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I've been reading Dean Koontz since I was 12, I'm now 24. Anytime a new one comes out I grab it up and plow through it. This book is utter garbage. Let me sum up the book and save you the time of reading this pile: - 2 couples - one is crazy ina n evil way, the other is crazy is a simply stupid "let me slowly divulge my past to shed light on why i'm such a spastic person" thing. Nothing but confessions that are supposed to have huge emotional weight to the characters to add depth. The characters have about as much substance as a piece of toilet paper at BEST. - Long story short it's all about how great golden retrievers are, thats it. He could have saved time by selling a pamphlet about why he thinks we should all own a shiny yellow dog. Gag me with a chew toy. A squeaky one. - The book goes first person for a retarded girl. First person for a retarded girl, a full one third of the book is wasted on this. - The ending is like the end of a child's animated movie. The retarded girl and the "good" couple all fly away on the dog - seriously this goes down. I was a Koontz fan until i read this one. I doubt i'll ever pick up another one of his novels. This book should be avoided at all costs especially if you like Koontz classics like Mr. Murder, Servants of Twilight, and the like. And for god's sake do not get the audio book - narrator does an amazingly annoying job while in first person for the retarded girl. I really do hate to say this about Koontz, but he's fallen off in a serious fashion and is using his personal love of golden retrievers as a basis for new material and that simply does not fly.... unless you're a golden retriever then you can be tardo airways evidently. I'd have had a better time reading the back of a cereal box to my cat. It's a cynical view but the book is just that bad. It really does sound like a sales pitch to adopt a golden retriever, name it nikki, and read bad fiction for the rest of your days.Read full review
I'm a big Koontz fan, and have stuck with him even through the more mystical bent of some of his recent books. And despite the fact that this new one reads like a giant ad for golden retriever rescue...the storyline is a good one. Amy's backstory is intriguing, but still a surprise when you finally get to all of it. I wish "Moonchild" had been given more backstory as well - why is she so self-center and psychotic - but it doesn't hamper the overall effect. There are 65 good chapters to this book, and they'll keep you reading long since bedtime. The last, however, is terrible. Koontz builds to a dramatic, "oh no what now" finale...and then produces a hamhanded, "and ta-da, they all lived happily ever after" final 2 pages that will leave you stunned and wondering...where's the REAL end of this book? So - read it if you want, but be prepared for an ending that does not live up to the story.Read full review
I am an avid reader and purchasing the hardback editions from my fav authors can become expensive. I have been hooked on Dean Koontz for years. I was able to purchase this copy of "The Darkest Evening of the Year" for a fraction of the listed price. As an avid dog lover, I was eager to see how Koontz could take one of the most beloved dogs, a golden retriever, a make it a central character in a horror story. I urge other ebayers to search the site for your fav authors, genres or required texts for school. This book is not a typcial, lite summer read but I believe Koontz has well deveolped characters and will keep his fans satisfied - or horrified.
If you are a dog lover, you will buy this book about Golden Retrievers. Very good story with lots of compassion, love, evil and suspense. There was too much storyline about "Moonchild" which I thought was disruptive and disappointing where as the author could have put more about Amy and her rescue dogs. Not the best of Koontz, but still a very good story.
The Darkest Evening of the Year - Great Read - highly recommended. Amy Redwing has dedicated her life to the southern California organization she founded to rescue abandoned and endangered golden retrievers. No one is surprised when Amy risks her life to save Nickie, nor when she takes the female golden into her home. The bond between Amy and Nickie is immediate and uncanny. Even her two other goldens, Fred and Ethel, recognize Nickie as special, a natural alpha. But the instant joy Nickie brings is shadowed by a series of eerie, ominous, and invasive incidents.--From publisher's description. In this latest thriller from bestselling author Dean Koontz, an animal rescue worker is stalked by a dark figure from her past.
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