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Title: 77 Shadow Street
Series: ----------
Author: Dean Koontz
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Pages: 722
Format: Digital Edition
Series: ----------
Author: Dean Koontz
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Pages: 722
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
Spoilers |
The Pendleton.
Built back in the late 1800's, it was the biggest mansion of its kind
to date. Throughout the years, strange things have happened to those
who lived there. Murders, kidnappings, disappearances, suicides,
mental breakdowns. Now the Pendleton has been turned into a bunch of
luxury condos. Now the residents are starting to see some really
weird things. Now one old man who has done his research knows he must
get everybody out of the building if any of them want to survive the
next 24hrs.
A disparate group
are brought together and through the mystery of Scyenze, are swept
into the future to a world that is post-human. Post-anything in fact,
except for The One. The One rules All, The One Knows All, The One IS
All. Among the group is revealed the creator of The One and The One
sows the seeds for its own birth, thus making sure of its own
survival and the destruction of humanity.
The One hower, is
NO match for 2 kids, an ex-Marine, a Honky-tonk song writer, a
brilliant novelist, a blind man, 2 old ladies and their cats, a
Scyenzist who swears he WON'T create The One and some others. Oh
yeah, and one insane murdering hitman. The group survives and puts
paid to the Scyenzist and some shadowy figure kills the other
Scyenzist who could do the same.
The World is Safe.
For Now.
My
Thoughts:
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Despite the tone of my Synopsis, I rather enjoyed this. I called this
a Horror/Thriller because while it had elements of Horror, they
weren't supernatural. However, when creatures shove black goop down
your throat and turn you into more of them, what else do you call
that? It sure isn't slapstick comedy.
Having read the Frankenstein
novels and the Odd
Thomas series, I can see so many ideas that Koontz uses
over and over. I think that would/will be a problem if I read a bunch
of Koontz back to back or even with just a month of each other. I
think with the spacing I have though it should be ok.
The Good Guys Win. That knocked my rating up a half star easily. It
is refreshing. Obviously not everybody makes it and there is a big
enough group that no particular outcome is telegraphed in terms of
survival so I never felt like any particular character was safe
(except for the 2 kids, especially the autistic girl). That bit of
tension is nice and made the story have a bit of “snap” to it.
I have no desire to ever re-read this book but that is pretty much
how I've felt about all of Koontz's books. With the amount he's
turned out though, that really isn't a problem. A solid fun read that
was just scary enough for me but not really scary (which is how I
like my scary books).
★★★☆½