Aron H. (aron) - , reviewed on 9/23/2007 + 13 more book reviews

The first Dean Koontz book I've read, and I was surprised. I might summarize it as Michael Crichton mixed with a mystery/detective writer. The introduction of the villain was quite surprising, and one of the unusual aspects of this book was the amount of time spent following him. I was annoyed, however, at the amount of mysticism in the book, which was then explained away, but not completely. In particular, a fortune-telling with playing cards was partially explained, but remained mysterious. The references to quantum mechanics were not realistic, but the author realized and more or less apologized for this literary device. The other troubling aspect of the book was that the villain was a self-reliant atheist (and a lunatic) and most (all?) of the heroes were religious types. I don't know if I will requested another Dean Koontz book yet....

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