Strangers

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 29 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

“The plot twists ingeniously...an engaging, often chilling book.” - The New York Times Book Review

A writer in California. A doctor in Boston. A motel owner and his employee in Nevada. A priest in Chicago. A robber in New York. A little girl in Las Vegas. They’re a handful of people from across the country, living through eerie variations of the same nightmare.

A dark memory is calling out to them. And soon they will be drawn together, deep in the heart of a sprawling desert, where the terrifying truth awaits...

©2008 Dean Koontz (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“A unique spellbinder that captures the reader on the first page. Exciting, enjoyable, and an intensely satisfying read.” - Mary Higgins Clark

“[Koontz] is a great storyteller, and Strangers features a plot so original you’ll be reading, with chills, well into the morning." - New York Daily News

“Koontz is a master at constructing vivid, eerily realistic worlds that hold readers spellbound. A memorable thriller.” - Booklist

irritating narrator

The story is fine as are most everything by Big Dean.
The narrator is the problem. He has a fine reading voice, and some of his characters sound fine.
His characters to whom he imparts New Yorkish type accents sound cartoonish and very unreal.
His female voices sound amateurish.
These two accents range from mildly to extremely irritating, as the audibook progresses.
I believe that a narrator has two ways to go when he reads. If he does characters, as does this author, he needs to perfect them. If he can't or won't, than he should just read the story straight through, don't 'create' characters.
I prefer books where the narrator simply reads, and does not try and create "radio theatre", which is to bring in sounds and character accents.
I would have rated this audiobook at least a star higher with a successful narrator.

Median Koontz

A really good Koontzian mystery cum sci-fi thriller, though it does not live up to earlier works in the character development department. See Christopher Snow (Fear Nothing, Seize the Night) for example.

just about like the book

started out really really really slow but I've read the book so I wanted to hang on.

strangers four-part book

if you read this book make sure you read into it far enough that you start to you catch on to the plot because it's it's a good book. I almost stopped reading it when I first started because it wasn't making sense to me but then I realized how he was pacing together a group of people who didn't understand why they were having I guess you could say medical issues so make sure you read far enough into the book I've been you'll be really interested and and all four parts will go really fast. good writing good storytelling and good characters I enjoyed this very very much.

Worth a Listen

Great, in Dean Koontz style, listen. Well worth the listening time. Narrator did a fabulous job keeping so many different main characters voices separate and consistent.

Good book

Would you listen to Strangers again? Why?

Yes it was a good book with great disruptive writing that I expect from Koontz.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Some what

What does Dick Hill bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He is an excellent narrator.

Extremely catching story

This book is one that captures you right from the start. A great listen!!!!!

Vintage Koontz

I took a month off from work and productivity when I got out of the Navy in 1994. A friend gave me a stack of Koontz books to keep me occupied and I blew through about five, establishing him as my favorite author of the macabre. His recent books are well written but his best work was in the 80s in my opinion. After many many moons of sleeping on this book while it loomed in plain sight, I cannot recommend it enough. This is the old Koontz, a story of great characters, epic story and a whirlwind of an emotional roller coaster. The story starts slow but once rolling you are taken for an awesome ride. Stick with it, and enjoy. Highly recommended.

One of Dean Koontz best! Kept me riveted for 29 hr

One of Dean Koontz best stories, preformed by a master, it kept me riveted for 29 hrs.

Too long but very good narrator

Story could have been told in about half of the words. Ending was disappointing after all the build up ended in missed opportunities.