Does a perfect couple with a dog running away from the evil psychopath on the loose sounds familiar ? Exactly. So what is left in False Memory ? nothing of any originality, if you've read Koontz before. The antagonist is revealed in approximately 1/4 of the book, and then the suspense dies. He dealt with the theme before, most notably in 76's Night Chills which is two times shorter because he wrote it on a typewriter. Since the title of the book is False Memory and it deals with people suffering from various phobias it's quite obvious what's going on - if you take into account that it's a Koontz book, who despises the academia and Hollywood. When a book is of that lenght the writer needs to maintain the suspense the whole way through, to keep the reader's interest - and Koontz doesn't.
My copy borders on almost 800 hundred pages. And False Memory could benefit from good editing oh yes, it could have.įirst of all the thing is so long. He's propably one of those guys that require a special clause in their contracts after they rise to fame: that no editor is to touch their work. However there is something that drawns me to the guy's books, even if he just can't create characters that are something more than an extra employed to play his/hers part, who don't speak but relate what Koontz thinks, and his sometimes ridiculoysly bad overuse of metaphors and similes. Some people have ups and downs Dean Koontz has his peaks and trenches. While I really liked some of his books I utterly loathed some of the others. I have a love/hate relationship with Dean Koontz. But hell, I'm not a bestselling American novelist so what do I know. Dogs are adorable creatures as most of us know but I've yet have to met a dog owner who finds solace in holding a warm bag full of his pup's poop. The weird incident remained troubling, intriguing, but it no longer frightened her."Ī gift ? And yes guys, it's a page long description of collecting fresh, steaming dog waste.
The little blue bag and its warm contents anchored her to reality. Being a good neighbor, she neatly collected Valet’s gift, turned the bright blue bag inside out, twisted it shut, and tied a double knot in the neck.(.)Performance of this familiar, humble task restored her mental balance. "When she realized that the dog had finished his toilet, Martie slipped her right hand into a plastic petcleanupīag, using it as a glove.
In one of the scenes in the beginning of the book, Martie Rhodes (the main heroine) is walking her dog and suddenly some mysterious disturbance falls upon her.
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