Title: Wait... What's the big deal again?
Product review: I finally got around to reading this the other day and I can't figure out what's the big deal or why it's any more popular than, let's say, any formulaic Dean Koontz (or pick any number other thriller stories where guy and girl run from some mysterious baddy.) The surprises are totally unsurprising and weakly hidden from the reader. The whole Teacher character and how his identity was kept from the reader -- when it would have obviuosly been revealed early on by a certain character he interacted with -- was ludicrous and unfortunately one of the main plot elements of the book. Many other of the plot devices were just as poorly handled. The payoff was totally retarded. I laughed out loud numerous times while reading and any time I actually got into the story some bad choice pulled me right back out of it.
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