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divineb94's review against another edition
2.0
Easy read but the ending was obvious and the characters were hard to get attached to.
crimsonpermanentassurance's review against another edition
3.0
Very much a product of its time: classic 1970's "in your mind you have capacities, you know" psychic power woo. The pacing was not strong, the ending predictable; but what it lacked in surprise it made up for in creepiness.
local_library_rat's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I had to force myself to finish the book. This was my first Dean Koontz novel and I hear such good things about him. This book just wasn’t it for me. I felt like more could’ve been done with the plot. Ending was kind of predictable. I wouldn’t recommend the book!
lahazelett's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book and would have given it 5 stars except the ending was a little too predictable. I wish 4.5 stars was an option.
snowflake121312's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.0
_sandrraa_'s review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
kmt75's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Absolute trash. Not in a good way, like Night Chills. Just painfully embarrassing. Koontz plays it off as juvenilia in an almost as poorly written new afterword, but is it juvenilia when the writer is 30 something and has been publishing 2-3 novels a year for almost a decade. One of the worst "books" I've ever read. Can't believe he allows this to remain in print.
Content Warnings
I feel like only a complete fucking idiot wouldn't have the killer guessed by like page 20 but I must admit I didn't see the whole 9-year-old boy rapes his 6-year-old sister by ramming a live bat up into "her warm, moist center" because maybe he thinks he's a vampire or something coming.
Fuck Dean Koontz.
thereadingknitter's review against another edition
2.0
A pyshic who helps the police find killers. She was abused and beat when she was six. Ends up her brother was the one who abused her and he was a killer she had to chase.
nonersays's review against another edition
4.0
I may have read this one before, but I knew early on who the killer was, and thought he tried too hard to make it look like who it wasn't.