This is one of those novels where 5-6 seemingly-disparate storylines have to come together by the end, and in this case, within the final pages. Unfortunately, it seemed that at least one of those storylines was so completely unessential to the overall novel that it could have been dropped without any effect, and a few of the other storylines were just kind of there. The real story here concerns two strange creatures discovered by a retired Army sniper named Grady and his emotionally-scarred-but-healing friend the veterinarian. Stripped down, I was really disappointed by this novel, as usually Koontz' characters have a fair bit of depth and his plots have a number of unexpected twists. This effort, however, felt like it was written over a weekend just to push out another book.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Breathless - Dean Koontz
This is one of those novels where 5-6 seemingly-disparate storylines have to come together by the end, and in this case, within the final pages. Unfortunately, it seemed that at least one of those storylines was so completely unessential to the overall novel that it could have been dropped without any effect, and a few of the other storylines were just kind of there. The real story here concerns two strange creatures discovered by a retired Army sniper named Grady and his emotionally-scarred-but-healing friend the veterinarian. Stripped down, I was really disappointed by this novel, as usually Koontz' characters have a fair bit of depth and his plots have a number of unexpected twists. This effort, however, felt like it was written over a weekend just to push out another book.
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I can't help but agree. It is a story that feels unfinished. You kept expecting something more substantial to develop but, it never does. I also did not see how a couple of the story lines really fit into the whole picture he was trying to show. In the end I feel restless and dissatisfied.
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