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paulabrandon's review against another edition
1.0
Is this book for real?
Dean Koontz's publishing company is obviously too scared to tell him when his product is utterly stupid! I loved his stuff as a kid, but the few I've picked up as an adult have had me seriously questioning my taste back then.
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A teleporting dog? A boy genius who can make a time travel machine out of salt shakers? Seriously?Dean Koontz's publishing company is obviously too scared to tell him when his product is utterly stupid! I loved his stuff as a kid, but the few I've picked up as an adult have had me seriously questioning my taste back then.
shorty_320's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this story and found myself captivated by the Greenwich family and rooting for them to overcome the terror of Shearman Waxx. I could have done without Koontz's foreshadowing however (don't tell me that something ominous will happen; let me be surprised when it does!) Also, the narration could have been a bit better. The narrator mispronounced a few words in the course of the story which detracted from the story line. In typical Dean Koontz fashion, the story has an unexpected twist at the end, which is always enjoyable!
rockysoap's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
nikshelby's review against another edition
4.0
I do enjoy a great Dean Koontz novel. This latest installment did not disappoint.
"...Believe in the beauty of tradition, in the necessity of truth, in the need for reason in a world of irrational ideologies...In spite of all we have seen and now know, we have not lost hope, neither has our hope been diminished. We know what matters in life and what does not..."
"this humble interval not only amused me but also struck me as immeasurably precious, one of those prosaic moments from which so much delight can be taken that the world must be a place of joy...For most of my life, I had a covenant with Death to spare others as once I was spared, to be a man of peace. Such a covenant ceased to be noble and in fact became a shameful thing if it required that I not defend my life or the lives of the innocent."
"...Believe in the beauty of tradition, in the necessity of truth, in the need for reason in a world of irrational ideologies...In spite of all we have seen and now know, we have not lost hope, neither has our hope been diminished. We know what matters in life and what does not..."
"this humble interval not only amused me but also struck me as immeasurably precious, one of those prosaic moments from which so much delight can be taken that the world must be a place of joy...For most of my life, I had a covenant with Death to spare others as once I was spared, to be a man of peace. Such a covenant ceased to be noble and in fact became a shameful thing if it required that I not defend my life or the lives of the innocent."
onizuon's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
I personally couldn't stand any of the main characters. I can't even remember their names now that's how much I didn't connect or care about them in the slightest.
**SPOILERS**
The plot follows an author and his wife, his son, and dog. The author is a bumbling idiot and the only thing he's good at is writing books. Everytime he opens his mouth it's about how he's good at writing. But he can't even carry a vacuum with creating "the vacuum incident." The wife, is a bad-ass woman who's good at everything. Her parents were demolition techs and doomsday preppers. She's well versed with guns, and yet manages to "jokingly" put a pistol to her husband's head to tell him to repeat something... Their son, is a 6 year old prodigy genius that creates impossible scientific feats. And doesn't tell his parents what he's doing. They ask, hey what's this thing? And the son just repeats "something" over and over. It's infuriating.
Not to mention the entire plot of the book makes zero sense. Our author gets a bad book review and it sets up the reviewer to stalk/attack/kill his family.
Safe to say I did not like this book.
**SPOILERS**
The plot follows an author and his wife, his son, and dog. The author is a bumbling idiot and the only thing he's good at is writing books. Everytime he opens his mouth it's about how he's good at writing. But he can't even carry a vacuum with creating "the vacuum incident." The wife, is a bad-ass woman who's good at everything. Her parents were demolition techs and doomsday preppers. She's well versed with guns, and yet manages to "jokingly" put a pistol to her husband's head to tell him to repeat something... Their son, is a 6 year old prodigy genius that creates impossible scientific feats. And doesn't tell his parents what he's doing. They ask, hey what's this thing? And the son just repeats "something" over and over. It's infuriating.
Not to mention the entire plot of the book makes zero sense. Our author gets a bad book review and it sets up the reviewer to stalk/attack/kill his family.
Safe to say I did not like this book.
ginabyeg's review against another edition
4.0
Dean Koontz's writing was just as expected--rich language and and engaging story that keeps you turning the pages; love his sense of humour, too, that he splashes throughout. Dean's stories always have a hint of the weird or supernatural in them, which in other books of his that I've read have been believable. I felt I had to stretch my imagination a bit with the 'weirdness' he presented in this book, because much of it was introduced towards the end. I felt that if some of the specifics had been woven in more detail throughout the story from the beginning, the way I've experienced in his other stories, it would have been easier to stretch the imagination. Still a well-written book overall.
hotmomof6's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty good for a Dean Koontz but some of it was predictable. I would like to have seen more about the little boy and his abilities. The parents were entirely too nonchalant about the dog's abilities. Overall, a good, quick read with likeable characters. My classic line from the book is when Cubby gets into a snipping contest with Shearman Wax and, in the midst of the awful things Shearman tells Cubby he's going to do to his family, Cubby comes back with "your grammar stinks." Loved it!
lcoverosey's review against another edition
3.0
Thriller on the sci fi genre. Light, unbelievable yet I couldn't put it down.
papidoc's review against another edition
3.0
Relentless is a bit of a return to Koontz' roots of mystery/fantasy/horror fiction. Cubby, his extraordinarily talented wife, Penny, and their even more talented genius son Milo find themselves in a battle against a black government agency intent on destroying anything in the social universe that brings about goodness and light. Of course, goodness and light prevail in the end, but not without the help provided through Milo's genius. I would have wished for more details about Milo and the source(s) of his discoveries, and more involvement from Penny's intriguing parents, but it was a good yarn anyway.