Title: Different for Koontz, and better
Product review: I find it interesting that the opening review here smites King for Koontz. The two couldn't be more different, true, but King of late fills his books with compelling characters and a certain humanity the horror genre often lacks.Koontz also takes a different approach than most horror, ignoring the endless repetition of gory descriptions, but his characters never feel fully fleshed out. They never quite seem human, and always read like characters in a book. For this Koontz is rarely amongst my reads, despite friends in the publishing business that seem to give me every release gratis.The preachiness in this book mentioned by others is clear. It's there, and it will grate on you. For once, though, the characters seem to have some life in them outside of simple words on a page.Koontz seems to be trying something new, and rising as more than a mere RL Stine for adults. This story is more novel and less cookie-cutter, but still has ways to go.
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