Best book by Dean Koontz? - Page 2

BenG · 02-18-2015, 11:29 PM

I read Twilight Eyes in '85 but didn't much care for it. That was it until a friend got me to read Odd Thomas which I liked and read 3 or 4 of that series. Actually I think I liked the character more than the books themselves. I may read the rest of the series someday.

Dazrin · 02-19-2015, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by BenG

I read Twilight Eyes in '85 but didn't much care for it. That was it until a friend got me to read Odd Thomas which I liked and read 3 or 4 of that series. Actually I think I liked the character more than the books themselves. I may read the rest of the series someday.

I am that way too. I really like Odd and really enjoy the books, but he is the draw, not the books.

UKPFC · 02-25-2015, 12:06 PM

Mr Murder
Odd Thomas
Strangers
Dark Rivers of the Hart

49Kat · 02-28-2015, 11:25 PM

Watchers is my hands down favourite. Second would be Lightning (I'm a sucker for time travel stories), third place Servants of the Twilight. I vaguely remember Midnight...I think that might be a re-read. 😄. But at the moment I'm busy with the works of a new-to-me author, Tom Rob Smith, so Dean will have to wait.

I recently read Innocence, and From the Corner of His Eye, after a long hiatus from his works. Quite different, but I did like them.

CarlAlves · 03-15-2015, 01:12 AM

Koontz is hit or miss, but Lightning is one of my favorite novels of all time.

taosaur · 03-21-2015, 01:33 PM

I lost my taste/tolerance for Koontz after adolescence, but I probably read Watchers 4-5 times as a teen. Midnight also had some really memorable horror imagery.

I don't know exactly what it is--I still read lots of pulpy genre fiction (currently reading a novel about superheroes fighting zombies), but whenever I've picked up Koontz as an adult, I can't get more than a few pages into it. The strokes are a little too broad, the premises too gimmicky, and the prose too simple and repetitive. Taken together with an underlying world-view that starts out simplistic and never evolves, I'm just left feeling like I've been there and done that, and there's nothing to see here.

02-25-2015, 12:06 PM	#18
UKPFC Member Posts: 13 Karma: 1000010 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Ipad Mini	My Best Koontz Books: Mr Murder Odd Thomas Strangers Dark Rivers of the Hart

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02-18-2015, 11:29 PM	#16
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I read Twilight Eyes in '85 but didn't much care for it. That was it until a friend got me to read Odd Thomas which I liked and read 3 or 4 of that series. Actually I think I liked the character more than the books themselves. I may read the rest of the series someday.

02-28-2015, 11:25 PM	#19
49Kat Fanatic Posts: 580 Karma: 1309104 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: BC,Canada/NV, USA Device: iPad 9th Gen, iPhone 11, Paperwhite 10th Gen.	Watchers is my hands down favourite. Second would be Lightning (I'm a sucker for time travel stories), third place Servants of the Twilight. I vaguely remember Midnight...I think that might be a re-read. 😄. But at the moment I'm busy with the works of a new-to-me author, Tom Rob Smith, so Dean will have to wait. I recently read Innocence, and From the Corner of His Eye, after a long hiatus from his works. Quite different, but I did like them.

03-15-2015, 01:12 AM	#20
CarlAlves Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: none	Koontz is hit or miss, but Lightning is one of my favorite novels of all time.

03-21-2015, 01:33 PM	#21
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	I lost my taste/tolerance for Koontz after adolescence, but I probably read Watchers 4-5 times as a teen. Midnight also had some really memorable horror imagery. I don't know exactly what it is--I still read lots of pulpy genre fiction (currently reading a novel about superheroes fighting zombies), but whenever I've picked up Koontz as an adult, I can't get more than a few pages into it. The strokes are a little too broad, the premises too gimmicky, and the prose too simple and repetitive. Taken together with an underlying world-view that starts out simplistic and never evolves, I'm just left feeling like I've been there and done that, and there's nothing to see here.

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