I have been reading Dean Koontz for over 30 years. The element of predictability in no way weakens the allure of his books.
He’s a wordsmith whose love for storytelling always grabs my attention; the story always comes wrapped in great writing.
As a former English teacher should, he savors descriptions that add to the miasma of evil in his chosen genre... scary books. The reader is carefully taught to expect menace... trees “wore ermine stoles,” “black water rippled in the swimming pool,” the “taste of dream fear.”
As the plot of The Whispering Room unfolds, likable characters and pets tease us into hoping they will survive whatever is coming, but with Koontz, we fear to hope. Can Jane Hawk be strong enough, elusive enough, lucky enough to defeat the powerful and evil masterminds?
This novel shapes up as Koontz’s always do, with logic-defying evil about to destroy goodness and good people. The heroine who outwits evil will pay a heavy price, be transformed in the crucible of adversity, and learn universal truths about good and evil. I can’t wait!
He’s a wordsmith whose love for storytelling always grabs my attention; the story always comes wrapped in great writing.
As a former English teacher should, he savors descriptions that add to the miasma of evil in his chosen genre... scary books. The reader is carefully taught to expect menace... trees “wore ermine stoles,” “black water rippled in the swimming pool,” the “taste of dream fear.”
As the plot of The Whispering Room unfolds, likable characters and pets tease us into hoping they will survive whatever is coming, but with Koontz, we fear to hope. Can Jane Hawk be strong enough, elusive enough, lucky enough to defeat the powerful and evil masterminds?
This novel shapes up as Koontz’s always do, with logic-defying evil about to destroy goodness and good people. The heroine who outwits evil will pay a heavy price, be transformed in the crucible of adversity, and learn universal truths about good and evil. I can’t wait!