Declare Books As Strangers
| Original Title: | Strangers |
| ISBN: | 0425181111 (ISBN13: 9780425181119) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Nevada(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987) |
Dean Koontz
Paperback | Pages: 704 pages Rating: 4 | 41450 Users | 769 Reviews
Explanation To Books Strangers
Six strangers are unaccountably seized by nightmares, attacks of fear, and bouts of uncharacteristic behavior. The six begin to seek each other out as puzzling photographs and messages arrive, indicating that the cause may lie in a forgotten weekend stay at an isolated Nevada motel. Koontz has topped a fine roster of horror and suspense novels with an almost unbearably suspenseful page-turner. His ability to maintain the mystery through several plot twists is impressive, as is his array of believable and sympathetic characters. With its masterful blend of elements of espionage, terror, and even some science fiction, Strangers may be the suspense novel of the year.
List Epithetical Books Strangers
| Title | : | Strangers |
| Author | : | Dean Koontz |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 704 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2002 by Berkley (first published January 1st 1986) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Suspense |
Rating Epithetical Books Strangers
Ratings: 4 From 41450 Users | 769 ReviewsJudgment Epithetical Books Strangers
I had to extract one star because the story was very boring and slow-moving for the first 75 pages or so, then it picked up its pace. Also, the language was very male-biased. You cannot use the word 'men' to encompass all of humanity; it just doesn't work for those of us who are more liberal-minded and aware. 'He' was the default pronoun used throughout the novel. This book was written in 1986, so that may have been the leading factor - I don't think political correctness was a big issue....yet.I used to love Koontz, when I was in junior high. What happened? Oh, I know, I grew up and realized that his characters are absolutely ridiculous. Dean Koontz, much like his mid-life crisis make over from bald mustached guy to full of head of hair and clean shaven face, is just one big old cliche. There, I said it. This book had promise. Again, I had read it years ago, but it didn't stick with me, so when I saw it at the used book store I had to pick it up again. I should have kept the three
Changing my rating on this since I remember that it was just awful! And that Koontz' writing is dire. I found that I enjoyed this in the same way that you enjoy a terrible film. It is entertaining because it is so bad. That being said I might pick up a Koontz book again just for the lolz.
Strangers (1986)"Strangers" is not your typical Koontz book. It was his first hardcover bestseller and the first book he wrote without resorting to outlines.Plus it bears a glowing endorsment from Stephen King, who states that it's "The best novel he has written!".The novel is concerned with a group of strangers from all over the USA - a surgeon, a writer, a motel-keeper, a priest and a thief - who are troubled by different phobias - nyctophobia, somnambulism, anxiety. They have nothing in
Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age, but I seem to be having a hard time summoning the energy to really hate Dean Koontz novels the way I used to. This one has the same mechanics as most of his others, except that it is a couple of hundred pages longer than your typical Koontz story. There are some pretty cliche charcters, a government conspiracy, brainwashing, etc. Also, if you think about the title of the book--Strangers--it's not hard to figure out what the answer to the big mystery at the
I enjoyed this book. It had some suspenseful moments. I wish I could have given it more than 3 stars. However...It was long. Too long. There were many unnecessary characters and events which had absolutely no point except to add to the word count. And everything was described with such meticulous detail. Too much detail.I was disappointed with the ending. It could have been so much more. Thankfully everything wrapped up nicely, but all that momentum built up in the beginning of the novel came to
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