Rachael

I enjoyed this book. I listen to about 3-4 books a month and found this one to be entertaining. My problem with this book was that I like to listen to books while I exercise for distraction but there was SO much detail that I found myself zoning out and thinking about other things while and realizing that I had missed the last several minutes. And to top it off, I didn't really miss anything! Perhaps if I was reading this book it would be different but as a listen, there was way, way, WAY to much miniscule details. In fact, the details often took away from instead of adding to the characters and story line. Having said that, the storyline is strong and suspenseful. I enjoyed this book but will not likely get another Koontz book to listen to.

One of the things about listening to an audio series, or reading one for that matter, is that you begin to understand who the main character is that you are following through all these books. You may like that person, you may not, but the point is you have grown to understand and find some sort of comfort in the consistency of that. Richard Ferrone was the narrator for the previous Prey series and had developed the character of Lucas Davenport in a specific way. Over time the reader could distinguish between vocal tones, knowing what type of response Lucas was giving. With the switch to this new narrator, Lucas Davenport became a COMPLETELY different person. The narrator tried to hard to give emotion to a man who isn't supposed to express all that much emotion to begin with. His attemps at female voices are terrible and it completely takes away from the stories. Over the years I have become a BIG fan of the Prey series but I was unable to even get through this one. I highly recommend skipping this one and looking to see who is narrating. I didn't think it would make a big difference but the difference was actually huge.