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| Original Title: | Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son |
| ISBN: | 141591561X (ISBN13: 9781415915615) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #1 |
| Characters: | Deucalion, Carson O'Connor, Michael Maddison, Victor Frankenstein |
| Setting: | New Orleans, Louisiana(United States) |
Dean Koontz
Audio Cassette | Pages: 194 pages Rating: 4.02 | 33022 Users | 1632 Reviews
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Every city has secrets. But none as terrible as this. His name is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who’s traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Detective Carson O’Connor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itself–and that just may be where this case ends up. For the no-nonsense O’Connor is suddenly talking about an ages-old conspiracy, a near immortal race of beings, and killers that are more—and less—than human. Soon it will be clear that as crazy as she sounds, the truth is even more ominous. For their quarry isn’t merely a homicidal maniac—but his deranged maker.
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| Title | : | Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #1) |
| Author | : | Dean Koontz |
| Book Format | : | Audio Cassette |
| Book Edition | : | Unabridged |
| Pages | : | Pages: 194 pages |
| Published | : | January 28th 2005 by Books on Tape (first published January 25th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Fantasy. Mystery. Science Fiction. Suspense |
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Ratings: 4.02 From 33022 Users | 1632 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #1)
Hummmmm...... Well, I'm one of those people, possibly one of the few people who wasn't enthralled by Mary Shelly's classic. So even though I like "much of" Dean Koontz's writing I put off reading this one for some time.Bottom line on it is that it's pretty good.The book is readable. Koontz can do good serviceable writing, sometimes his prose is almost inspired. Here it's largely the former. Building on the general idea from the Shelly book he expands the story. We're led to believe that ShellyINCREDIBLE! Once I started reading, I wondered how an author's mind could wrap around a story and tell it like Dean Koontz did with his first installment of his trilogy, "Frankenstein." Once finished, you HAD to know what happened next! Let me tell you the about the hold this book held over me. My national chain bookstore stays open here in Richmond VA till 11pm, right? Its now 10:45 p.m., I'm calling to see if they have in stock Book 2, they do, I'm gone!!! I make it back home around 11:30pm,
When I picked up this book at my mom's house and read the back cover, I literally said out loud, "Oh no he DIH-uhnt!" Thank you, Dean Koontz, for making me channel Ricki Lake reruns.Koontz has apparently run out of ideas for trite, one-dimension characters, and he's abandoned all pretense at being original. Instead of taking a break from publishing utter crap, he copes with this by cannibalizing fucking FRANKENSTEIN.
This is the first Dean Koontz novel I read so I decided to do a little research about him; and here's what I read: According to his official website and book blog sites, Dean Koontz is one of the good authors who brought several of his books to appear on the New York Times Bestseller List. He is famous for his novels which can be perfectly described and categorized as suspense thrillers with elements of classic horror, science fiction and satire. Frankenstein (Book One: Prodigal Son) is one of
INCREDIBLE! Once I started reading, I wondered how an author's mind could wrap around a story and tell it like Dean Koontz did with his first installment of his trilogy, "Frankenstein." Once finished, you HAD to know what happened next! Let me tell you the about the hold this book held over me. My national chain bookstore stays open here in Richmond VA till 11pm, right? Its now 10:45 p.m., I'm calling to see if they have in stock Book 2, they do, I'm gone!!! I make it back home around 11:30pm,
Fast moving and enjoyable with Koontz's wonderful paranoia throughout. Its characters interesting and developed with a complex concept and smooth plotting. Its only significant weakness, its repetitiveness, seeming like filler or padding, but nothing that lagged the story too much. I'm in for number two.
3.0 to 3.5 stars. This was a really fun, fast paced read. I thought the main character of Deucalion was well done and gave you a character you could really cheer for in the story. The human characters were pretty two dimensional, except for Victor Frankenstein who was a good villian. This minor gripe aside, the story is worth a read.
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