 "Watchers" | 2009-11-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1SQTUD7ATOWMK |
| I have recommended this book to all of my friends. He brings you on this journey, and you are or you feel that you are right along beside him! This is a must read especially if you love Dean Koontz, and if you love dogs! |
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| "Truly the best novel ive read yet!" | 2009-10-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: AJ8P1F4YAS4QK |
| I think this is Dean Koontz at his best. A truly remarkable tail and full of suspense! I had a hard time putting this book down. I highly recommend this book to people that aren't avid readers like myself but want a good book to keep occupied. Kudos to Dean Koontz! |
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| "One of Dean Koontz best book" | 2009-09-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: ABC739XITPYER |
Travis is a man who is weary of the sorrow life has given him. But a chance meeting with an amazing dog, one who was genetically altered to be intelligent and self aware, changes his life. Nora, a woman trained to be afraid of life from early childhood by a bitter aunt. Another chance meeting with Travis and 'Einstein' changes her life. But this miracle of modern science is bieng hunted. By the government who wants their experiment back, by a professional assassin who sees the dog as his ticket fo wealth, and by "The Outsider", another genetically manipulated creation, a thing of nightmares, one that is made to be terrifying and has slaughtering locked in it's genes.
Will Travis, Nora and Einstein survive? Who or what will find them?
Excellent read and listen. |
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 "An Interesting Read that Becomes Hokey" | 2009-07-21 |
| - Reviewed By sjblackburn |
| Reading Watchers was like riding a rocket into space. The initial excelleration and high speed toward the unknown must be such a rush, but once you are floating in an expanse of far-out existance, there is only disappointment. Maybe that is a bad analogy, but Watchers had taken me in for the first 300 pages. I kept thinking this was one of the better novels I read in a while. Einstein's character, however, becomes hokey and too caricatureishly unbelieveable toward the end. The villans are erased too abrubtly, and plot devices are predicatble and dead-ended (i.e. Stark, overdone foreshadowing with Vince). The novel is an interesting read that did keep me captivated, but something about the plot and its chracters just falls short and seems cheap at times. There is a nice homage to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, but it does not seem to work here. Watchers has the potential for more depth but refuses to go there. After reading several of Koontz's novels, I am steering away to more in-depth, problematic examples of the genre. |
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| "Great Book" | 2009-07-10 |
| - Reviewed By User: AJWM6VKQ7BNN7 |
| I loved this Book, I didn't want to put it down. I am a Dean Koontz fan and I enjoy all his books. I love how weird things happen to regular people and I love finding out how they get out of or fix the situation. |
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| "Koontz's masterpiece" | 2009-07-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A39C3VLGY21FT |
As is customary with Koontz's earlier novels, Watchers has an intricate plot that involves secret Government experiments, dynamic and captivating characters, and - of course - a dog.
The novel begins with the character Travis wandering alone out in the woods, presumably to kill himself. A traumatic past has brought him to a place of emotional isolation and loneliness, leaving him bitter and untrusting. Enter the dog (who is later aptly named Einstein), who finds Travis in the woods and alerts him to a dangerous presence in the woods.
Thus begins a long chase that introduces us to a wide variety of characters, including a delusional germophobe hit man, a mouse-like woman who is recovering from having lived under an emotionally tyrannical mother, a guilt-ridden workaholic NSA agent who is trying to keep a friendship together, and the Mr. Hyde to the Dr. Jekyll that is Einstein.
The power of love, free will, and destiny and among the themes woven into this suspenseful and at times violent story. Characters are linked together in interesting ways, and the chain of events that they cause rivet your attention until the last page.
Watchers is Koontz's shining achievement in a career full of great novels. There is virtually nothing to complain about. You could nit pick and point out that Government experiments and love's binding power are common topics in Koontz's novels, but he approaches it with a fresh take here. The monster that is hunting throughout the novel is truly terrifying in a variety of ways. Also, the plot is complex for a suspense/horror novel, and the twists it takes are rewarding.
Watchers is a must-read for any fan of suspense fiction, no matter what genre you prefer. Horror, sci-fi, romance - Koontz touches on them all.
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