kylearchieknight's review
5.0
Growing up my Mother had almost every single one of Dean Koontz books and I used to examine them all for their scary cover art. Around 2008 I watched the movie adaptation (on laser disc) of this book at my Pa’s house with my family, and loved it. When recently I remembered the movie, I decided to read the book, however my Mother recently got rid of most of them. Luckily, I found this one at an op shop. I finished it in less than 2 days. Koontz writes in a way that is very atmospheric and chilling, I actually got chills while reading this book multiple times, it’s so much better than the movie. I knew Koontz books must’ve been good, for my mum to have collected and read most of them, so I’m glad that I was able to rediscover this and love it so much. 5 stars! I simply couldn’t put it down
jaccann's review
3.0
A decent book. Some parts of the explanation felt quite sloppy. Still a good read.
sunnysettoon's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
carringtonshaw's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I read this because a ton of people on a Reddit thread said it was the scariest book they'd ever read. Maybe they overhyped it, but I'm not sure if I would go that far. (I don't often read horror, though, so it actually may be.) But it was pretty terrifying, nonetheless! I feel like what the monster turned out to be was somehow less frightening than what was in my head. I think that's often the case with this kind of thing--the not-knowing is scarier than the knowing. For this reason, I'm often okay with books or TV shows not giving all the supernatural stuff away. However, it was still scary enough that it wasn't a total let-down.
I was scared out of my mind, though, so I'll give it major props for that. And I need to read some more books in a similar vein, apparently. I could not put this down.
This is going to stay with me for a long, long time.
I was scared out of my mind, though, so I'll give it major props for that. And I need to read some more books in a similar vein, apparently. I could not put this down.
This is going to stay with me for a long, long time.
viktoria_rosalynn's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The perfect terrifying creature book by Dean Knootz. I loved it!!!
liark's review
4.0
I find incredible that I kept the "surprised pikachu" face all the time. I really liked this book, the suspense is maintained through all the story. Very different from other book from Koontz that I read before, so I didn't have good expectations about this one.