My Book Journal

Short reviews of all the books I read, rated out of four.

Saturday, July 05, 2014

STRANGERS (Dean Koontz) - July 5/14

This relatively early Koontz book reminded me of why I liked the guy in the first place. Before he completely lost it sometime in the last 15 years, Koontz was certainly a master of setting up horror-centric stories and characters. And this is, in its opening stretch, no exception. But the book is ultimately way, way too long. Koontz himself notes that he was offered six figures (!!!) to chop out 30% by his publisher and I can see why the offer was made. There's just too much going on here and the final stretch is frankly a little interminable as a result. This book could've been a third the length, easily. ** out of ****

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