Title: Only Koontz Novel I've Put Down
Product review: I like Koontz as an author, and I've read his other works. My favorites wereOdd ThomasandThe Face. If you've read other Koontz novels, the story in Mr. Murder will be a distilling of the 'standard' Koontz archetype. It could be said the book is a self-parody of Koontz, but it is clearly intended as a serious work.A typical cornier-than-the-Brady-Bunch American family are stalked by the typical Koontz psycho-killer who's a sexual predator. For Koontz, the pacing is slow (50-75 pages could be cut easily), and the prose limp. The main character being a horror novelist uncomfortably reminded me of Stephen King's "Misery." Overall, it felt like I was reading about caricatures (gutsy horror novelist protagonist {biographical?}, bombshell wife, too-smart kids) and not characters.I found 'Mr. Murder' narrow and too similar in plot and events with other Koontz novels. Predictable. I recommend you read a different Koontz novel instead, as this was his worst effort.
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