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Originally Posted by Bex
i'm reading "false memory" by Dean koontz.... bought it in hardback in a charity shop today for a quid.... the rate i'm going through books atm, means charity shops are a god send  |
When I was younger I used to really like Dean Koontz - he wrote some really good horror/thrillers - even if they were really improbable - 'whispers' springs to mind, as does 'Servants of twilight' - and they had some very descriptive sex scenes too (as 13/14 year old boy these are important
) - I just find these days he's trying to be a Writer (with a capital W) - rather than doing what he's good at - his last few books have been pretty crap - 'From the corner of his eye' being top of the list, and those other ones about the boy who's allergic to light.. far too artsy and clever, rather than being a page turner
I'm reading 'One Door away from Heaven' by him at the moment - I'm only a 100 pages into it and so far it seems ok - I'm hoping it's a return to form from him, but I won't hold my breath.
False memory is the one that involves haiku isn't it?
I would really recommend reading his older books, I really enjoyed them.
Edit: lightning was another really good one, if you could get past the improbable story line.