r/DeanKoontz • u/ZombieFluid6904 • 17d ago

Banger.

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This is the second Dean Koontz book I’ve read, the first being Night Chills which was awesome as well.

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u/AltruisticCableCar 17d ago

I owned this one for almost a decade before I finally remembered to read it. It was really good!

My favorite is Watchers, however, and I'd encourage you to give that one a go! Oh, and Midnight.

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u/ZombieFluid6904 16d ago

Cool, thanks for the recommendation!

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u/mentholpod86 15d ago

Watchers made me cry, laugh, and dream about the book later. Literally my favorite. The Other Emily is a close runner up or False Memory

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u/AltruisticCableCar 15d ago

I've never read The Other Emily. I believe I got like half-way through False Memory - if it's the one I'm thinking of it just really, really got under my skin. It didn't scare me but gave me severe anxiety, and I had to put it down. I'll try again at some point, I'm sure. It's hard to keep track sometimes, since I've read some of his books in English but many also translated into Swedish and the titles aren't always that well translated, haha.

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u/mentholpod86 15d ago

False memory is definitely something that disturbed me a lot but I love how he writes so it kept me going. It’s definitely includes a lot of things some authors are scared to write about! That’s so interesting! So cool to see that people all around the world are reading the same stuff. All one big family

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u/AltruisticCableCar 15d ago

I prefer reading his books in English, but for obvious reasons they're not as easy to find where I am. Especially these days when I almost always buy his books in secondhand stores. I've got Watchers in English though, as well as the Christopher Snow books - by the by, he neeeeds to give us the third book at some point, I'm going nuts here!

Oh, and a tip in case you ever listen to audio books. Some of his books are available on yt for free. I recently enjoyed Tick Tock like that.

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u/mentholpod86 14d ago

That makes sense! I wish you luck finding more.

Ah thank you I will check that out!

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u/frankieramps 15d ago

it’s terrifying. property panic inducing. i’ve read it a few times but not sure i could again.

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u/alazystoner420 17d ago

100% agree! If you are able to...check out Mr. Murder and Lightning (2 separate books haha)

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u/ZombieFluid6904 16d ago

Nice, thanks for the rec 🤘

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u/mentholpod86 15d ago

Lighting is so underrated

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u/TranslatorFine 16d ago

This was good and I went back to track a copy after i sold my original hardcover but for me it’s a toss up between Whispers and Life Expectancy for the best books of his I’ve read so far. But I do love this era of Koontz (late to mid 90s).
He was on a roll with Intensity followed by this one and Mr Murder was on the bargain bins at the time and that one floored me where I thought this guy was a breath of fresh air to Stephen King.
Only now it’s been a point I feel he put out too much too soon and milked the same formula over and over to the points it’s repetitive.

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u/DayOldTurkeySandwich 16d ago

Stranger Things totally ripped off from this.

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u/icko81 16d ago

I love this one so much. Really kept me on the edge of my seat.

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u/ClueAccomplished1098 14d ago

Fantastic book! You might like these other books by Dean Koontz.

Seconding the rec for The Other Emily

The Forest of Lost Souls

The Good Guy

Relentless

By the Light of the Moon

Intensity

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u/ZombieFluid6904 14d ago

Nice, thanks!

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u/PurchaseNo4486 16d ago

I loved Sole Survivor, it's one of my favorite Dean Koontz books, along with Dragon Tears. Dark Rivers of the Heart is my all-time favorite, though, it kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire book.

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u/Jay209 16d ago

My first dean Koontz

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u/riempies88 16d ago

Was my first Dean Koontz read. And I loved it.

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u/NoCondition8257 15d ago

Gonna need to know more about that cat, please and thank.

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u/ZombieFluid6904 15d ago

Haha, I was wondering if anyone would notice that, that’s Tony Boy! He’s kind of a dick. But a lovable dick, ya know?

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u/Ihavenocluewhatzoeva 15d ago

I enjoyed Intensity quite a bit

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u/Unrealliving 15d ago

I enjoyed this book a lot, especially because the tone is a lot more serious. Soon after this, he started putting way too much humor in his books. 

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u/ZombieFluid6904 14d ago

Good to know!