The Good Guy by Dean Koontz Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Good Guy
Book Review: Better badguys please!
Summary: 1 Stars
Life is short - read something else...
Interesting premise, protagonists are well drawn and engaging, a couple of decent hooks and a series of frying pan/fire episodes... what's not to like?
The villains - cardboard cutouts of the hyperefficient assasin and an ultra secret organization... oh and "deus ex machina" -- no need to fret about the conspiracy... a new bad guy will magically show up at the end to explain everything to the hero so that their evil plan can be stymied in the last chapter.
An organization so brutal as to order the murders of a dozen people (including sadistic torture) feels the sudden urge to "play nice" at the end of the book... Geez!
Books - forget about a refund on the purchase price -- how can I get a refund on the time invested in reading the dreadful thing.
Could make a person wonder - was there an editor anywhere who reviewed this or is the author of sufficient stature that everything falling from his word processor is gold?
Book Review: Bought for My Adult Son As A Gift
Summary: 5 Stars
I have not read this series personnaly, but my son is somewhat of a Dean Koontz fan. He had never read the Odd Thomas Series before and this was like candy to him. He has all his friends wanting to read this series!Book Review: Decent not as good as some of his other stuff
Summary: 4 Stars
Eh, not as great as some of his other stuff but it a catchy way of telling a story. Personally, I like Koontz more when he deals with more fantastic elements then the crime/thriller style of stories. He does them well, I just don't think he does them as well as his fantasy/horror.
Recommended.
Book Review: Deeper Please
Summary: 3 Stars
Did you ever hear the one about the guy in the bar? Only Dean Koontz could take the start of a joke and find a way to twist an interesting thriller out of it. I thought the characters were a bit thin and many of the plot twists questionable, but in the end a nice read.
I saw so many possibilities for Tim Carrier. I wanted him to be tempted by the thought of playing the roll of hit-man. I needed some internal struggle and a shade of darkness from our hero. But he was a Good Guy. I guess that makes sense.
You know what else I wanted? I wanted more tension between Tim and Linda. The relationship came too easily for them.
The Good Guy is a call to order for anyone who is looking for a fast turner and doesn't mind doing it with strangers.
Book Review: Disappointing Ending
Summary: 2 Stars
First let me say that I have enjoyed many Koontz books. One of my favorites was LIGHTNING, and I love all of the ODD books. Second, I disagree with reviewers who say you can't put this book down. I did. I put it down and did not get back to it for two weeks. Did not even feel the "call" that you feel when a really good book is waiting for you. My real problem lies, however, with the ending. As is the case with far too many Koontz books, there is a big let down in the last few pages. Bad guy meets his end. End of story. It happens all too often in Koontz books, it happened here, and I am one reader who is getting tired of these abrupt endings. I want the satisfaction of seeing the villain suffer (a little payback in return for the suffering he has caused); and sometimes I feel the need to know a little more about what happened in the protagonist's life after the story has come to an end. Frankly, it feels like Koontz is so happy to reach the end of his stories that he rushes the conclusions just to be done.