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Title: Ugh! Continued.
Review: In my previous post I expressed the hope that I could finish this book, and that it would be worth the effort. I finally did finish it, as it picked up some a third of the way through. Though the pace became faster, the ease with which the protagonists figured out the evil doctor's brainwashing techniques and the unrealistic, cardboard cutout characters toward the end ultimately provided a very unsatisfying read. I found Koontz's use of popular real life entities (Keanu and Amazon.Com) to advance the plot off-putting. Any suspense generated was dulled by too obvious red herrings planted earlier in the story (the kevlar vests, for example). Try again, Dean. You struck out with this one.
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