Christina W. (knic) reviewed on 8/5/2009 + 20 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 7

This was an awesome series of books! These rank up there with some of Koontz's early books, which were some of his best. I did have some issues with this book though.

MINOR SPOILER ALERT:
Victor Helios is one of the most vile, evil villains ever. Through the whole series I was looking forward to this guy getting what he deserved in the end. He got off WAAAAAYYYYY to easy in this book and is one of the reason why I only give this book 4 stars. It was so dissapointing! Especially with all the build up of everyone thinking they weren't going to make it through the final confrontation with Victor alive!

The second problem I had with this book also concerned Victor. Through the series I saw Victor as just pure evil. He was brilliant, cunning, thoughtful, and reasoned things out. He seemed to be in denial quite a bit when it came to his work, but nothing that said he was crazy. He'd been alive 240 years and had faced several life threatening situations and many settbacks in his work. So why would he suddenly start to get delusional at the end of this book? It just threw everything off for me and I hated it! It was also a waste of space since he didn't stay delusional.

The first 2 books in this series were great, but I think Koontz should have had a co-author with this one also. Good book, and I'd still recommend, but a dissapointing ending.

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