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The House of Thunder
by Dean Koontz
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Berkley (1992-06-01)
ISBN: 0425132951
EAN: 9780425132951
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Edition: Large Print
SKU: 420
Condition: Fair
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Fair. Cerased on spine. Bent corners.
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Customer Reviews
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Not so good (spoilers)
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-05-21
Yeah, it is bad; and dated. As most have explained, the beginning is much better than the ending. The Russian angle is interesting only in that I can't believe we (Americans) we're really that paranoid, but I'll give him that one. What I really didn't like at all was all the over-explaining. It was really annoying being talked down to like that. Its like being told a story about a story when all you wanted was just the story. Ah well it is an early work, only a consummate Koontz fan should suffer it, though. Thank goodness his writing has matured. The good new is there is a new Odd Thomas book out!!
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Not horrible ?? Not too good either!!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-11-16
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This effort on Koontz's part is just not up to his usual level of entertainment. One of the reasons that he's so good is that you attach to the main characters and progress through the book like a tail hooked on a cat. You feel what the character feels and empathize as if you are the object of the story. This, however, enticed me only as an observer into the life of a character I really didn't care that much about. The book had the possibility of being one of Koontz's better novels but these prospects were never realized. We have a lady hospitalized after a car accident, a fraternity hazing, a sinister corporation, a hospital with secret doors, people who aren't who they say they are - wow - what a set up! Unfortunately, it just didn't come together. Love Dean - I'll patently wait for his next installment of the Frankenstein series. bg
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Be prepared for the jaw-dropping twist...!
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-10-14
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Hopefully you're not reading this fine DK tome on an airplane trip home...you'll want to bail out without a parachute, the spine-tingling twist toward the denouement easily makes this Koontz offering worth the price of admission!
Viva el Koontz!!!!!!!!!!
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THE TOWN OF MADNESS!!!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-10-07
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I had already read this book years ago but just ordered a ton of Dean Koontz's books to be read again. I am very happy that I did. This was an excellent book. Somewhere in the back of mind, I kept thinking that I remembered the ending but I didn't. I am thrilled that I read this book again and I can't wait to pick up another one and read it!
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Swing... and...a....MISSSSSSSSSSS....
Rating (3)
Date: 2007-07-10
7 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
Okay so my title has nothing to do with the book per se. What it has to do with is this. Koontz is like any other author. He reaches a period when his books are somewhat hit and miss. He's turning out so many stories that some of them are good, some...ehhh.... not so good. This one is not a hit in my opinion. There's just too much going on and I felt like it never truly got tied together in a believable knot.
A car wreck, fear at her company's name, a dead former boyfriend and a Soviet conspiracy.... How one train of thought leads to the other is anyone's guess but honestly I felt like this book was just a bit over the top. Typical to Koontz, he writes characters you love, hate, or love to hate or hate to love...but you feel SOMETHING for them. They leap of the page into the realm of believability. That is the reason for my 3 star review. The plot itself suffers from an OVERactive imagination, I'm afraid. Many of Koontz's works are worth reading. If I were going to choose one to skip, this one would be at the top of my skip list.
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