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Title: Phantoms by Dean R. Koontz ISBN: 0-425-18110-3 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (159 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Movie was a bomb...book is the bomb!
Comment: Although the movie was a bomb the book is an excellent read. I was hesitant to watch the movie since most movies tend to ruin a great book. I should have followed my instinct and declined the movie. The movie did so badly at the box office that most people would steer clear of the book. A very bad decision.
The book was longer than an average Koontz book but progressed wonderfully. Koontz is great when it comes to throwing a reader directly into the story. He doesn't deal with the extensive characterization until it's absolutely necessary. Unlike some authors that will take up 300 pages of a 350-page novel to introduce characters who usually die shortly after.
If you've seen the movie and it has left a bad taste in your mouth please give the book a chance. The movie did absolutely nothing for the book so don't base your opinion solely on the movie. Make sure you have plenty of time to sit down and read Phantoms...once you start it will be nearly impossible to put it down.
Rating: 3
Summary: Read the Afterward First
Comment: Much that puzzled me about this over-the-top Sci-Fi horror story made a lot more sense when I read Dean Koontz's Afterward. (No, it's guaranteed not to "spoil" anything.) "Phantoms" was Koontz's sophomore book after the wide success of "Whispers." Acceding to his publisher's demands and much against his judgment, he wrote the "horror" story they wanted and forever after was known as a "horror" writer. This is what he feared, and it has been a continual thorn in his side ever since. I had the feeling throughout the book that Koontz was saying "You want a horror story? I'll give you the Mother of Horror Stories!"
"Phantoms" takes the premise of the empty town where it appears everyone has vanished suddenly into thin air and runs with it. A doctor, her young sister and a band of local policemen try to solve the mystery. They discover a few bodies that have died most mysteriously, hear strange voices and noises, and realize they are being watched and are likely to be attacked -- but by what? Mr. Koontz pulls out all the stops in the creep and gore department and sets up good look-over-your-shoulder-fearfully tension. The dialogue is very bad, and he did better with the characterizations of the supporting cast than he did with the principals, but for the most part they are believable.
"Phantoms" is overlong; and because of it, the tension ebbs at times. The babykiller and the biker would never have been missed. Though the reader certainly gets his money's worth in the horror department, I wouldn't call this one of Koontz's better works.
Rating: 4
Summary: Page turner
Comment: Dr. Jenny Paige returns to her small town home of Snowfield after picking up her sister Lisa. Immidately they notice the town is quieter than normal. When they enter Jenny's home, they find the housekeeper dead with some strange affliction. Something strange is going on in Snowfield.
When they're finally able to call the sherrif of a local town into Snowfield, they find even more terrifying clues. Severed hands and severed heads. The entire town is either dead or missing.
More and more it's looking like the Devil himself has visited Snowfield. And he's still there. Playing with them like a cat plays with a mouse before he kills it.
A page-turner and not quite as horrific as it may seem. Koontz always develops his characters extraordinarily well. There's some strong human emotions and even some humor found in this book. I could barely put it down.
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Title: Whispers by Dean R. Koontz ISBN: 042518109X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 12 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Watchers by Dean R. Koontz ISBN: 0425188809 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Strangers by Dean R. Koontz ISBN: 0425181111 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sole Survivor by DEAN KOONTZ ISBN: 0553582941 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Intensity by DEAN KOONTZ ISBN: 0553582917 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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