Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Twilight Eyes
Book Review: Strange, exciting, and deeply appealing.
Summary: 5 Stars
When I was reading this book, I had contradicting thoughts about it. Sometimes I was extremely impressed, sometimes deeply disappointed. To get the worst out of the way, let me state the disappointing factors first: Dean Koontz needs to read 'The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes' and take a good look at the chapter labeled 'Don't Lecture Your Reader'! I cannot totally attack Koontz though, because sometimes the information he lingers on is important for the story, but for God's sake be brief because it disrupts the flow of events!Now this book is about a gifted young man who can see the evil presence lurking beneath a human disguise. This evil is a physical being - not something of spiritual nature - 'goblins' as he calls them. He stalks them, kills them, and he can also see the misery that they had brought over the earth. Like in all of Dean's books, the story is enhanced by several very real, very compelling characters. And as usual, you'll love and admire the characters. You'll be surprised too, because things will be turned upside down quite a few times, which is what makes this book exciting.
I wouldn't say that it is particularly very scary. It is gripping, yes. Thrilling, yes. Even bizzarre. But not enough to classify it as horror. It can be slow at times, which is why it occured to me to give it 4 stars instead of 5, but the way it ended made it worthy of more than 5 stars. It takes a very emotional turn and suddenly you may find yourself so tuned in that time and place seize to exist. I was touched so deeply by this story, deeper than many of the other books I have read for him.
Dean is also a great thinker. In a way, he carries a message in this book that is close to saying that he wished he could blame all the misery in the world on the 'goblins'. That we, humans, cannot be entirely blamed on the destruction of our world... wishful thinking of course, but an idea on which he built this book.
Book Review: THE VERY BEST BOOK HE HAS WRITTEN
Summary: 5 Stars
I won't bang on about the plot, as that would spoil it, but if you like Koontz as I do, this is as good as it gets. It is imaginative, exciting, and very good at getting you to care for the people in the story, so much so that it is the one book that I long for him to write a sequel to, so I can find out what they are doing now. Five stars +++++Book Review: If you never read another book by Koontz.........
Summary: 5 Stars
This story is superb. After reading several of his earlier books I was sure I knew what to expect, was I ever wrong! Fantastic plot, gripping, intense and unmissable. Read this and scare the hell out of yourself. Is your horrible neighbour a goblin? Read this and find out............Book Review: Great idea - shame about the subplot
Summary: 3 Stars
'Twilight Eyes' is a mixed bag of a novel. On one hand it gives you a great central premise of a man called Slim Mackenzie who can see demons that pose in human form. In the other hand, it gives you far too much detail and a ridiculous subplot about how demons called Goblins where engineered as weapons by a race before humans.
By adding the poor origins subplot, Koontz has managed to turn good thrilling horror into the poorest kind of schlock sci-fi. Horror does not need a deep explanation for it to work - true evil does not need to be explained.
However, even with some major faults there is still some quality to this book. The action sequences, when they occur, are gripping and I liked the characters and the way that they were written. Perhaps Koontz needed to get a better editor during the 80s as this book was too long winded in parts only saved by the fast action in others.