). Give it a read!
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abaker08's review against another edition

2.75
dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
As the kids would say - this was very mid.

victorias_books's review against another edition

2.0
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
I had hoped I would have enjoyed this novel more. The beginning was promising, but I was expecting a darker turn, more symbolism. It was good until you find out what the "phantoms" are. Then it gets corny.

birdyscholar25's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

chrstnareads's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No