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Advantages: Will keep you entertained for hours
Disadvantages: You won't want to put it down

This is the one book that has stayed in my mind for years and I can read over and over again. Dean Koontz has a way of keeping you mesmorised for hours. This book has been written in a way that only Dean Koontz can do, and its impossible to describe and I'd highly recommend reading this book. It is about an 8 year old boy who has lost his Dad, but isn't sad about losing his Dad because he is able to step between 'worlds' and in another 'world' his ... Read review

Advantages: A good read and plausible.
Disadvantages: Non that i can think of.

Without wishing to give away too much of the story... Martie and Dusty are very happily married and two very nice people.Martie helps to care for her best friend Susan who suffers from severe agrophobia,and Dusty feels himself to be responsible for his younger brother Skeet who suffers from drug problems. Unfortunately both Skeet and Susan are under the influence of a morally bankrupt psychiatrist who has a remarkable gift, and twisted enjoyment ...
...control but are able to figure this out before he is able to destroy too much of their lives too. The story documents their discoverys and their desperate attempts to bring the psychiatrist to justice for all the human misery and destruction he has caused in the lives of innocent people during his career of over 20 years. As you would expect, he does not take kindly to two of his subjects turning against him in his latest 'game', and as he tries ... Read review

Advantages: A good introduction to the author
Disadvantages: another series to follow

...second favourite author. I bought Fear Nothing through a book club, at a reduced price, but it is probably a lot cheaper by now. The Plot. The town of Moonlight Bay, home of twelve thousand inhabitants, hides a secret that for four years have been kept at bay. Now, the secret that will ultimately change the lives of Humanity is threatened by one person. Christopher Snow, has his own problems to deal with. At twenty-eight, he is one of a small ...
...disorder, xeroderma pigmentosus,a condition which makes him surceptical to skin cancer. All ultra-violet rays affect him, from the merest touch of sunlight to fluorescent tubes. Nicknamed “snowman” by his girlfriend Sasha Goodall, a deejay at the local radio station, the opening chapter sees Chris rushing to his dying Father’s bedside. In a poignant chapter, Chris’s problems with light are shown, as is his relationship with his father, who’s dying ... Read review

Advantages: An excellent & imaginative story
Disadvantages: Waiting for the next book

As a children's story this is some seriously dark writing and may not be suitable of younger readers, but for adults it's an exceptionally good read. The heroine of the story, Candy, finds herself pulled into a parallel world by a strange sea, a world that consists of 25 islands. 24 islands represent a particular hour of the day with the 25th a dark place of murder and madness. This initial volume sees Candy's travels around a selection of these ...
...trying to stay out of arms reach of the dark servants of the Lord of the 25th hour. This is a place where friend and foe are never what they seem and many are out for the capture of Candy. The illustrations included in this book give it an extra and enjoyably warped depth. Clive Barkers visual take on his fantasy world is one where even the good-guys can be seen as ugly monstrosities. You'll definitely want to read the next instalment. ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to read, hard to put down, gripping, thrilling
Disadvantages: None

...he must face the demon Lord Loss. I am probably being vague here, but I do not want to give much more away as that will spoil it for readers. At 200 or so pages this is just right. I feel there is far too much padding in adult books at the moment. And reading Lord Loss has made me feel surprised just at how good kids' fiction is. I have read the Harry Potter books, like most adults, but it did not cross my mind to read other works written for children. ...
...is quite graphic. There are no holds barred here and the author gets away with a lot of stuff. Death, blood, gore… But it is written with tongue in cheek - and with plenty of sick humour that did surprise me. The style is straight to the point. And very well written at that! Darren Shan is English born, real surname O'Shaughnessy. His first book, 'Ayuamarca,' was published in 1999, but did not sell well. This was an adult work, and it is his subsequent ... Read review