Helpful Score: 3
I was pleasantly surprised with this latest installment of the series. I really didn't care for the last one. This one was a great quick read. Although I was disappointed that I have to wait for the next installment to find out what happens. He left you hanging at the end.
Helpful Score: 3
The Dean is back and school is in session!
Having been a fan of the Deans fiction for over twenty years I have unfortunately been highly disappointed with Mr. Koontzs more recent endeavors. When it came to Odd Thomas, I was captivated with the first two in the series, pleased with the third, and thoroughly disgusted by the fourth. I guess Mr. Koontzs proclivity for keeping Odd Hours finally caught up with him. Upon reading Breathless and Relentless I finally reached the breathlessly relentless conclusion that Mr. Koontz has lost his ability to create believable human protagonists and to write supernatural fiction that can send shivers down ones spine while making one dwell on the larger issues of life and the human condition. Maybe he deposited his true creative ability in the same drawer containing the albums with pictures showing his true age. How many smarmy sweet talking parents of adorable little wunderkind with unexplainable powers do we need to see led through life by the nose by the little hands of genius children with teleporting canines? All that being said; with Frankenstein Lost Souls THE DEAN IS BACK!.
If you have read the original trilogy you are undoubtedly aware that Victor Frankenstein, now Victor Helios, did indeed have a back up plan to cover the bases even in the event of his own death. With the rising of the clone of Frankenstein we have a whole new agenda of death and mayhem to deal with. In Lost Souls the Dean has created a bevy of new characters who are believable as persons and likeable as people. He has also brought back our old friend and monster Deucalion who continues to an extremely engaging and thought provoking character as well as Detectives Michael and Carson - now parents of their own little girl. This new story line has Victor taking over and replacing the people of the town of Rainbow Falls Montana from which he will launch his campaign of extermination of the human race. Move over Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Like the original story as well as the old 50s black and white movie, we shudder and tingle with dread as the evil clones carry out their master plan. The book is fantastic and kept me hanging to the last page. My only problem is Im still hanging by a thread on the edge of the cliff where Mr. Koontz left the book. I will definitely be returning to the Dead Town of Rainbow Falls Montana in the spring of 2011.
Having been a fan of the Deans fiction for over twenty years I have unfortunately been highly disappointed with Mr. Koontzs more recent endeavors. When it came to Odd Thomas, I was captivated with the first two in the series, pleased with the third, and thoroughly disgusted by the fourth. I guess Mr. Koontzs proclivity for keeping Odd Hours finally caught up with him. Upon reading Breathless and Relentless I finally reached the breathlessly relentless conclusion that Mr. Koontz has lost his ability to create believable human protagonists and to write supernatural fiction that can send shivers down ones spine while making one dwell on the larger issues of life and the human condition. Maybe he deposited his true creative ability in the same drawer containing the albums with pictures showing his true age. How many smarmy sweet talking parents of adorable little wunderkind with unexplainable powers do we need to see led through life by the nose by the little hands of genius children with teleporting canines? All that being said; with Frankenstein Lost Souls THE DEAN IS BACK!.
If you have read the original trilogy you are undoubtedly aware that Victor Frankenstein, now Victor Helios, did indeed have a back up plan to cover the bases even in the event of his own death. With the rising of the clone of Frankenstein we have a whole new agenda of death and mayhem to deal with. In Lost Souls the Dean has created a bevy of new characters who are believable as persons and likeable as people. He has also brought back our old friend and monster Deucalion who continues to an extremely engaging and thought provoking character as well as Detectives Michael and Carson - now parents of their own little girl. This new story line has Victor taking over and replacing the people of the town of Rainbow Falls Montana from which he will launch his campaign of extermination of the human race. Move over Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Like the original story as well as the old 50s black and white movie, we shudder and tingle with dread as the evil clones carry out their master plan. The book is fantastic and kept me hanging to the last page. My only problem is Im still hanging by a thread on the edge of the cliff where Mr. Koontz left the book. I will definitely be returning to the Dead Town of Rainbow Falls Montana in the spring of 2011.
SUSAN S. (susieqmillsacoustics) -
Helpful Score: 2
Being a fan of the first 3 books of the Frankenstein series, I couldn't wait for this one, but I was really disappointed. It ventured into what just seemed silliness, at times. It completely leaves you hanging, having barely gotten started, as well. I would have waited if I had known he would leave everything hanging. I hope for much better on the next one.
Helpful Score: 1
I don't bother with many of Koontz's books anymore but this one was a quick easy read without having to read the first 3, which now I will. He can still write like he did in his beginning career, thank goodness.
Helpful Score: 1
I like just about "anything Koontz." The ending was a bit anti-climatic but given the extreme nature of the threat, there were not many ways out. Pretty gruesome story but not a problem for those accepting that it's just that - a story.
