I don't want to write this review. I wanted to love this book as much as I liked the first installment of the new Jane Hawk, The Silent Corner, or even as much as I like Koontz's old, twisted novels. But this one did not do it's predecessor justice. It was a good book, don't get me wrong, but it didn't have that same Dean Koontz flare that I so love. The Whispering Room seemed to me to have too much 'filler' and coming in at over 500 pages, this story definitely did not need extra words. I don't think that cutting out some of these pages would have taken away from the story as it's not one that you need to feel drawn into a scene; it's more of an action type novel. A solid 4 stars but not the Koontz that I'd stay up all night reading.