Monday

Breathless, by Dean Koontz


This is the first DK book I managed to read all of in a single day. It was a hard cover, with big type, short chapters, and lots and lots of white space which probably factored in. It was an interesting, though strange story that kept my attention right up until I finished it. If only it had an end!

A hundred more pages or so might've made it better. If nothing more, he could've tied up some loose ends (for example, the lawyer/new client? point of including them at all!?), answered some questions --if you read the book you know what I mean here, there are several left unanswered and not in a "it leaves you to draw your own conclusion" kind of way, but more a "WTF?! Why did you waste time with this?" fashion-- and provided a better tie-in for the characters who's storyline intertwined.

It felt like it just ended. Bam, done. And that's disappointing because he could have made this a really endearing story along the lines of From the Corner of His Eye.

I'm still a fan. And although I can't yet bring myself to read any of the Odd series, I'm sure I'll be reading Relentless as soon as my pre-order paperback arrives.

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