The House of Thunder - Review

The House of Thunder

Author, Dean Koontz

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Wow, this book was a page turner. I was never a big Dean Koontz fan until I read Odd Thomas. As far as I was concerned, no one could live up to Stephen King's ability to terrorize me through the written word. Everyone else paled in comparison. But seeing as how the Stephen King novels aren't coming out weekly, I have had to find other ways to entertain myself. So after reading Odd Thomas which is a book near and dear to my heart for personal reasons, I decided to peruse the used bookstores for a few other Koontz novels to see what I could see.

This being the first one, I was pretty amazed. I had NO idea how this book would turn out...which kept me intrigued throughout the entire book literally until the last chapter.

A patient (Susan Thornton) wakes up in a hospital not knowing at first who she is or why she's there. Though most of her memories come back quickly, there are huge gaping holes in her memory, and unfortunately, the most terrifying memories she holds from a long time ago...have come to the forefront of her brain to physically or perhaps psychologically haunt her. Of course, you won't know what the real deal is until the very last chapter of the book.

If you like a good creep factor...this is the book for you. Why I liked this book...A page turner, this brings forth, horror, twilight zone and a little bit of conspiracy theory, rolls it all up and serves it up in a great novel called The House of Thunder.

What I didn't like about this book...it is hard to say without creating a spoiler alert...but there's a bit of complicating stuff at the end that you never see coming. If that had been written on the sleeve of the book, I probably wouldn't have picked this one...so I'm glad it wasn't because I would have missed out on a great read. So even though it contained some subject matter, I don't particularly care for...it wasn't enough to spoil the book for me. This book is a great ride.

A quick read and very enjoyable should this be your cup of tea!

The Critical Librarian gives this book four out of five stars.

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