 So Promising, So Disappointing, So Familiar.
Review of The Husband - Dean Koontz by
Puggers
Advantages: Great premise
Disadvantages: Poorly executed, irrelevant characters, disappointing climax
With The Husband making it three Koontz books behind me, I feel like I'd be able to give a reasonably accurate review of any of his others without doing any more than glancing at the cover ... and that can't be a good thing. It's not so much that those novels of his that I've read have been especially predictable, rather that the pros, and more notably the cons, have become so familiar.
In each case (Life Expectancy, Velocity, and this), the central ...
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23.12.2006
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 A far cry from reality
Review of The Husband - Dean Koontz by
ang_2906
Advantages: a gripping read
Disadvantages: poor ending
...had my eye out for The Husband by Dean Koontz for a while now, and yesterday it dropped onto my doormat courtesy of Bookhopper.com. (the best things in life really are free.
I have to admit I was intrigued to read the book after hearing the general gist of the plot outline from another review.
Basically I was caught by the book by hearing of a gardener named Mitch Rafferty, who earns a five figure income running his own business. Mitch is expected ...
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02.03.2007
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Review of The Husband - Dean Koontz by
EmmaJay101
Advantages: Easy to read
Disadvantages: Disappointing end with many unanswered questions
...Koontz's books, in California. The main characters are a predictably very happily married, financially comfortable, young couple who both had past's that were either bizarre or that included loss. A "love will conquer all, strength that was previously unknown can be found in the most adverse time" kind of storyline.
The story starts with Mitch working on a flowerbed on a warm Californian day. He receives a phone call from his wife, Holly, and his ...
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30.12.2006
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He's not been the same since Frankenstein.
Review of The Husband - Dean Koontz by
britum2000
Advantages: Another thriller from Dean Koontz.
Disadvantages: Another modest effort from Dean Koontz.
...in writing this review of the Husband, his latest offering. Koontz has held me in thrall for a long time, but from the Frankenstein books onwards he seems to have lost his ability to shock, surprise and awe. Plots are thinner, twists are rather predictable and obtuse, and characters somewhat cliched. To be honest, I'm getting rather paranoid and am seriously thinking of re-reading some of his past work just to check how good I thought he was. So without ...
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11.09.2006
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Can a gardener earn two million in 60 hours ?
Review of The Husband - Dean Koontz by
edd1977
Advantages: A gripping story line, typical of Koontz....
Disadvantages: A hurried ending, leaves you feeling like you've missed something...
...Dean Koontz's latest release onto the shelves, which I picked up in my local Tescos the other day for £3.73 - despite a RRP of £6.99.
I have to be honest and say that this isn't my usual type of book to read, I'm much more into reading autobiographies. BUT, this is the second Koontz book that I have read, so I can at least offer some kind of sensible review.
Koontz's books have a clever way of attracting you to them in the shop, their front ...
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01.02.2007
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Love Conquers all- blah blah
Review of The Husband - Dean Koontz by
Taika
Advantages: Great plot twists.
Disadvantages: Weak characters.
...has been kidnapped, but that the people he is dealing with are very serious, proven as they murder a seemingly 'innocent' dogwalker just to empasize the fact that they're really not joking.. Mitch- a character Koontz attempts to have us warm to from the start, he's the lead, why wouldn't we want to warm to him?
Well, my main problem with this is that he's an incredibly two dimensional man. He's the typical stereotype of what is supposed to be passed ...
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31.07.2007
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The Husband - Dean Koontz
Review of The Husband - Dean Koontz by
rotty64
Advantages: Storyline that pushes you to read more...
Disadvantages: Appaling ending!!!
...been reading his books over the last 20 years or more. Dean Koontz is reasonably new to me, as in I've only been reading his books for the past 10 years! His style of writing is what appeals to me most. Very descriptive and really gets your imagination working...he sets the scene well and the characters are always believable.
Sooooo, I don't really know what happened here. The storyline is great......a gardeners' wife is kidnapped and he's asked ...
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09.03.2007
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