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Demovictory9

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6. I liked his older books..20 years ago..he is great with how his stories happen over 24/48 hours

Reply to hauckeye (Original post)

Thu Nov 2, 2023, 05:52 PM

Nov 2023

With the hero basically running out the back door and keeping on the run in a small geographical area for the entire story..its like reading in real time

Last koonz i read was very predictable. Hero. Woman child dog old man ..each on the run. Eventually meeting up to go against the "monster"

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What do you think of the books of Dean Koontz? [View all] hauckeye Nov 2023 OP

I have not read him for a while. Woodwizard Nov 2023 #1

Koonz got very formalaic Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #7

TBF... ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #13

Those really are his beliefs. murielm99 Nov 2023 #2

I thought he was hard-core liberturdian ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #14

I read a couple of his years ago. I noticed that too. I got tired of Tom Clancy. I thought he had a right-wing brewens Nov 2023 #3

Well, Tom is dead now. ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #12

I loved Mr. Murder... viva la Nov 2023 #4

I read Watchers a long time ago The Unmitigated Gall Nov 2023 #5

Watchers is probably my favorite Koontz book hauckeye Nov 2023 #8

I liked his older books..20 years ago..he is great with how his stories happen over 24/48 hours Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #6

For a long time, I read everything he wrote. Jeebo Nov 2023 #9

I enjoyed the early Odd books. And Watchers. cbabe Nov 2023 #10

I liked his early books. NH Ethylene Nov 2023 #11

I read WATCHERS and really liked the smart dog. raccoon Mar 25 #15

I highly recommend the Ficiton Database hermetic Mar 25 #16