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bethaniekay 's review for:
The Whispering Room
by Dean Koontz
It took me almost 5 weeks to read this book, and that says a lot for someone who usually reads a book in less than a week.
The Silent Corner was the first Koontz book I'd ever read, and I really enjoyed it. It was fast, thrilling, interesting, and I was really into Jane Hawk the badass. What I didn't know going into that book was that it didn't actually have an end, and I was pretty disappointed. I dislike series books, because I want the story to have a conclusion.
So, I reluctantly purchased this book because I wanted to know what would happen. Boy was I hugely disappointed AGAIN, because it's STILL not over. There's STILL no conclusion. And we're STILL no closer to learning what happened, what's really going on, or who's really behind everything. UGH. And even worse, this story basically went nowhere. It was really just a chase story, with a bunch of completely unbelievable and ridiculous scenarios in which Jane unrealistically escapes unscathed and unnoticed. There was also zero character development, and the opportunities Jane had to ally herself with some decently cool people (Grandpa Bernie, and Sheriff Luther), weren't taken advantage of as much as they should have been.
Koontz is a pretty good writer, so I really had higher hopes. I would also really like to know where this story is going to go (supposedly the sequel comes out this year, in 2018), now that I've invested so much time in the first two books, but I don't know if I can deal with one more book that gives no answers.
The Silent Corner was the first Koontz book I'd ever read, and I really enjoyed it. It was fast, thrilling, interesting, and I was really into Jane Hawk the badass. What I didn't know going into that book was that it didn't actually have an end, and I was pretty disappointed. I dislike series books, because I want the story to have a conclusion.
So, I reluctantly purchased this book because I wanted to know what would happen. Boy was I hugely disappointed AGAIN, because it's STILL not over. There's STILL no conclusion. And we're STILL no closer to learning what happened, what's really going on, or who's really behind everything. UGH. And even worse, this story basically went nowhere. It was really just a chase story, with a bunch of completely unbelievable and ridiculous scenarios in which Jane unrealistically escapes unscathed and unnoticed. There was also zero character development, and the opportunities Jane had to ally herself with some decently cool people (Grandpa Bernie, and Sheriff Luther), weren't taken advantage of as much as they should have been.
Koontz is a pretty good writer, so I really had higher hopes. I would also really like to know where this story is going to go (supposedly the sequel comes out this year, in 2018), now that I've invested so much time in the first two books, but I don't know if I can deal with one more book that gives no answers.