Yup, I agree. As far as plotting goes Koontz is one of the best in the business....so, basically every other book by Koontz, lol. I liked The Bad Place, too. His books are just fun thrill rides.
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Yup, I agree. As far as plotting goes Koontz is one of the best in the business....so, basically every other book by Koontz, lol. I liked The Bad Place, too. His books are just fun thrill rides.
....I concur, but here's the sad part....as much as I love him-about the only novels I can recall a damn thing from-are the ones with re-current characters like Odd or Chris.....the others are great reads when I get them, but his plots just fall away from me-unlike King......Yup, I agree. As far as plotting goes Koontz is one of the best in the business.
...that collection was one of my few journey's outside the Kingverse and I truly enjoyed it.....I just started Relentless. And I could not get into it. Usually I like Koontz.
I'm not sure whether it's the book, or just me though. I also gave up on The Strain.
Odd and Christopher Snow are my favorite Koontz characters, too. I thought Strangers was well done. His characterization was sophisticated and more realistic than normal in that book.....I concur, but here's the sad part....as much as I love him-about the only novels I can recall a damn thing from-are the ones with re-current characters like Odd or Chris.....the others are great reads when I get them, but his plots just fall away from me-unlike King......
I couldn't finish Relentless.I just started Relentless. And I could not get into it. Usually I like Koontz.
I'm not sure whether it's the book, or just me though. I also gave up on The Strain.
Same here, mostly. The only ones that have stuck with me are Hideaway, The City, and Ashley Bell.....I concur, but here's the sad part....as much as I love him-about the only novels I can recall a damn thing from-are the ones with re-current characters like Odd or Chris.....the others are great reads when I get them, but his plots just fall away from me-unlike King......
...that collection was one of my few journey's outside the Kingverse and I truly enjoyed it.....
...it became quite a cast to keep track of, but after being through some of King's multiverses, it wasn't to bad.....It started so good. And then I found myself having to go back a few pages because I had no idea what had happened. Bit by bit, it lost me.
...it became quite a cast to keep track of, but after being through some of King's multiverses, it wasn't to bad.....
Oooooh I have Innocence sat on my bookshelf, picked it up for 50p at a charity stall a while back.The Mask and Lightening were the first of his I read. He's been a bit hit and miss for me for a while, though I loved Innocence, The City and most of the Odd Thomas books.
....it's not bad...he did lay it on thick, but its overall a good read....Reading Ashley Bell. A bunch of confused characters talking in riddles like Zen is their religion. For pity's sake!!!!
Reading Ashley Bell. A bunch of confused characters talking in riddles like Zen is their religion. For pity's sake!!!!
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I agree. Aside from Watchers, Strangers, and the first Odd book, I can never remember what I read even a couple of days later. Even Snow started to fade away after a little while. He's an easy read, and I generally enjoy the books, but they just don't stay with me. It's weird.....I concur, but here's the sad part....as much as I love him-about the only novels I can recall a damn thing from-are the ones with re-current characters like Odd or Chris.....the others are great reads when I get them, but his plots just fall away from me-unlike King......
Definitely one of his better written one's, for sure. Everything seemed to gell, for me at least.Oooooh I have Innocence sat on my bookshelf, picked it up for 50p at a charity stall a while back.
I recently read "Darkness Comes" which was okay, I think it had a different title in the States though.
I may read Innocence soon if it's one of his better ones