Advantages: Supernatural element works well, good use of minor characters Disadvantages: Cliched hero and poorly realised villain
...complex, masterly and satisfying” claims the bloke from the New York Times. Being a massive Koontz fan I bought The Face on this heady claim proudly printed on the back of the book. I have rarely been disappointed in the past so surely would not be this time round.
The Face follows the story of Ethan Truman a former LAPD cop who is now the guardian and protector of the World’s hottest Hollywood property Channing Mannheim. After receiving six black ...
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Advantages: A good read from start to finish, a well respected author Disadvantages: None at all
...who is now working for THE biggest Hollywood actor, Channing Manheim a.k.a. The Face. Ethan lost his wife five years previously and since then has plodded on through his life wanting nothing more than to join her in the double plot he brought when she died. But then weird things start to happen. He 'sees' his own death, actually lives through it so strong is his vision... and this happens not once but twice. Two different deaths in two completely ...
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Advantages: Excellently written - great plot - suspenseful & compelling Disadvantages: NONE!
...a long time fan of the horror genre I have read all but a handful of Stephen Kings books and came across Dean Koontz a few years ago.
I've read about a dozen of his early books, but for the past 18 months or so have been experimenting a bit and reading lots of different authors work. I've most recently finished reading 3 of Dan Browns books and let me say...compared to almost any book I have read in the last year, Koontz writing in The Face is ...
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Advantages: A big read with lots of action Disadvantages: A few minor niggles.
...If I duplicate any of the thoughts or parts of the story then consider it as flattery as sometimes you just can't improve on what has already been written. I haven't been well lately so it's given me a lot of time for reading and Koontz is my type of escapism.
The Plot
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Picture a large mansion in acres of ground set in California, a mansion that was built for a film mogul in the years of the great depression but now home to ...
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Advantages: will keep you interested till the end Disadvantages: long book, confusing at times
'The Face' is the first book I've read by Dean Koontz. Therefore I wasn't too sure what to expect, so by those standards I couldn't be disappointed. Could I?
Having been an avid reader of Point Horrors when I was a young thing, I've always stuck to the genre, anything with supernatural thriller, just plain blood and gore, or generally something that could never pass for fact in a month of Sundays has me interested from the start. So going strictly ...
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Advantages: well written, interesting characters Disadvantages: harder than usual to get into
..."The Face". I moiled through the first two or three chapters surprised that it seemed to take a little longer than usual for a Koontz story to grab my attention and for his characters to evoke any emotion - positive or negative - as I read. However, my patience was rewarded with a thoroughly enjoyable tale of suspense, fantasy, and ultimately of redemption.
The main protagonist, a private security officer named Ethan, developed slowly. Ultimately ...
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The Face mixes both elements of psychological and supernatural terror in an unusual and
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disturbing way. "The Face" is a Hollywood superstar who's never at home. For his lonely son Fric, that's the keynote of life: a father who gives him everything, inc...
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