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False Memory by Dean Koontz

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jenniferlwatson's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

jeslyncat's review

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2.0

Not really good. Mediocre. If you're a Koontz fan you'll likely enjoy it. I'm not, and this is one of two of his books I've ever read, it lacked a lot.

mirandaschwien's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

psbecker94's review

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4.0

First half had me totally hooked but second half became less terrifying than it was set up for. Still very good. Solid ending, great characters but some not well explained aspects.

How does one even begin to describe this book? I didn’t really enjoy it, and I don’t think it’s good. However, I still read the whole thing, and I didn’t absolutely hate it. Let me put it this way. Do you ever watch a bad movie just to laugh at how bad it is? That’s what reading this book was like. It was just so weird and bad and ridiculous that many parts made me laugh out loud. So would I recommend this book? No...unless you want to feel somewhat amused for 751 pages.

nerdbrarian's review

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2.0

Great book that brings the subject of the Manchurian Candidate into a real world setting by seeing a similar plot transposed into a few people's everyday life. Good for the twists, but lacks some of his better ruminations on life that begin appearing in his books from this period.

baileywright's review

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

j1mb0sl1ce's review

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4.0

This was just fun, nothing more. I think Koontz might've been trying to be deep or provocative in some areas, but I really couldn't tell nor care less if he was. This was my first Koontz book and reading it was akin to watching a film like Die Hard. Earth shattering brilliance? In some scenes, yeah, while other scenes are pointless or dumb. Super deep and interesting characters? Maybe one or two but most everyone is just your average Joe thrown into an over the top event. A super complex plot that makes complete logical sense? No, there are some leaps in logic required from the audience to fully appreciate and enjoy the book. But you know what? Who cares, the tension was high, the stakes kept getting higher, the twists were put at just the right spots. There were a couple leaps in logic that were a little too far, i.e. one character makes one pretty gigantic leap about halfway through and with very very very little clues he pretty much solved the whole mystery. Come on, Koontz. That was a little stupid and too far from a logistical perspective. Things like that are why it's 4 instead of a full on 5. Not even a 4.5, im satisfied with just a 4. It was super fun, a consistent page turner with suspense right up until the final chapter, with some silly sequences thrown in but it's just a fun book at the end of the day. And that's not a bad thing.