punywolf11's review
1.0
Blech. Started off slow, got weird in the middle, and ended weirder. I could not buy into the premise of this book and found Koontz's overly descriptive writing style boring and lame.
jbrito's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
novelesque_life's review
3.0
3 STARS
"Joe Carpenter's wife and children perished with more than 200 other people in the crash of United Airlines Flight 246. When he meets a woman who claims to have survived the crash, Joe begins a desperate and dangerous search for the truth." (From Amazon)
A great thriller.
"Joe Carpenter's wife and children perished with more than 200 other people in the crash of United Airlines Flight 246. When he meets a woman who claims to have survived the crash, Joe begins a desperate and dangerous search for the truth." (From Amazon)
A great thriller.
stephbond's review
4.0
Dean Koontz is one of my favourite authors and Sole Survivor was one of the first of his I ever read. (I re-read it for about the 4th time early Jan 17!). I still love it and the ideas are still fascinating, I had to clear time for the last 100 pages as I knew I wouldn't be able to put it down.
His books are a little formulaic, but its one that I love so no complaints here.
His books are a little formulaic, but its one that I love so no complaints here.
loribelle3's review
3.0
It was ok. The plot turned out not to be what I expected--I thought there would be ghosts, not teleporting!
wombat_88's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
marth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Blijft heel de tijd spannend en onvoorspelbaarÂ
mercar's review against another edition
2.0
This was a weird one - I guess it would be somewhere 2 (was OK) and 3 (liked it) ranking.
The beginning was a bit depressive and slow, the author really wanted to show you that person whose whole family has perished in a plane crash is suffering and depressed. Then it picked up the speed and had some violent and strange deaths, it is Koontz, what else there would be. And then you get closer and closer to the answers of what is behind it, I did like the first part of the answer but the second part was so unexpected and just plain wrong in a book about scientists, that I felt just so SO disappointed with the plot.
The answer was,
Also, I hate it when most of the plot happens because people meet and go on and on like 20 min about how they have something amazing and important to tell to the main character and never get around to it. And something happens and they never say the thing. Do Americans actually behave like this? And can't you build the plot in a different way to avoid relying on this trope like 4-5 times throughout the book.
The beginning was a bit depressive and slow, the author really wanted to show you that person whose whole family has perished in a plane crash is suffering and depressed. Then it picked up the speed and had some violent and strange deaths, it is Koontz, what else there would be. And then you get closer and closer to the answers of what is behind it, I did like the first part of the answer but the second part was so unexpected and just plain wrong in a book about scientists, that I felt just so SO disappointed with the plot.
The answer was,
Spoiler
well cloning or GMO children with powers, this reminded me as reading the reviews it has reminded many others of Stephen King' [b:Firestarter|233667|Firestarter|Stephen King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1592553161l/233667._SY75_.jpg|1803] (which I love). And I did like that part, secret labs testing paranormal powers in children, why not. and then he decided to bring in religion. Really did not feel it at all, especially when talking of rational top-level scientists. Probably works for US bible belt states which teach the Bible over science, probably works well for people with that mindset. As an atheist with a science degree in biology- did not work for me at all.Also, I hate it when most of the plot happens because people meet and go on and on like 20 min about how they have something amazing and important to tell to the main character and never get around to it. And something happens and they never say the thing. Do Americans actually behave like this? And can't you build the plot in a different way to avoid relying on this trope like 4-5 times throughout the book.
aetataureate's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This is a strong Dean Koontz book, and what elevates it to five stars, for me, is the deep and powerful depiction of both grief and of debilitating depression.