Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Twilight Eyes
Book Review: Ever wonder where Odd Thomas sprang from?
Summary: 4 Stars
Slim McKenzie was tormented with twilight eyes. At least that is what his grandmother had said as he grew up. And, as he grew, he began to find out what this gift/affliction meant. For Slim could see "goblins". What would appear as normal human beings to everyone else, Slim could see the inner and evil goblin beings. Beings that existed for no other reason that to torment and torture humanity.
Thus began Slim's quest to rid humanity of as many of the "goblins" as he could. And, eventually, he meets a few others with his gift/affliction who join forces with him.
Koontz originally wrote this novel in 1987. It was a time that Koontz wrote extraordinary books. A time before he became obsessed with timelines and money.
If you have not already read "Twighlight Eyes" in its former iteration, it is well worth your time. And you will see where the original idea for
"Odd Thomas" sprang from.
Most of us can still do without your "afterwords" Dean. But, at least this time, you weren't cry-babying about something involving movie rights or publisher problems.
It isn't his best work, but it is pretty darn good.
Book Review: Wordy. Very, very, very wordy...
Summary: 3 Stars
An interesting storyline and characters you can care about, but Koontz seemed to use every adjective in the dictionary for this one story. I don't normally skim paragraphs in any books, but for this one I found myself doing it in each chapter. Just because you know fifty plus different words that describe a dark night, doesn't mean you need to use all of them!!! If you like overly descriptive prose, then this might not bother you, but to me it just seemed as if the author was showing off.Book Review: One of the best
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book when it was first published...I read it again 15 years later..I still loved it. I am re reading it again. I had hoped Mr. Koontz would have written more sequels to this great story...I love Slim...super story and great suspense...Book Review: not one of my favorites
Summary: 3 Stars
i absolutely love Dean Koontz and have read many of his books. however, for some reason i found myself skipping large paragraphs. there were just times when i thought TMI. though it was still good. i read the Door to December prior to this and was enthralled by it, but this one kinda missed the "it" factor for me. Book Review: A new record for me
Summary: 3 Stars
Amazingly, I started this dook in October and just finished it in July - why did I not finish it earlier or just abandon the book? It was just good enough to keep going, but not good enough to keep me reading or reading other books while trying to continue. I always have a dilemma with Koontz. Some of his books are excellent, some are absolutely awful - Twilight Eyes falls in the middle. The premise is good, yet not executed as well as it could have been. Koontz is talented, yet this book illustrates Koontz's tendency toward what others have called diarrhea of the mouth - where he just rambles on and on about things that really don't help the plot. Though this is not some of his better work - I will continue to read his books.