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Title: Watchers by Dean Koontz
Review: If you are fairly intelligent, you won't be very impressed by this book. As others have said, the characters are one-dimensional. The hero is too competent. Koontz is way too klutzy in writing about the hero's relationship with the woman--it will actually make you barf if you've ever known a few real women. The dog and the human stalker are by far the most interesting characters, and they are the reason why you may not be able to put the book down. Koontz does have the ability to make you want to keep reading, and that's why I rate this 2 stars instead of just 1. The story has good flow, but the ending is truly awful: It's way too brief and unsatisfying, and it's far too predictable. What a shame. And I thought, "this is it? talk about a banal plot!" So an enraged baboon is on the loose--who cares? Even the title is stupid and undecipherable. The whole book is so underwhelming, except for the dog. The dog deserves a miniseries!
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