blackmetalblackheart's review
4.0
I liked this novella more than the main Ashley Bell novel. There are overlapping characters, but the main protagonist, and the story itself, have little to do with the novel. I have not read much from Koontz, so I cannot speak to this in the grand scheme of all his works. I enjoyed the main character, the unique powers, and the truly heinous villain. The length of the novella made the story fly, and it never felt like there was unnecessary details to wade through. If this had been my first Koontz book instead of Ashley Bell, I probably would have checked out more of his stuff sooner.
jacklozada's review
4.0
Except for Pogo and Bob, the characters were not interesting. I understand how hard it must be to develop characters in 90 pages. At times suspenseful, it was good.
papi's review
3.0
Moves fast and is entertaining, but seemed a bit awkward in places, with abrupt transitions. Some things seemed unnecessarily drawn out for effect (the killer's motivations, etc.) while other things that seemed to me to be worth drawing out were not (e.g., the budding relationship between Makani and Pogo). This is the first of two novellas involving these characters, and I hope in the second one we see more development of that relationship.
jenniferbbookdragon's review
5.0
A sweet treat from those of us waiting for his new novel! Only available as an e-book, it is set in the same world as his upcoming novel, but is a self-contained story on its own. Interesting new characters and an engaging story, it will get your heart pounding. I won't give away anything but worth your time, even if you have never read anything by Koontz. Enjoy!
lesreads's review
5.0
ahhh! i LOVE this man!!!
gotta say, im still in love with my nook and these little novellas are one of the reasons why!
soo, this novella is just a random little story that will have a 2nd part released on 10/27/2015. but im starting to wonder what it could be about since it was resolved in this one.
so, this book, its based on Makani. a young native Hawaiian living in CA who has some sort of supernatural power. (DK has this amazing writing style that doesn't...how it could even possibly come to light!?)
anyways...
she has the power that when she touches another person, she can see their dark/darkest secrets. that's why she left her home at the age of 20 (i think it was.)
so shes surfing one day when she notices a guy watching her.
she gets out, he walks up to her, he "hits" on her and they meet up to go eat.
thats when she discovers that he also has the same power as her. except that this dude is a crazy mass murderer. he's hired for murder. of course she sees it and he basically tells her that hes out to get her because its a fascination of his to "conquer" her. it has been since she was 16.
long story short (how much shorter than 90 pages can you get? ...well...), he goes after her and it does not end well for one of them.
i will say this, i kinda read super fast over the whole set up and i missed how it all happened so when i reread that paragraph it made a whole lot more sense. because of the way he ended the story, im really interested to see what he brings back in the second novella. all i can say is, im glad Bob is still alive! :)
i dont want to completely spoil it in case you want a really quick read.
i will say this though, its crazy how times have changed. that little sentence about Uber, i was like wooah! but i mean, woah. these are the new times. i cant even imagine what it would have felt like to know that i'd be reading that xx amount of years after high school.
anyways, do you like dean koontz?
i LOVE that man.
and for the record, im a H U G E chicken when it comes to scary stuff. like i mean i get scared easily. so just reading certain bits and pieces of this, i was all scared ._.
yea yea, make fun.
thanks for reading!
http://lovewhatyouread14.blogspot.com/2015/10/last-light-dean-koontz_14.html#.Vh8OSPmrRn4
gotta say, im still in love with my nook and these little novellas are one of the reasons why!
soo, this novella is just a random little story that will have a 2nd part released on 10/27/2015. but im starting to wonder what it could be about since it was resolved in this one.
so, this book, its based on Makani. a young native Hawaiian living in CA who has some sort of supernatural power. (DK has this amazing writing style that doesn't...how it could even possibly come to light!?)
anyways...
she has the power that when she touches another person, she can see their dark/darkest secrets. that's why she left her home at the age of 20 (i think it was.)
so shes surfing one day when she notices a guy watching her.
she gets out, he walks up to her, he "hits" on her and they meet up to go eat.
thats when she discovers that he also has the same power as her. except that this dude is a crazy mass murderer. he's hired for murder. of course she sees it and he basically tells her that hes out to get her because its a fascination of his to "conquer" her. it has been since she was 16.
long story short (how much shorter than 90 pages can you get? ...well...), he goes after her and it does not end well for one of them.
i will say this, i kinda read super fast over the whole set up and i missed how it all happened so when i reread that paragraph it made a whole lot more sense. because of the way he ended the story, im really interested to see what he brings back in the second novella. all i can say is, im glad Bob is still alive! :)
i dont want to completely spoil it in case you want a really quick read.
i will say this though, its crazy how times have changed. that little sentence about Uber, i was like wooah! but i mean, woah. these are the new times. i cant even imagine what it would have felt like to know that i'd be reading that xx amount of years after high school.
anyways, do you like dean koontz?
i LOVE that man.
and for the record, im a H U G E chicken when it comes to scary stuff. like i mean i get scared easily. so just reading certain bits and pieces of this, i was all scared ._.
yea yea, make fun.
thanks for reading!
http://lovewhatyouread14.blogspot.com/2015/10/last-light-dean-koontz_14.html#.Vh8OSPmrRn4
stitchinthyme's review
4.0
Quick, enjoyable read. But really, Dean...there's foreshadowing and then there's knocking the reader over the head with a club. Well, it did make me laugh, at least.
Spoiler
Naming the villain Rainer Sparks and then killing him with a live wire and lawn sprinklers?
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