I always enjoy Dean Koontz's writing, and this book is by far one of his best, it is a unique story both funny and sad at parts. Highly recommended.

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I am a Dean Knootz fan and liked the book quite a bit. It isn't his usual story and isn't as scary as usual but it has a good message and is a very entertaining read.

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One Door Away from Heaven is an incandescent mix of suspence and humor, fear and wonder, a story of redemption and timeless wisdom that will have readers cheering. This is a great story and will have you not wanting to put it down. I got very caught up in this book.

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Koontz sure has a way with his characters - you feel as if you know them even when you don't want to! This is a tale of redemption in the face of some very strange odds. A great read!

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It took me awhile to get into this book, but by the end you keep turning the pages. You fall in love with the kids in this book too!

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This story to a long time to reveal itself. Separate plotlines finally came together and made sense. The tale involves a young girl who is in danger from her mother and stepfather while neighbors pull out all the stops trying to save her. A parallel tale follows a young extraterrestrial boy as he eludes various entities tracking him. The plotlines come together, and the ending is fairly satisfactory. I found the characters to be pretty unbelievable overall, and entire pages of flowery description could be skipped entirely. This was an interesting but not spectacular read. I looked forward to the story ending so I could move in.

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Not my cup of tea but very well written.

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True Koontz. What's not to like. Page turning as always.

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This used to be one of my favorite books.. period.. until I found a fatal flaw. I've read it time and again to see if I just missed something ... but nope... it's there.
I would love to say what it is but I'd hate to spoil the book for someone else... because once you find it, it's like... why didn't I see that in the first place.
But here's a hint... car keys.
This isn't the only Koontz book with fatal flaws. It's just the only one I can't live with.
I've also learned that I can no longer live with the typical storyline. There's a man or boy, girl or woman. There's always a dog. And they nearly always wind up successful ... or with (literally) bags of money.
That's Koontz' plotline... then he just throws in some character names, a bad guy and some pretty adjectives.
It's typical Koontz... and it's OLD.

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This is a great book!

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This is not the Dean Koontz of the spooky stuff, give you nightmares, people that bad don't exist variety. This is an amazingly wonderful book about delight: life is delightful, we all have potential, some people are bad but others are really, really good. I loved the characters, the story, the action - and most of all the dog. This is a book I hated to finish, but that's okay. I'll read it again and again.

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