Dean Koontz
That Dean Koontz is an amazing writer of supernatural stories is a known fact. What makes this book special is the mix of several themes that work in superb harmony – a psychotic killer, quantum physics and faith. I’ve always wondered about parallel universes and in this book, the author has tried to put a structure to it through the theories of Thomas Vanadium and the abilities of Bartholomew, Angel and Mary.
Koontz uses Enoch Cain’s obsessed journey to find Bartholomew as a background to highlight the connection between human beings’ lives, a sort of ‘Butterfly effect’ among people’s destinies. Each character is built perfectly with specific roles to play in this journey, and they all fall into place magnificently, like a jigsaw puzzle.
There is an underlying theme of hope that runs through this book, and Koontz does a great job of balancing it with the pure evil that is Enoch Cain.
The pace never slackens, and while I like all the author’s works (that I have read so far), this one just went beyond the regular gripping thriller category.
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You’ve read ” The five people you meet in heaven?” Mitch Albom
Different but same. Simpler. perhaps0 your review hints at a book that’s high IQ only.
yep.. have.. albom is all philosophy.. Koontz (in this book) has built it on top of regular thriller/science/fantasy fiction.. its not necessarily high IQ, hell, i read it
i’ve never read mr.koontz, will check him out…
absolutely should.. very interesting ideas and the books work as good thrillers too
This was the best book I’ve ever read, and I’ve read a lot of books. The Odd Thomas series were the first novels i read by Dean Koontz, which were not nearly as thrilling as this novel, but it drew me into his other book. I was blown away.
Like, DAMN.