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Sole Survivor
Sole Survivor
Author: Dean Koontz
A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead -- no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter. — A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, Joe encounters a woman named Rose, who claims to have survived the crash. She h...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780679425267
ISBN-10: 0679425268
Publication Date: 1/29/1997
Pages: 321
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 114 ratings
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 3
First Koontz book I read and I was hooked! Not all are this good, but Koonts is great!
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Helpful Score: 2
If you are a fan of Dean Koontz, you know he has never written onee that isn't a grabber. You'll enjoy this!
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Helpful Score: 2
As a huge Dean Koontz fan, I loved this book. The story follows a man who loses his family in a plane crash that killed everyone on board. The man later finds out there is a sole survivor, who has many secrets she is keeping. This book has the usual heavy character development found in Koontz's novels. A very good book.
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Helpful Score: 2
Not sure how to describe the book without telling all the secrets of it. A thriller and will keep you on the edge... 5 sars from me...
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Helpful Score: 1
Dean Koontz, always the best!
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Great read for someone who loves a mix of horror and mystery
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No lull in this book. Something was happening every minute. A very unique story that surprised me!
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Crime reporter Joe Carpenter lost his wife and two young daughters in the crash of Flight 353. Aching from his loss, Joe is unable to work, or to think...unable to do anything but grieve, and wait for his own death. Then Joe meets Rose, a woman who claims to be the crash's sole survivor. But before Joe can probe further, the elusive Rose slips away, and Joe is left with haunting, terrifying questions: if Rose lived through the crash, is it possible his family could have survived it too? Did the authorities conspire to hide what really happened that night? Will his search for the truth shatter him like nothing has before, and force him to question everything he thinks he knows about life and death?
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This was a very interesting book - well, an interesting premise. The most interesting and saddest parts - the psychic test study kids - were the most interesting parts and there wasn't as much about them as I would have liked. And, really, the end was a little unsatisfying as nothing was done about those kids. And the side-story that turned into the main one, about religion, was a disappointment and a surprise to come from an author like him. Still, his books are fun reads and he is a good writer, this just isn't his best.
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he Sole Survivor was my first Dean Koontz book. Can't say I'm a big fan of his style. The book started off really slow. By the time I felt like I had gotten to something interesting, I had already gotten through a quarter of the book. In the middle half of the book, the plot unfolded at a snail's pace while the auther filled the pages with irrelevant details. The pace picked up in the last quarter of the book, and the story got more interesting as it got into paranormal activities. I wish I didn't have to skip over so many boring paragraphs though to get there.
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Very good reading when you are stranded with some friends.


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