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Title: Can't get into it.
Review: Let me condense the first 107 pages: "Woman helps agoraphobic friend to doctor, gets squirrelly herself while her husband helps his similarly affected addict friend." Who cares? I cared more about the dog, the only worthwhile character introduced in the first 107 pages. I normally quit a book after 50 pages if no "hook" has been set, but since it was Koontz, I gave it over 100. That was a mistake. I recommend that publishers strip off the author's name and let somebody independently review each book, then a poor effort like this wouldn't make it to market. I mistakenly kept reading two recent dogs from Pat Cornwell on the strength of reputation and I didn't want to make that mistake here. I wonder if sycophant editors don't have the guts to tell these authors that they have no clothes, or are the deals locked in ahead of time no matter how the product turns out?
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