'Relentless' by Dean Koontz
356 pages
"You can’t overestimate his capabilities. He doesn’t give you breathing room. He keeps coming back and back, and back. He’s relentless."
Wow! Just WOW! This...'book' (if you could even call it that) really made me reconsider how much I like Dean Koontz. It pains me to say it, because some of his earlier books were terrific, perhaps not the 'master of our darkest dreams' which is printed on all his books (i've reserved that right for King at the moment) but he could do (supernatural) thrillers well. Lately, he has gone so far downhill, I probably wont read another one of his books for some time.
Surprisingly it started off quite well, got into the drama quite quickly and suspense was build but the story didn't go anywhere. The plot 'twist' was horrific. Utter rubbish. Like he got bored with the book and didnt know how to finish it so he made up something that didn't fit the rest of the book. The characters were boooorrrriiingg, and stupid. Nothing frustrates me more than a stupid character. I wanted to scream at them.
Koontz also has the tendency to describe every detail and uses wayyyyyyyyy too many metaphors. They drove me bonkers. :S He can slip messages about society into his books quite well and i enjoyed those in Relentless...and that was pretty mush all i enjoyed.
Do yourself a favour. Don't touch this thing with a ten foot pole.
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