Years later—another bolt of lightning—and the stranger returned, again to save Laura from tragedy. Was he the guardian angel he seemed? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond time and space?
Koontz is like Ludlum for me or King. You can chew them out and spit them out in a weekend and be a better storyteller for going through the process. Those guys know how to propel a narrative. Zoomy zoom get me through...I can keep up.
Cool ideas and a sweeping love story. Y'all know how much I loves me a sweeping love story. And this one sweeps and has lightning storms.
Thank you Dean Koontz. I made the connections without you feeling the need to over explain everything for me. He just filled in the holes in my imagination and I appreciated it when the payoff was even cooler than I thought it would be. I bought the whole adventure through time vibe this story projects big time.
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One of my all time favorite books!
For some reason, I thought Koontz once said he would love to see a filmable script for this book but he was too close to it to do it himself.
For YEARS I tinkered with a script but I walked away from it a decade ago.
Still, what a GREAT play on the concept of time travel...
It's a beautiful story and would be the most awesome vehicle for some 40 year old actress that doesn't get the respect she deserves - but that is because of the choice in roles she has made - Jennifer Anniston would be great casting in this. You need a beautiful girl who can play 'damaged soul'. The male lead writes itself after that.
Love Koontz. Literary snobs scoff at him, but I think you should enjoy what you like, no matter what. That is what truly matters. And I have a shelf just lined with great reads from this guy.
I read this book probably 20 years ago (!) and still remember it as being an exciting read with many twists and turns. I'm not really a fan of Koontz's but this and "Whispers" are two exceptions that I really enjoyed...
My first Koontz book was DOOR TO DECEMBER which was a piece of shit and I haven't picked him up since. Maybe I should have started with this one.
I freaking dig this book. I thought I saw it coming then BANG it hits you like a ton of bricks. Clever work and I think his best work - easily.
I want to adapt this into a screenplay. One of my all-time favourite books.
I read this a long time ago, and enjoyed it a great deal, mainly because I'm a time travel junkie.
Recently I read a book by him called The Husband. Awful! Terrible! It reads like a trunk novel he's dusted off and published in order to fulfill a contract. Avoid.
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