Hideaway

THis is my first of Mr. Knootz books. I enjoyed it, although it did drag in some areas. However, that aside, I look forward to hearing more of his works.

Vassago (I heard Massago?) is the most singularly evil character I have encountered in a long while. Delicious. Carol Cowen's Regina was perfect. Last quarter of the book seemed to drag on a bit, and I was hoping for a more painful end for the villain.

Hang on tight.

The complete development of the characters.

The ability to pronounce words most of us would trip on. They never missed a beat as their pacing was excellent.

The pre-adoption meeting.

As always, Koontz is a master of suspense and you never know what's around the next corner.

This was pretty good - fairly typical for Dean Koontz - fans will understand what I mean by that! :) I gave it 4 stars since it kept me company (and awake) in an airport all night!

The first part of the book moved fairly quickly, but the end seemed to drag, despite the surprises along the way. I also felt like the ending was a let down... build up, build up, build up - over.

With that said, it was an entertaining listen - I like Carol Cowan's narration style. Michael Hanson has a good voice, but the switching between them was a little jarring at times.

Koontz's inability to take his politics and personal belief out of his books. Often I just roll my eyes (Strangers; I refuse to even try Sleepwalker because I don't need more of his color-blind, reverse racism politicking in fiction), but the one scene where his male protagonist spews his thoughts about the adoption process and dreams of strangling social workers is idiotic because it came from nowhere but also distracting and jarring. It didn't make any sense that a couple who

Possibly.

Yes! This is one of the best, on par with Cold Fire, and better than The Bad Place.

Yes.

Koontz is a better rental than purchase.

This is the first time I have ever stopped listening to a book. A little more than half way through I finally gave up on any chance of there being an improvement to the storyline and just Quit!

Boy, what a disappointment. It was all so cliche, so boring and not worthy of Koontz. What was he thinking? It seems like he was on the hook to write something - anything. But, one would hope if that was the case he could do better than this. Makes me leary to get any others.

Are you kidding? This is the worst book I have ever listened to!!! I want my money back! Sickening, unnecessary detail; author in love with the word "ramparts"; and awful narration. This book has NO redeeming features.