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Title: One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz ISBN: 0-553-58275-5 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.24 (207 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Unreal, but good for entertainment value
Comment: This is a light sci-fi fairy tale to while away some free time. Not a Koontz masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but an entertaining read none-the-less. It lacks the usual creeps and shivers that are the Koontz trademarks in his other books.
The main players seem based on comic book and "B" movie characters, like the pistol packing theatrical sisters, the super-intelligent (and radiant) disabled girl, the spaced out drug addict mother, the recovering drunk heroine with the heart of gold, the addled aunt, the extra-terrestrial child lost on earth, the clever pet dog, the detective with personal problems, and of course the psychopathic bad guy with the spotless public record. It's also got your standard Government cover-ups, invading aliens and truck stop and trailer park folk.
The ending is soft, way too soft, after you've read through the whole book leading you up to it, it's a disappointing anticlimax
Read it, but you'll probably read it only once.
Rating: 4
Summary: One Door Away From Heaven
Comment: Some Parts were a little unbeliaveble but overall a very interesting book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Two novellas in one....Rehashed plots...
Comment: When Koontz is good, he's good. When he's bad...He's bad. This Koontz book was just more the the latter than the former. Mostly because NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. Also, The book is split with two separate storylines that never seem to merge until the end.
Mickey, an ex-con, lives in a trailer park with her braindamaged aunt. She becomes concerned about a young neighbor girl whose stepdad is a serial killer. Can Mickey rouse herself out of her alcoholic self pity to help the child before its too late?
Like most Koontz books, this book has promise, and started off pretty well. I liked the characters of Mickey, and Leilani. If Koontz had merely stuck with these two characters it would've been a great book. Does he do this? No. Next we are introduced to two totally different characters, an Alcoholic P.I. and a runaway kid with the obligatory semi-sentinent pooch. Soon these two characters are having their own adventures and we are stuck in chapter hopping mode with every other chapter featuring different characters. Annoying.
Second, you'll find tons of rehash from earlier works. Two mentions of books by Nora Roberts...Intelligent 'psychic' dogs (I actually don't mind this premise as I LOVE dogs, but they always seem to be big dogs. How about a Psychic Pekingnese or Chihuahua?) Sexual Predator villains. Child abuse. Mistrust of the government and academia. Evil Scientists. Valiant disabled people. Good Christians. Bad Academics. And hero/oines who wallow in self pity. Need I continue?
3 Stars for a great premise, excellent start, and some engaging characters. Two stars off for the head-hopping and multiple character perspective, and the boy and dog story which was just plain dull and silly instead of cute.
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Title: By the Light of the Moon by DEAN KOONTZ ISBN: 0553582763 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz ISBN: 0553582747 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 20 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Face by DEAN KOONTZ ISBN: 0553802488 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: False Memory by Dean Koontz ISBN: 0553580221 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 28 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz ISBN: 0553802496 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 09 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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