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I think 77 Shadow Street was one of these spells. Definitely not his best. My favorite of his is "The Watchers."Jimrada wrote:I'm a big fan of Koontz, though, I'm the first to admit that he goes through spells where his books aren't as good.
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I agree, that was his worst book in my opinion, a real rambling mess of too many characters and a laughable enemy, he tried to blend sci fi with drama with horror and it ended up being none of those things. Shame, as the book had real potentialCarrie R wrote:I think 77 Shadow Street was one of these spells. Definitely not his best. My favorite of his is "The Watchers."Jimrada wrote:I'm a big fan of Koontz, though, I'm the first to admit that he goes through spells where his books aren't as good.
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Agreed--far too many characters and a weird fusion of enemy.StephenKingman wrote:
I agree, that was his worst book in my opinion, a real rambling mess of too many characters and a laughable enemy, he tried to blend sci fi with drama with horror and it ended up being none of those things. Shame, as the book had real potential
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My first DK book was Lightening and from that book I was hooked. I've read all of the old ones, but not all of the recent ones. Favourites would be, Life Expectancy, Odd Thomas, Velocity, The Door to December, Sole Survivor.
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But I haven't read Odd Thomas or Lightning or Watchers so maybe I will try again.
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Some of his books do get rather dark and even sadistic. I'm not opposed to putting a book down if it's too dark or gruesome for me. The good ones by Dean Koontz are worth reading, though.lady_charlie wrote:I have read a few of his books. After Dark Rivers of the Heart, which I skipped the middle 100 pages of because I was curious about the ending, I gave up. That was a little nasty for me.
But I haven't read Odd Thomas or Lightning or Watchers so maybe I will try again.
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Over the years, when people hear that, they suggest I read Koontz 'If you like King, you'll love Koontz.'
I read several Koontz books some years ago I don't recall which. Didn't care for his writing.
My questions are: Do you recommend Koontz to people who like King? If so, do you find them similar other than meeting in genre?
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