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.
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Vikings are lot more intersting than this......
Viking lore, it rocks, read up especially fi you're a history nut like I am. that being said - this movie bites in the sam extreme that Pulp Fiction is a masterpiece.
Worst movie i've ever seen hands down. Utter garbage. If you have read any viking lore, know a shread of history this movie will give you an anurism of frustation, inaccuracies, etc etc. Go read a book, watch some paint dry, anything else is more productive and enjoyable than watching this movie. No cool fights, no real story. The only thing this movie had was a deceptively cool trailer. If someone says:
"Hey, lets go watch Pathfinder!"
Your response should be:
"Sorry, got some breathing to do, may even contemplate the carpet for a bit."