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A review by nickmasters
Elsewhere by Dean Koontz
4.0
I’ll be honest, I battle with books about time travel and multiple realities, but at the same time I am ironically drawn to them and generally tend to enjoy them if the author can do a good enough job of drawing me into the impossible. In Dean Koontz’s ‘Elsewhere’ I can attest to enjoying his portrayal of parallel universes. The narrative is simple, fast paced, and entertaining.
Let’s face it, the plot is a little absurd, with the characters actually continually compare their unfolding reality to fantasy novels (and perhaps these tongue in cheek references become a little too frequent). But it is well written, the characters are great, and the pages practically turn themselves.
“People in stories were always preparing themselves for the worst, which rarely happened”
The relationship between Jeffy and Amity is really amazing. And in particular the portrayal of Amity’s wise for her age character is fun, tough, but most of all endearing (Duke’s use of kickass is pretty fitting).
“Our burdens made our spirits stronger and therefore were blessings”
At its core, this is fun enjoyable read. Maybe not quite enough for die hard Dean Koontz fans, but it does the trick.
Thanks NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for a Review Copy.
Let’s face it, the plot is a little absurd, with the characters actually continually compare their unfolding reality to fantasy novels (and perhaps these tongue in cheek references become a little too frequent). But it is well written, the characters are great, and the pages practically turn themselves.
“People in stories were always preparing themselves for the worst, which rarely happened”
The relationship between Jeffy and Amity is really amazing. And in particular the portrayal of Amity’s wise for her age character is fun, tough, but most of all endearing (Duke’s use of kickass is pretty fitting).
“Our burdens made our spirits stronger and therefore were blessings”
At its core, this is fun enjoyable read. Maybe not quite enough for die hard Dean Koontz fans, but it does the trick.
Thanks NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for a Review Copy.