Title: First Koontz novel
Product review: Could not agree with Milo "gjm" more (see second page of reviews). Although the story line captures the imagination some of the writing is down right atrocious. The author often felt the need to 'explain' what he means which I found demeaning and I think if I had read "...it's the 90's" one more time I would have flung myself off the nearest bridge.He digresses, pontificates and includes trivia that has no place in the story. Had the novel been 300 pages instead of nearly 400 I suspect it would have been a tightly knit, less frustrating and more coherent novel. This was the first book that I have read by Koontz and will be the last which is a shame because I do see a great deal of merit in the book. However poor writing is to me like chalk across a blackboard.
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