Title: Don't Waste Your Time or Money!
Product review: I'm a long time Dean Koontz fan, but I did not like "The Taking". There was way too much narration and not enough dialogue between the characters. Characterization was weak, leaving you with the feeling that you didn't really know these people.There were plenty of scary moments, but they all fell flat. If Koontz had taken time with his characters like Stephen King did in The Stand and Salem's Lot, or the way Koontz himself did with Twilight Eyes and Watchers, he would've produced a very effective novel.The ending was a confusing mix of the book of Revelation and War of the Worlds. Considering the number of successes he has under his belt, I guess even an author as talented as Koontz is going to bomb out every now and then.
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