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by Chris Marie Green
ISBN: 0441016812
Paperback: 336 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Previously UNREAD copy in new condition, with publisher's mark on the bottom.
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For friend
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-12-12
I bought the book for an X-mas present for a friend and it came before the intended date so I decided to read it even though it's not what I would normally read I was very please with it and will continue to read the series. I'll probably buy a copy for myself-lol
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Gutsy series....
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-09-24
Vampires are stalking their prey in the London area and it's up to Dawn Madison and her associates to stop them. Dawn and Costin are adjusting to their new roles after the recent turn of events (see BREAK OF DAWN for more details) while Jonah is also exploring his boundaries. To fight the new vampire threat, Costin is adding a new team member, Natalia Petri. Will she be a threat to Kiko or an asset to the whole team? What new trials will the team face as they take on the London vampire underground?
A DROP OF RED starts a new story arc within the Vampire Babylon series. While a newcomer will miss nuances and the past history of the characters and their various relationships, the overall plot stands alone. In fact, the story seems to be veering in a radically different direction in this new story arc as the power is shifting and changing among the characters. Please note, however, that A DROP OF RED is part of a story arc and thus there are threads that are not resolved at the conclusion of the book.
Chris Marie Green's series is gutsy! The dilemmas the characters face are both supernatural and reality based, keeping the series grounded despite the very odd situations encountered in the books. Readers will be able to relate to seeing a friend struggling with addiction or a family coping with the dysfunctions resulting from the demise of a marriage. Chris Marie Green does a phenomenal job at incorporating such real world issues into the context of a world where vampires and other supernatural phenomenon can and do exist. Easily recommended!
COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES
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vampire babylon series
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-09-21
A Drop of Red (Vampire Babylon)as a fan of Chris Marie Green this is just a spellbinding as the others. You get caught up with the continuing saga of Dawn and Costin/Jonah connection and you get more information about another duo of masters from when Costin was originally a vampire with a little twist to the connection between these two masters. Dawn's dad Frank is still in the picture being a better father as a vampire than he was as a human figure that. The burning question for this trio of Vampire Babylon is how long does the team stay together before either dying or for the females become one of the Friends? Dawn feels that she is destined to become the next Friend but how can she if her power is just developing. As usual we have to wait for the next book to get the answers
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A fast-paced novel of intrigue, investigation and danger
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-09-18
This fantasy about a Hollywood stunts woman turned vampire hunter is a fine pick for any library where vampire fantasy novels are popular. It tells of Dawn, who has nearly single-handedly led the revolution against vampires in Los Angeles - uncovering her own dark family influences in the process. Dawn is exhausted - and facing a new vampire threat in England in this fast-paced novel of intrigue, investigation and danger.
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Love this series!!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-03-18
This series has everything, fun, danger, fighting, lust!!! This series is one of the few series that I never know what is going to happen next...
Chris Marie Green keeps her readers guessing and I for one can't wait to turn the pages.
Dawn is always struggling for her feelings for Costin and Costin is always fighting for control with Jonas. Costin is like a ghost who used to be a vampire and then was given the chance to save his soul so he goes out and finds host that he could use their body to take down all the other blood brothers and their undergrounds. But on the last adventure Jonas was about to die and Dawn turned him and into a vampire once again. So this book picks up with Dawn/Costin fighting their feelings for each other and Costin in a struggle for control with Jonas. Jonas wanting to see more action. The rest of the team is all there even Eva, Dawn's ex-vampire mother and her now dead vampire father! This book they find an underground in Loundon and they are persuing the vamps and find this underground is totally different then the one in the US!
So if you have not gotten this series go out buy all 4 books and enjoy the ride...I can't wait for book 4!!!!
Others you may like: J.R Ward, Patricia Briggs, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jeanine Frost, Rachel Vincent, Jennifer Armintrout etc....
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by Dean Koontz
ISBN: 0425199584
Paperback: 448 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no highlighting. Copy in very good condition with minimal reading wear.
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Terrible
Rating  (1)
Date: 2010-01-20
Terrible book. the story was way dragged out. Very boring. I had to fast forward throughout the book. Now I came to almost the end and the ending seems quite a let down. Not sure if I should even finish it.
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Starts Strong, but Takes a Nosedive Halfway Through
Rating  (2)
Date: 2009-10-28
"Cold Fire" by Dean Koontz starts off very strong. We are introduced to former teacher Jim Ironheart, sort of a "Batman meets Charles Bronson" kind of guy traveling the country saving lives just before tragedy strikes. Koontz throws in a spunky newspaper reporter named Holly Thorne who crosses paths with Ironheart, and whose curiosity leads her deeper into Jim's troubled world. The opening chapters of the novel are gripping and suspenseful. The entire episode of Jim and the two maniacs in the motorhome is classic Koontz suspense.
After setting the stage with some pulse pounding action, and some true nail-biting passages things kind of fall apart in the middle of the novel...and go downhill from there. I don't want to ruin the tale so I promise not to spill any spoilers. As Jim and Holly dig deeper into what is "sending" Jim on his life saving missions, and trying to find out what is causing the vivid sleep shattering nightmares both have been experiencing the story kind of falls apart. What was a taut action/thriller gets bogged down in psychobabble junk, corny scenes and a lousy non-ending.
I think Jim Ironheart and Holly Thorne deserve a better finale than what "Cold Fire" gives us. I would love for Koontz to re-visit these characters and perhaps catch us up on what has happened to them since the events of this novel. As it is, "Cold Fire" just kind of peters out, and the payoff is less than spectacular. If this were the first novel in a trilogy or series I would definately rate it higher, but as a stand alone tale it just doesn't live up to other Koontz tales.
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" Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh " - The Windmill
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-02-12
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the Dean Koontz I love! I listened to this as an audio book a few years ago and was thrilled to re-experience the story in print. Cold Fire was published in 1991, after The Bad Place and before Koontz starting coming out with 2-3 novels each year. Some issues examined in Cold Fire include: Environmentalism, Religion and Mental Illness. Like many Koontz novels, this work crosses over many genres including: Science Fiction, Mystery, Suspense and Adventure.
It appears that Koontz has created a fictional work within his work of fiction: The Black Windmill, reportedly written by Arthur J. Willott. We of course know that Koontz is and expert at creating fictional names and works, claiming they were written by someone else but really the author is Dean R. Koontz. Another example of this is The Book of Counted Sorrows from which the following quote appears twice in Cold Fire to introduce readers to both part one and two of the story:
"In the real world
as in dreams,
nothing is quite
what it seems."
A windmill is a central focal point of this story and the imagery is wonderful :
"Night pressed at the narrow windows, which were almost like castle embrasures in the limestone walls. Rain tapped against the glass. Suddenly, with a creak of unoiled and half-rusted machinery, the four great wooden sails of the mill began to turn outside, faster and faster, cutting like giant scythes through the damp air. The upright shaft, which came out of the ceiling and vanished through a bore in the center of the floor, also began to turn , briefly creating the illusion that the round floor itself were rotating in the manner of a carousel. One level below, the ancient millstones started to roll against each other, producing a soft rumble like distant thunder".
Another great imagery example from four pages earlier in the story (this one much shorter):
"Night floated down like a great tossed cape of almost weightless black silk".
Some of my other favorite quotes:
On Religion: "I'm reluctant to believe that some statue of the Holy Mother wept real tears in a church in Cincinnati or Peoria or Teaneck last week after the Wednesday-night bingo games, witnesses only by two teenagers and the parish cleaning lady. And I'm not ready to believe that a shadow resembling Jesus, cast on someone's garage wall by a yellow bug light, is a sign of impending apocalypse. God works in mysterious ways, but not with bug lights and garage walls."
On Evil: "There's too much darkness in some people, corruption that could never be cleaned out in five lifetimes of rehabilitation. Evil is real, it walks the earth. Sometimes the devil works by persuasion. Sometimes he just sets loose these sociopaths who don't have a gene for empathy or one for compassion."
On Books: " Around her, thousands of times and places, people and worlds, from Mars to Egypt to Yoknapatawpha County, were closed up in the bindings of books like the shine trapped under the tarnished veneer of a brass lamp. She could almost feel them waiting to dazzle with the first turn of a page, come alive with brilliant colors and pungent odors and delicious aromas, with laughter and sobbing and cries and whispers. Books were packaged dreams."
And this bit of conversation:
" 'When we get where we're going, you won't carve me up with a chainsaw and bury me under the windmill, will you?'
Apparently he understood her sense of vulnerability and took no offense, for he said with mock solemnity, 'Oh, no. It's full-up under the mill. I'll have to bury pieces of you all over the farm' ".
My only criticism of Cold Fire, is the occasional bits of overdone horror which seem to be tossed in, not necessarily flowing with the story, following are two examples:
"Sensing something above her head, Holly looked up. A large web had been spun above the door, across the curve where the wall became the ceiling. A fat spider, it's body as big around as her thumbnail and its spindly legs almost as long as her little finger, greasy as a dollop of wax and dark as a drop of blood, was feeding greedily on the pale quivering body of a snared moth."
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"Without warning, a vision burst in Holly's mind with such force and brilliance that the library vanished for a moment and her inner world became the only reality; she saw herself naked and nailed to a wall in an obscene parody of a crucifix, blood streaming from her hands and feet (a voice whispering : die, die, die), and she opened her mouth to scream but, instead of sound, swarms of cockroaches poured out between her lips, and she realized she was already dead (die, die, die), her putrid innards crawling with pests and vermin -"
All of Koontz novels have a supernatural element and some, like Cold Fire also have a Science Fiction theme. I'm not a big fan of Science Fiction but have really enjoyed Koontz' trademark genre mix. If you enjoyed or are interested in reading Cold Fire, I would also recommend the following Dean Koontz novels: Lightning, The Bad Place, By the Light of the Moon, and Brother Odd (Odd Thomas Novels).
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Great and Unassuming, Like the Main Character
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-11-26
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
In a quest to continue reading most of Dean Koontz' early novels, this one was written in 1991, I picked up Cold Fire.
Jim Ironheart is a very unique person; A voice drives him to save people. He doesn't know when the voice will move him, but when he hears it, he is single minded in his desire to get to a specific place to rescue someone. The introductory act of heroism is the saving of a child from being killed by a drunk driver in Portland, Oregon. It is during this action that a reporter, Holly Thorne (Koontz provides an excellent scene involving her name), witnesses the event. Holly is motivated to find out more about Jim, as he is very unassuming and not one for the limelight. While researching Jim, which motivates Holly to be the reporter she always had hoped to be, she discovers that the boy wasn't the first person he has rescued. There have been others, many others. But not everything that Jim "sees" is good; There is evil coming and it seems that he is the only one that can stop it.
Even though this is only the third Koontz novel I have read, it isn't anything like the other two (Watchers and Darkfall). Cold Fire is a novel that centers on Jim and Holly, their relationship, and the support that Holly provides to Jim to understand his gift and help with the dark times. Koontz keeps the suspense level high as the voice guides Jim through a few rescues, and when "The Enemy" makes its appearance. From that point, it is a testament to Holly's strength and love for Jim that they are able to battle The Enemy. After finishing the book, I felt a little disappointed with the climax and subsequent ending, but, later, as I turned the story over in my head, I realized that this was an outstanding novel. It seems like a very unassuming book, but, much like the characters and ending, it grows on you as you review what it is that you have read. Even now, as I write this review, I realize that I have been witness to another facet of Koontz' excellent writing ability. While not in the "horror/thriller" genre, this book should not be discounted solely on what you read on the jacket. Cold Fire will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.
And what a great last page it is, too.
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Not up to expectatins
Rating (2)
Date: 2008-05-12
I don't usually read Koontz because the stories are usually too gross. Although it has been many years since I read it, I absolutely loved Watchers.
Cold Fire is inferior. It is a 382 page book that could have and SHOULD have been edited to a 182 page novella. It killed some beach time for me, but I'm glad I paid $2.00 for it at the used section at the local library.
You can find much better reads than this....like ANYTHING by Ken Follett....or watchers.
Sorry Dean, I'm a OC guy too and I enjoy reading about the local settings, but this one doesn't do you justice...but I see it WAS written in 1991...
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by Dean Koontz
ISBN: 055310666X
Hardcover: 640 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Tired of Koontz
Rating (2)
Date: 2010-03-08
Sadly, I think I am over Dean Koontz. I just finished this 784 page book and will admit that I skipped over large chunks of it in order to avoid his overuse of descriptors and similes. Also, he seems to be more and more infatuated with grotesque sexual/abusive themes.
I was very intrigued with Koontz after reading his excellent 'Lightning' 16 years ago. It remains one of my favorite books. I ended up reading many of his books written about the same time as Lightning and enjoyed those as well.
At 700+ pages, this book takes a long time to get to Koontz' usual happy ending. I felt like the conclusion to the mystery/problem was presented in a rushed, contrived manner.
It pains me to admit that my last few outings with Mr. Koontz' writing have left me dissatisfied and turned off. Perhaps he is going through a different creative stage and will one day find his stride again.
I hope so.
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Koontz delivers again
Rating (4)
Date: 2010-02-22
I read this a while back, and it still sticks with me. Knowing the Koontz worldview, I fully expected the shrink to be unsympathetic, and given Koontz's stand against Freudian excuses for immoral behavior, I pretty much got what I expected. Solid craft and page-turning suspense are givens with a Koontz title, and this one doesn't disappoint. As an author influenced by Koontz, I know I have miles to go to catch the master. Recommended.
Scott Nicholson
The Skull Ring
The Red Church
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There is Nothing as Bad as an Evil Shrink
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-01-28
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Psychiatrist Mark Ahriman is the son of a famous director and was a child prodigy who entered college at thirteen, earning his doctorate four years later. He's also a serial killer, who killed his mother when he was young, because she interrupted his dissection of a live cat. Fifteen years later he took out his famous father and his intended bride. It wasn't pretty.
Martie Rhodes is a video-game designer who lives happily and comfortably with her husband, Dusty, a painting contractor, and their dog. Martie has an agoraphobic friend, real estate agent Susan Jagger, who she takes to her therapy sessions with Dr. Ahriman, because Susan won't leave her apartment without Martie's support. Martie's husband also has someone who depends on him. Dusty's brother Skeek is a drug addict seriously in need of rehab.
After a trip to the doctor, Susan tells Marti that someone has been coming into her apartment at night, but she can't remember who or what they do to her during their nightly visits. Martie wonders if this is another of Susan's delusions, then Susan commits suicide.
And if that isn't bad enough, Martie begins having problems of her own. All of sudden she starts having panic attacks. She's very afraid and she's diagnosed autophobic, afraid of herself, by the serial killing Dr. Ahriman.
Martie must face her own mounting sense of terror and Dusty must find a way to rescue not only his wife, but also his brother, who seems to be suffering from his own growing psychotic episodes. As his sense of danger increases, Dusty seeks to understand what is happening and begins to look for a common thread. And that takes him straight to the psycho psychiatrist.
In this one Mr. Koontz presents us with a mesmerizing tale of madness and deception and he does it in his usual take no prisoners style, with a frightening, fascinating trail of suspense throughout the whole story. I just loved it and of course am giving it five stars.
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Waste of Time
Rating (1)
Date: 2009-11-10
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a very long book and it is equally slow in developing characters that are interesting. As the story unfolds you quickly learn the dark aspects of the Dr. Ahriman. He is one of the most disgusting and vile characters in a book I have ever read. SPOILER ALERT this character is raping women, planting ideas in childrens head that there parents were molesting them, and getting off with this power that he has. This book was a complete waste of time and I wish I have never started it.
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False Memory is Outstanding!!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-09-15
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I haven't read a Dean Koontz book in some time now, but after his interview with Judyth Piazza at The Student Operated Press, I decided to revisit him because I've always been impressed with his talent. False Memory is as good as any book I've ever read by Koontz and his descriptions are amazing! (You can mentally picture just about every character he presents.)
(Don't want to give too much away but the "Doctor" in this book is so well described that numerous times I've found my self laughing at his well formulated though entirely twisted personality.)
Not a HA, HA kind of laugh mind you but a nervous laugh that someone who is this "Off" could be described so intensely it seems like they are truly real. Dean is as at top of his game as ever with this page turning thriller and I see myself reading more from this truly gifted author in the future very soon...
During day light hours!
Chase Von
Co-author of Dream Reachers with Betty Dravis and other works.
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by Thomas Harris (Reader: Thomas Harris)
ISBN: 0553526774
Audio Cassette
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. 4 cassettes, Abridged, 6 hr running time.
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Thrilling story
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-12-28
I am reading Hannibal for the second time and find it just as thrilling as my first encounter with Hannibal Lecter. I am suprised by the negative reviews that this story has received. The plot is exciting, and I enjoyed the book's ending far more than the one the movie left us with. Is Hannibal a monster? It was easy to say yes after Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lector). Now that we can step into the mind of Lecter, the question is a little harder to answer. He is a complex and brilliant character. I was on the edge of my seat, actually rooting for a serial killer!
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Not well done
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-12-14
Overall, this book was rather disappointing. The story has a very disjointed kind of feel to it. I suspect that the author wrote the middle section first and then tried to build the story around it. While the structure is lacking, the actual writing is pretty good. I agree with the other reviewer who said: "good storyteller; bad story." I was also disappointed by the lame attempt to try and soften Hannibal's psychopathy by providing a "reason"--childhood trauma, of course. I thought this weakened the character instead of giving him depth (as, I suspect, was the intention). Despite these flaws, the writing was good enough to keep me reading. The ending, however, was utterly stupid. I won't spoil it but you'll see what I mean if you get there.
I say "if" because I wouldn't recommend this book.
Not recommended.
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Perfectly written
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-11-04
I am a new reader of Thomas Harris. I had seen the movie adaptation of 'The Silence of the Lambs' when it first came out, but had never read any of the books. I just finished Hannibal, and I thought it was excellent. At first I was amazed I was feeling sympathy for such a horrible monster, but as I read, it began to make sense. We are all capable of evil on some level, regardless of how that evil plays out; lying, stealing, murder. What makes this book so powerful is it allows you to live in the mind of each character, feeling their motivations. No one is purely evil, and even Hannibal Lecter can find redemtion of a sort. I thought it was interesting to find out about his sister, and the reasons he acted as he did. I had read Hannibal Rising before this book, which may have colored my perception, but I thought it was remarkable. The true villans of this piece are Mason and Krendler, and I was glad they got what they deserved. The greatest part of this book is the use of language. Thomas Harris writes with clarity and with spare, concise perfecton. There is not a wasted word, or an unnecessary phrase, and is a rarity in popular fiction as it could be used to teach writing. I loved this book and I was sorry when I finished it. I will read it more than once!
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Good condition.
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-08-29
When I received this book in the mail, it was packaged neatly and carefully. I really appreciate the way it was handled. It looked almost like new. There was scuffing barely visible where the plastic of the jacket was rubbing against the covers of other books, but it was only visible if you looked hard enough. It is, after all, a first edition. All in all, great shape. I was very pleased with my purchase. :)
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The Entire Story
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-07-23
The movie was pretty good but there were some inconsistencies. The book has the details and creates a better 'visual' than the movie.
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by Jonathan Kellerman
ISBN: 0345413873
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no marking. Minimal reading wear. Copy in very good condition with normal creasing in the spine from previous reading.
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Predictions
Rating  (3)
Date: 2009-09-05
A madman institutionalized in a secured hospital for the criminally insane is predicting the most gruesome murders. The horror of it is that these heinous murders are taking place. Alex Delaware is called to find out how this man can predict these crimes. Milo Sturgis and Alex work against time to stop the monstrous slayings. Beware this is a book that will keep you up at night. Read at your own risk. By Ruth Thompson author of "The Bluegrass Dream" and "Natchez Above The River."
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Powerful
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-08-24
It may take 8-9 chapters to get into this book, but then it gets rolling, with just about as much gore and blood as one can take. There are probably more twists and turns than any book I have ever read. And just when you think all is figured out and the story comes to a close, you are thrown another curve, that is just amazing. One of the best Kellerman books I have read even though it was a bit shaky in the beginning. Gonna be haunted by this one for a long, long time. You may think you know how to figure this one out, but be careful, because I was sure, only to be fooled in the end. Still love the Delaware and Milo characters. They get along so well and the dialogue between them lends a tad of humor. This one is a sicky.
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Good ride
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-06-19
I plowed through this book in 3 days because I couldn't put it down. Kellerman is a master storyteller. He doesn't disappoint with this novel--creepy, gruesome, and a lot of twists and turns. Alex Delaware at his finest.
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Disappointment
Rating (1)
Date: 2009-03-18
I have read most of Kellerman's books and enjoyed them. This book is non-stop gore. Do you enjoy children being slashed to death? Do you enjoy young women having their eyes gouged out? I can't believe he wrote it, it is so unlike any of his other books. I hope he never writes a book like it again.
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A slow-moving Delaware novel
Rating (2)
Date: 2008-12-29
I've read most of the Alex Delaware novels, but it's been awhile since I've done it. Unfortuneately, I was disappointed by Monster. I generally like Milo's and Alex's adventures, but this one just didn't seem to get its foot until halfway through the book. I felt confident Kellerman would tie all the loose ends and story threads together by the end of the book, but it took too long for things to start to come together and then it all came in a rush that seemed to require some fairly big logic jumps.
The story also did nothing to advance the characters. So you could safely skip the Delaware novel and not miss anything in an otherwise great series.
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by Jonathan Kellerman
ISBN: 0345413873
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Predictions
Rating (3)
Date: 2009-09-05
A madman institutionalized in a secured hospital for the criminally insane is predicting the most gruesome murders. The horror of it is that these heinous murders are taking place. Alex Delaware is called to find out how this man can predict these crimes. Milo Sturgis and Alex work against time to stop the monstrous slayings. Beware this is a book that will keep you up at night. Read at your own risk. By Ruth Thompson author of "The Bluegrass Dream" and "Natchez Above The River."
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Powerful
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-08-24
It may take 8-9 chapters to get into this book, but then it gets rolling, with just about as much gore and blood as one can take. There are probably more twists and turns than any book I have ever read. And just when you think all is figured out and the story comes to a close, you are thrown another curve, that is just amazing. One of the best Kellerman books I have read even though it was a bit shaky in the beginning. Gonna be haunted by this one for a long, long time. You may think you know how to figure this one out, but be careful, because I was sure, only to be fooled in the end. Still love the Delaware and Milo characters. They get along so well and the dialogue between them lends a tad of humor. This one is a sicky.
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Good ride
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-06-19
I plowed through this book in 3 days because I couldn't put it down. Kellerman is a master storyteller. He doesn't disappoint with this novel--creepy, gruesome, and a lot of twists and turns. Alex Delaware at his finest.
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Disappointment
Rating (1)
Date: 2009-03-18
I have read most of Kellerman's books and enjoyed them. This book is non-stop gore. Do you enjoy children being slashed to death? Do you enjoy young women having their eyes gouged out? I can't believe he wrote it, it is so unlike any of his other books. I hope he never writes a book like it again.
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A slow-moving Delaware novel
Rating (2)
Date: 2008-12-29
I've read most of the Alex Delaware novels, but it's been awhile since I've done it. Unfortuneately, I was disappointed by Monster. I generally like Milo's and Alex's adventures, but this one just didn't seem to get its foot until halfway through the book. I felt confident Kellerman would tie all the loose ends and story threads together by the end of the book, but it took too long for things to start to come together and then it all came in a rush that seemed to require some fairly big logic jumps.
The story also did nothing to advance the characters. So you could safely skip the Delaware novel and not miss anything in an otherwise great series.
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by Natasha Mostert
ISBN: 0451223357
Paperback: 416 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. This is a previously UNREAD copy pulled from our store shelves. It is rated as like new because it may have light shelf wear.
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Excellent read
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-10-04
Excellent book, messes with the mind and keeps you in an exciting suspence until the end.
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Haunting story + excellent prose + feast of esoteric info
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-08-09
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a fussy gourmand of mystery writing, I heartily recommend this mysterious and spicy offering. Not only does Mostert know how to create create multi-dimensional characters, but she also knows how to weave them into a compelling tale and teach us something about arcane practices to boot. I'm delighted she enhanced my summer with such a creative read.
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A Novel Menagerie's Perspective on SEASON OF THE WITCH
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-03-19
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
At first, I didn't think that this was "my type of novel." By Chapter 7, I couldn't wait to finish the story and get to the ending. I guess, it was my type of novel, after all.
This story is an interesting one for those possessing an innately open mind or strong imagination. Like Dan Brown's efforts in writing The DaVinci Code, Natasha Mostert does an excellent job in performing her research and backing up the story with history, literature and actual facts. This story is rich in color, texture, and description. Mostert's character development gave me vivid pictures in my mind of both Morrighan and Minnaloushe, the sisters who are practioners of high magic. For those of us who do not know what "high magic" is... it is best described in the book:
"Practitioners of high magic were witches and wizards who sought to know the secrets of the universe. They were ready to look God in the eye without flinching.."
As to not to get to far ahead of myself, from the beginning the reader is introduced to the protagonist of story, Gabriel. Gabriel is a RV (Remote Viewer). Remote Viewing, as described, is the gift of second sight in which the RV is able to tap into the concept of "psi-space" which is described as ".. a highly developed neurophysiological network in place..." in which Gabriel may "... merge his thoughts with information generated by the minds of others." The best way to parallel Gabriel's ability is to what we describe as psychic ability and the ableness to access the mind of another via the "collective conscious" or "connected universal mind." Again, check out the STARGATE information as outlined by Mostert's Remote Viewing section of her website for more detailed information.
Gabriel is in business with a computer technology guru, Isidore. Together, they have greatly profited from the business of stealing information. Now, this is more computer information, trade secrets, etc. These men make a sucessful, secret business by utilizing the skill sets of both men, which compliment one another perfectly. As the strory begins, Gabriel is visited by his old college flame, and I believe the love of his life, Frankie. Frankie describes to Isidore and Gabriel the story of her missing stepson and pleads with Gabriel to use his talents for the purpose of locating him. Frankie and Gabriel were both gifted with the RV gift, however Gabriel's is a stronger, rarer gift than hers. Her abilities could not give her the answers on her stepson, Robbie, however she feared he was dead. Together, the three of them, venture to explore Robbie's whereabouts or the truth about his disappearance and death.
Gabriel describes his Remote Viewing as "slamming the ride." He "slams the ride" into Robbie's mind and confirms Frankie's suspicion that Robbie was dead. When he discusses the ride with Frankie, they discover that Robbie's death was attached to the lives of Morrighan and Minnaloushe Monk. Morrighan can be best described as the cutting edge, dark, strong, raven-haired and strong witch. I related more to Minnaloushe, the feminine, intellectual, softer, natural and red-headed witch. These sisters, opposites and only 1 year apart in age, are deeply connected and masters at the practice of high magic. In addition to this talent, they are practicing alchemists. The readers soon thereafter discover that one of the sisters has the talent of Remote Viewing, like Gabriel.
The story, from there takes the reader on an adventure of Gabriel's growing relationship with the Monk sisters, as well as his self-discovery into his own RV talents. The book maintains points of beauty, love, mystery and eroticism that keep the reader intrigued. I found the ending to be unpredictable (which I love) and in a way that I felt satisfied. On my "Out of Ten Scale," I'd give it an eight point five. One of my favorite characters is Goliath; look for him!
My favorite quote from the book was:
"The Egyptians believed love to reside in the brain, not the heart. But I believe that love should be vehement, physical, blotting out rational thought. Bathing in his maleness: his smell, his touch, his exquisite violence. The next morning a bruised body, a disheveled bed. And that searing sense that life is joy and passion."
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A World of Beauty & Darkness
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-10-30
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Season of the Witch
By Natasha Mostert
In the third book on loan from Lisa M., I completed Season of the Witch today. At first, I didn't think that this was "my type of novel." By Chapter 7, I couldn't wait to finish the story and get to the ending. I guess, it was my type of novel, after all.
This story is an interesting one for those possessing an innately open mind or strong imagination. Like Dan Brown's efforts in writing The DaVinci Code, Natasha Mostert does an excellent job in performing her research and backing up the story with history, literature and actual facts. This story is rich in color, texture, and description. Mostert's character development gave me vivid pictures in my mind of both Morrighan and Minnaloushe, the sisters who are practioners of high magic. For those of us who do not know what "high magic" is... it is best described in the book:
"Practitioners of high magic were witches and wizards who sought to know the secrets of the universe. They were ready to look God in the eye without flinching.."
As to not to get to far ahead of myself, from the beginning the reader is introduced to the protagonist of story, Gabriel. Gabriel is a RV (Remote Viewer). Remote Viewing, as described, is the gift of second sight in which the RV is able to tap into the concept of "psi-space" which is described as ".. a highly developed neurophysiological network in place..." in which Gabriel may "... merge his thoughts with information generated by the minds of others." The best way to parallel Gabriel's ability is to what we describe as psychic ability and the ableness to access the mind of another via the "collective conscious" or "connected universal mind." Again, check out the STARGATE information as outlined by Mostert's Remote Viewing section of her website for more detailed information.
Gabriel is in business with a computer technology guru, Isidore. Together, they have greatly profited from the business of stealing information. Now, this is more computer information, trade secrets, etc. These men make a sucessful, secret business by utilizing the skill sets of both men, which compliment one another perfectly. As the strory begins, Gabriel is visited by his old college flame, and I believe the love of his life, Frankie. Frankie describes to Isidore and Gabriel the story of her missing stepson and pleads with Gabriel to use his talents for the purpose of locating him. Frankie and Gabriel were both gifted with the RV gift, however Gabriel's is a stronger, rarer gift than hers. Her abilities could not give her the answers on her stepson, Robbie, however she feared he was dead. Together, the three of them, venture to explore Robbie's whereabouts or the truth about his disappearance and death.
Gabriel describes his Remote Viewing as "slamming the ride." He "slams the ride" into Robbie's mind and confirms Frankie's suspicion that Robbie was dead. When he discusses the ride with Frankie, they discover that Robbie's death was attached to the lives of Morrighan and Minnaloushe Monk. Morrighan can be best described as the cutting edge, dark, strong, raven-haired and strong witch. I related more to Minnaloushe, the feminine, intellectual, softer, natural and red-headed witch. These sisters, opposites and only 1 year apart in age, are deeply connected and masters at the practice of high magic. In addition to this talent, they are practicing alchemists. The readers soon thereafter discover that one of the sisters has the talent of Remote Viewing, like Gabriel.
The story, from there takes the reader on an adventure of Gabriel's growing relationship with the Monk sisters, as well as his self-discovery into his own RV talents. The book maintains points of beauty, love, mystery and eroticism that keep the reader intrigued. I found the ending to be unpredictable (which I love) and in a way that I felt satisfied. On my "Out of Ten Scale," I'd give it an eight point five. One of my favorite characters is Goliath; look for him!
My favorite quote from the book was:
"The Egyptians believed love to reside in the brain, not the heart. But I believe that love should be vehement, physical, blotting out rational thought. Bathing in his maleness: his smell, his touch, his exquisite violence. The next morning a bruised body, a disheveled bed. And that searing sense that life is joy and passion."
I had a bit of fun visiting Mostert's website and playing the Season of the Witch on-line game and reading more on STARGATE. There, she offers up questions for book club readers that I wanted to jump in and answer:
1. At the beginning of Season of the Witch, Gabriel is hip, sexy, self-assured and in control of his life. At the end of the book we see him much older and in the grip of obsession. Do you think he has grown during his journey or has he become a diminished, sad figure?
I think that Gabriel is even sexier at the end of his journey than he was when he started it. There is nothing sexier than a man who is deep, emotional, and ready to face his demons. After opening up his inner eye, he saw his life as a journey that had to be explored and not feared. On a separate note, the fact that he fought for the Minnalouse showed the ultimateness in being a man! Also, at the end of the story, Gabriel states, when describing his autobiography, of sorts, "At the start of the book, he thinks he is cursed. But by the end he knows it is better to have seen fleeting than not to have seen at all. It is better to go through life in pain... but awake then anesthetized and unaware."
2. One of the themes in Season of the Witch is that ordinary life is filled with magic. If you think there is something wholly mysterious lurking at the edge of your peripheral vision... you may be right! Do you agree? Do you believe in paranormal and mystical experiences? If you don't, did the author still manage to create a believable world within the pages of the book?
Yes, she did create a world that I immersed myself in while reading the book. Do I believe in the paranormal/mystical? Yes...blog for another day.
3. Gabriel falls in love with a voice in a diary. Do you think this is a realistic scenario? When the author started writing the book, she pitched the idea to friends to test their reaction. All the women thought the idea romantic and plausible whereas the reaction of some of the men ranged from disbelieving laughter to a more diplomatic "Nothing is impossible." What is your view?
I think what the men she asked missed was that Gabriel did have the visual to accompany the intellectual. In many ways, he could have fit with either one of them and they were both undeniably sexy. Men are such visual creatures, at first, but I think that it takes a REAL MAN to fall in love with a mind and a soul. Gabriel... REAL MAN.... if only he were real!
4. Following on from the above question: Do you believe it is precisely because the woman in the diary is unattainable that Gabriel becomes obsessed with her? Do you agree that unresolved sexual tension lies at the heart of attraction?
No, I believe the obsession was with the "entire package:" the mystery, the sexual tension, and the physical beauty she possessed. I believe, had he not been involved with trying to first solve Robbie's mystery, he would have fallen for Minnaloushe early on in the story... I think she was attainable by him. But, had that happened, there wouldn't have been a story! Also, because Gabriel shows the depth of his heart in his relationship with Frankie, I don't see him as a shallow-minded man.
5. Which of the two sisters is the more attractive? Please give reasons for your answer.
Minnaloushe... she was the far more empathetic and intelligent of the two. She was the good vs. the evil.
6. The two witches in the novel are information addicts and they are building a memory palace in order to strengthen their memory and use it as a tool to reach enlightenment. Do you agree with the central premise of the book that the memories of people today are far weaker than those of our ancestors - even those of our grand-parents? Before the advent of the printing press, people had to remember everything. Today we need only click a mouse and we have an ocean of information at our fingertips. But do technological advances weaken our ability to recollect? And does it matter?
The only way that my memory would serve me as a means to enlightenment would be that I would be able to reflect upon my past, what I did right and what I did wrong. I equate enlightenment as closeness to God.. as such, that is a spiritual memory... a spiritual growth, not at all attached to the method of data collection, its speed, or its form. Yes, I do think our ancestors held stronger working memories, but our modern day minds are stronger in other areas. Our ancestors had a much more limited world that was the center of their focus. As we approach a global mind-set will full information available to us, we have much more to absorb and form opinions and actions on.
7. At the end of Season of the Witch, Gabriel writes: "One of the crueler jokes of creation is being burdened with brains capable of conceptualizing a state of higher consciousness we have little hope of ever achieving. But we can strive, walking with hands outstretched like a blind man trying to orient himself in an alien place. And sometimes our clumsy fingers graze the mind of God."
I ear-marked that quote for my blog. I loved that quote.
Do you agree that most people feel a pervasive sense of discontent within themselves - a yearning for something bigger and finer that lies outside their frame of reference? Would you say this lies at the heart of the human condition?
Yes and yes. And, hopefully God is that what we are yearning for...
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Captivating Read
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-08-07
I bought the book months ago and added it to my reading list. I picked it up earlier in the week and once I started reading, found myself captivated by the characters and story. About three quarters of the way into the book I admit that I found myself willing the plot to go in a different direction and sort of wished that it would have, not to say that the ending wasn't interesting but I did feel that I was continuing to read it just to finish the book and not because I was totally mesmerized with the story anymore. All in all, it is definitely a good read but possibly could have been better, I would still recommend reading it to anyone that has an interest in paranormal fiction.
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by Dean Koontz
ISBN: 0553580191
Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no marking. Minimal reading wear. Copy in very good condition with normal creasing in the spine from previous reading.
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There are Scary Creatures in the Night
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-01-27
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the sequel to "Fear Nothing" which introduced Christopher Snow, who suffers from a rare, light-sensitive condition known as xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). Light shortens his life, so he has to live in the dark, in the shadows. We also met Snow's, sharp as a tack girlfriend Sasha and his surfer pal Bobby. And of course we can't forget his genetically altered, very bright dog, Orson or the small seaside town of Moonlight Bay, where they all live.
Five-year-old Jimmy Wing is missing and Snow and his friends are concerned, especially Snow, because Jimmy's mother is a friend and a former lover. Soon they learn that Jimmy isn't the only missing child in Moonlight Bay and the clues seem to lead to Fort Wyvern, the base where a series of secret experiments years earlier left behind an assorted mix of genetic mutations - super-smart rhesus monkeys, snakes, coyotes and the occasional human, the occasional very strange human. And, of course, Orson, the intelligent pouch, is a result of those same experiments.
Snow's deceased mother had a lot to do with these experiments, which started out to be a search for a cure for genetic disorders, but Fort Wyvern is a military base, after all. Is it any wonder that the experiments turned to the dark side, any wonder that the super secret types would want to use genetics to turn out the perfect soldier.
In no time at all Snow and his pals are up against mutant creatures of several stripes, creatures that will give you the chilly whillies. But our gang of good guys fights on and perseveres to the end. However you won't have to fight on or persevere through this book that is so good that it seemed to be over before I started. Dean Koontz sure knows how to draw you into a story, how to tingle the imagination, chill the spine, speed up the pulse. Don't pass this one by.
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Love the author, but not the story in this one
Rating (3)
Date: 2009-10-27
Synopsis
Seize the Night is the second book of a series featuring Christopher Snow, who suffers from xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), and his frantic search for the missing child of an ex-girlfriend. XP is a condition that renders Snow extremely sensitive to any form of light, limiting him to a lifetime spent in the dark of night, to which he has adapted and thrives.
The search for the child takes him to Wyvern, an abandoned government R&D facility on the outskirts of town, that rumors link to any number of wild genetic studies and, as we find late in the story, time travel experiments. Snow survives a number of threats, from swarming suicidal birds to rabid and super-intelligent rhesus monkeys and genetic mutants, and in the process loses his best friend Orson, his canine companion, himself a product of the bio-engineering that takes place at the Wyvern facility.
With the help of some friends, Snow later returns to Wyvern to rescue what he deduces to be a group of missing children, only to find a host of new challenges. * * *
My Two Cents Worth
I am an avid reader and most of my friends know that I am always looking for "new" authors, genres, and writing styles. Many of them recommended I give Koontz a try, so I did. Seize the Night was my first Koontz book and I was hindered by the fact that I had no knowledge of the prequel in the series.
That being said, I was initially quite pleased by the author's way with words in the first 42 pages, but it was exactly here that my focus was lost. The clever dialogue, interesting setting, and vivid descriptions of the games that a person's mind plays as they maneuver in a totally darkened environment ended abruptly.
Just as the action promised to race, it became mired in wordy and disjointed paragraphs that completely derailed the story line. By the time Snow leaves Wyvern to gather his friends for the return trip (page 208) I had lost interest.
The following 130 pages - as we meet the friends who are to accompany him back to the lab - was much too long an interlude in the plot for me. The characters were weak, not to mention unnecessarily odd, and the "surfer dude" dialogue made me crazy. I didn't like it at all.
From page 370 to the climax of the story, the wandering and excessive descriptions of the laboratory became a hindrance to the action. Finally, as the mystery is being revealed and the action mercifully hits its peak, Snow stops to read newspaper clippings he finds taped to the walls of the dark hallway through his night vision goggles. I found this to be a very weak way to discover some of the missing clues about the evil kidnappers. I was disappointed and it felt like the author had forgotten to disclose some important details earlier in the plot and threw them in as an afterthought.
Koontz is such an accomplished author but I feel like this was the wrong book for me to start with. I will choose another of his books in the future, but this one didn't do it for me. Sorry guys.
Paperback
443 pages
6 hours!!
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A Darker Sequel to "Fear Nothing"
Rating (3)
Date: 2009-10-07
I really liked "Fear Nothing", the first book in the Moonlight Bay trilogy by Dean Koontz. I think it was because of the Chris Snow character, and the ties "Fear Nothing" had to my favorite Koontz novel "Watchers". It was a fun book, with lots of twists and turns, and enough suspense to keep you turning the pages.
"Seize the Night" is the second book in the trilogy, and while it features the same "cast" as "Fear Nothing", it doesn't have the same spirit of the earlier novel. "Seize the Night" is a much darker book than "Fear Nothing". Most of the novel's action takes place on, in and around the deserted Camp Wyvern introduced in the first novel. A dark and creepy setting for sure, and with "Seize the Night" the stakes are much higher than merely satisfying Chris Snow's curiosity, a child's life depends on Chris uncovering more about not only his mother's genetic experiments, but also more about the Mystery Train experiments we learned a little about in the first novel. Chris rounds up the usual suspects in order to help find the kidnapped child; his surfer friend Bobby, his DJ girlfriend Sasha, former football player and animal communicator Roosevelt and of course his loyal dog Orson all come along for the ride.
There are a couple of pretty tense passages in "Seize the Night", much different than the first novel. When Chris is trapped in the abandoned house with the troop or when Chris and Bobby get caught in the "egg room" feature some of Koontz's best writing, and if you are a fan of the author's earlier more horror-like writing, you'll enjoy this novel.
Unfortunately, there are quite a few rambling sections that could easily have been edited out and made the novel more streamlined and a better read. Like when Chris and the gang stop in a neighbor's house on the way to Wyvern (because the cat tells them to). The entire section did little to nothing to progress the overall tale, and came across as simply 50 pages thrown in as filler to the overall tale.
There is a healthy amount of Dean Koontz patented "cheese" injected into the novel as well, like when the cat Mungojerrie gives puts out its paw for "high five" after Bobby says something funny...you simply can't help but roll your eyes!! That type of stuff kills the momentum of the story for me.
Still, I enjoyed the novel, cheese and all. And I'm looking forware to reading the 3rd novel to see where things go from here.
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If you're going to read Koontz, pick a different book
Rating (1)
Date: 2009-09-19
Let me start by saying that I've never really had a problem reading Dean Koontz's books before. They weren't the best books I've ever read, but most of them were enjoyable to read. This one, however, made me want to give up and switch to an entirely different book several times.
Never have I read a book where the writing style was so pretentious. In an attempt to be clever and witty, Koontz has put long-winded metaphors and similes all over the freaking place. Here is an example.
"I seemed instantly compelled, driven, to travel into ever darker--impossibly bleak--conditions, to the heart of all blackness, where the darkness was as condensed as matter had been the instant before the Big Bang spewed forth the universe, and once there, beyond all hope of light, to be crushed until my shrieking spirit was pressed from my mind and from my mortal flesh like juice from a grape."
I wouldn't be so bad if he did this once or twice every chapter. No, he does it once or twice EVERY PAGE. I know Koontz likes to describe stuff and build mood, but he's gone overboard and is drowning in his figurative comparisons (see Koontz, you're not the only one that can use metaphor! You don't need to flaunt it in my face and then shove it down my throat).
Also, after a rather pivotal scene, he starts describing some birds. 3/4 of a page devoted to birds. He could have just said that the main character saw some nighthawks in the trees. Instead, he goes on and on about every trivial fact regarding nighthawks. If I wanted to know what they ate and when their mating season was, I'd look them up on wikipedia or something.
Now that I've got that part out of my system, let me tell you about the main character. Holy friggen male Mary Sue, Batman. This guy has everything: a mom that was killed by the government, a genetic disorder that prevents him from being in the sunlight, a hot girlfriend, a dog that's incredibly smart, a strong sense of justice, extensive knowledge of the local abandoned and mysterious military base, and super mad leet surfboarding skills.
So far his weaknesses have been his aversion to sunlight and inability to hit his mark when firing a gun. Oh, and he got a muscle cramp when he was hiding in a closet. I have yet to discover a valid personality flaw.
And since Mr. Mary Sue is into surfing, he uses surfing lingo all the time in the most irrelevant places. If I wanted the pages to be riddled with aquatic sporting slang, I'd, you know, pick up a surfing novel.
I will give Koontz one thing--he does have some pretty creative ideas in his stories. The parallel universe that the characters encounter was quite intriguing and I wish the characters had a chance to explore it further.
Other than that, the only thing that really kept me going through the book were the genetically altered evil monkeys. No I'm serious.
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Chris Snow and the endless two days
Rating (3)
Date: 2009-07-12
Seize the Night is the sequel to Fear Nothing. The characters you loved from the first one are here but in even more detail and narrative. And that's a problem.
The story in this book takes place over an even shorter span than the first one. in this follow up it's months later and things are still strange in Christopher Snow's little sea-side town. People are still becoming. Intelligent and malevolent monkeys roam the town at night, and to make it worse, even hordes of birds are killing themselves.
What's happening in this story is two-fold. Firstly the inevitable dark downside of the retrovirus. The gift of intelligence is a curse more than a blessing for most of the animals affected by the experiments at Wyvern. Chris runs across swarming birds, packs of wolves, and more marching to their doom. Not being chased by cursed by spiraling depression.
The other plot is the kidnapping of children. Of course the police aren't going to do much, and honestly, Chris doesn't even wait to see if they will. He immediately suspects it's related to the base in some way. So off into the night he goes, glock and flashlight and faithful dog.
Koontz gives us rich detail, a fantastic first person viewpoint, and lovable characters. The only problem is that he compresses a week worth of story into basically two evenings. Amazing amounts of dialogue, internal monologue and animal communication takes place during that time. This is my biggest complaint. The book seems to take forever to get through those couple of days.
On another note, this becoming issue really could have been left out of this entirely. There is a whole other mystery going on here worthy of a book all by its self. Another strike against a book that still has some really enjoyable writing in it.
All in all, it's not a bad read if you're a Koontz addict and enjoyed the Chris Snow character. Sadly it left me wanting a follow up book with this rather interesting family of characters. Apparently Koontz didn't enjoy these folks enough to follow up. Likely due to lackluster response to this long winded second in the series.
This will appeal to those that like a bit of psychology mixed with their sci-fi.
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by David Martin
ISBN: 0679410554
Hardcover: 291 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Book is in like new condition with no wear, no marks.
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Riveting! Thoroughly enjoyed this book!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-11-14
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Read it in a day - couldn't put it down. Disappointed to not find more books by this author.
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Unbelievable
Rating (1)
Date: 2006-09-01
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was unbelievably gory and nauseated me beyond words. However, the biggest disappointment was the ending. I would rather Marianne have been killed than for her to end up a vampire. I doubt I would ever read this author's works again.
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FYI also reprinted under a different title
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-03-08
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Just an FYI This book is also published under the title "Love Me to Death". I read Tap, Tap first. This is a very enjoyable story. After, I wanted to read more from this author, David Martin. After doing a search on his name I saw a listing for the book "Love Me to Death" and ordered it. When it arrived, I was sadly surprised to find out I had already read it. I hope this helps others.
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Dumb!, Dumb!
Rating (2)
Date: 2004-11-22
3 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
Below Par on every level, bad writing, a good plot idea immaturley executed, reminded me of a high school creative writing student but only mildly better. Might appeal to people with an IQ of 70 on a warm day. Try Brian Hodge or Matthew J. Costello Instead, they are far superior.
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Great, but a little too...out there...
Rating (4)
Date: 2003-07-21
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
First off...I love David Martins writing. I can't place it, but I can read his books over and over again and still feel the same thrills as before.I was excited to read this one, and I finished it within two days...but just something about it kinda threw me off track. I mean, the book has its thrills and chills...but it gets a little "Fantasy" like towards the end, and one thing I liked about Martins books is that you can actually picture it in your head without hesitation, but in this book I couldn't do it...
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