| Book #: | 71 |
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| Book Title: | Shadowfires |
| Author: | Dean Koontz |
| Publisher: | Berkley (original: Dark Harvest) |
| Pub. Date: | 2008 (original: 1990) |
| Pages: | 509 |
| Started: | August 12, 2008 |
| Finished: | August 14, 2008 |
| Time to Read: | 3 Days |
| Back Cover / Inside Flap: | "Rachael's request for a quick and clean divorce enraged her husband. She had never seen Eric so angry, so consumed by pure and terrifying hatred. Then, in the heat of the moment, Eric was struck down in a traffic accident. His death was instantaneous. Shocked and relieved, Rachael had nothing left to fear. Until Eric's body disappeared from the morgue - and Rachael was stalked by someone who looked like her dead husband..." |
| Stars: | *** |
| Review: | Shadowfires, originally released under the name of Leigh Nichols, is a bit of a departure from the "typical" Dean Koontz novel. Yes, all of the goodness that is Koontz definitely comes through. But yet...there is a darkness present that goes beyond his typical fare.
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From my library to yours,
Tiffany
2 comments:
I just recently finished this one and it is not one of Koontz' best in my opinion (and as Koontz is my favorite author and I have read just about everything he has written, I feel I can justifiably say that). Too much people changing into monsters--too dramatic, not the nice subtle changes of some of his other books.
I would agree that this isn't the strongest work from Koontz - who is one of my favorites as well. It's just too dark, I think, compared to some of his other works.
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