Dean Koontz
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.73 | 30684 Users | 1025 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Ticktock |
| ISBN: | 0345405137 (ISBN13: 9780345405135) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Creepy fun reading!LAUGHING WHILE CREEPING OUT!
This is a great novel, only that curiously when I bought this book, I bought also, another novel by Dean Koontz titled "Life Expectancy" (you can see my review of that book here: Life Expectancy .
I comment this, since I found both novels quite similar.
Not exactly the general story and developing but the mood of the storyline.
I totally adored Life Expectancy and I jumped right after that book to read this one and I was like "Mmh, I'm feeling like deja vú".
But don't get me wrong, the stories are totally different but I think that since before of these two books, I hadn't read a Dean Koontz book with such many humor elements, usually you find characters quite likable and some amusing moments where you smile, but so far, my Koont experience was strictly of creepy horror, not creepy fun.
And I don't tell this as something bad, since I think that's kinda expected to do standard horror, but crafting stories with clear horror intention, but with such rich funny sense, it's quite cool.
Even recently, you find a lot of this in movies and TV series, but at least me, back in 2007, it wasn't something so usual.
But I totally embrace it.
So, initially, I thought that Life Expectancy was like unique on that angle, but right after I read that one, I found here, in Ticktock, another horror book with rich humor elements.
THOSE WONDERFUL WOMEN
Another thing that I found quite similar is the female companion character of the main protagonist.
On both books, the main protagonist finds a spectacular female character with great personality.
So, while I loved both characters in each novel, it didn't help to my "deja vú" feeling.
I know that Dean Koontz re-use a lot of elements, like smart dogs, protagonists who like to read and/or are writers, over-detailed towns, etc... and I love his work for all that.
As I say, "Tick Tock" is a wonderful horror story with a great humorous ambiance, quite entertaining and a really page-turner.
In fact I read it quite quickly. So, I still recommend it a lot. Just try to read this book, Ticktock and Life Expectancy with some time in between of each of them.
Quite advisable, if you read something else, of a different genre, in between.
I'm sure that you'll enjoy both books!!!
Have creepy fun!!!
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| Title | : | Tick Tock |
| Author | : | Dean Koontz |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | September 20th 1996 by Random House (first published January 1st 1996) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery |
Rating Based On Books Tick Tock
Ratings: 3.73 From 30684 Users | 1025 ReviewsCriticism Based On Books Tick Tock
It's very absurd, fast-paced and engaging. A book which you can read in a few hours, not be bored, put it away and then read it again after a month or two because you've already forgotten it. Quick, fun, ideal for travel.When I first joined Goodreads, I had about a good 20 minutes of fun searching books that I had read and giving them ratings based off of memory. Tick Tock was a book I had read like 15 years ago and I had recalled enjoying it a lot so I gave it five stars. I remember there being a doll that morphs into a monster that chases the main character around and my memory seemed to recall that it was one of the best Koontz books I'd read at the time. So now I read it again. I was excited to do so. The
Creepy fun reading! LAUGHING WHILE CREEPING OUT! This is a great novel, only that curiously when I bought this book, I bought also, another novel by Dean Koontz titled "Life Expectancy" (you can see my review of that book here: Life Expectancy . I comment this, since I found both novels quite similar.Not exactly the general story and developing but the mood of the storyline.I totally adored Life Expectancy and I jumped right after that book to read this one and I was like "Mmh, I'm feeling
This was a pretty weird story and takes an interesting turn. I loved the fact that the hero was Vietnamese-American, and he sounded like a real cutie. It uses a little bit of Vietnamese folklore which was neat as well. Not my favorite by Koontz, because I thought the ending was strangely absurd and I laughed, and I'm not sure I was supposed to be laughing. It starts out serious and descends into hilarity, and the change in tone was a little jarring for me. Good book all around and great hero.
In the beginning, the first 25 pages or so, the book seemed to be a little wordy, a little draggy, and then boom you enter a world of doom with a creepy little white demon doll! Chapter 2 was definitely the highlight of the book for me.I thought it was pretty cool how Tommy compared himself to his detective character in his book. He was the complete opposite of him, but you could tell he wanted to be like him. He had a great character in the story, but I would have liked to see him become a
This review is for the abridged audiobook version. I keep meaning to get around to reading the entire book but something else always grabs my attention and the narrator read this book with such glee that I'm afraid I'd be disappointed. Tommy Phan has just about everything he ever dreamed of; a successful career as a novelist, a brand new Corvette, and all the trappings that money can buy. His life would be perfect if only his Mother would stop making him feel guilty for forgetting his Vietnamese
A good suspense thriller/chase book as the main characters try to escape "TickTock" the "Deadline to Dawn". The main characters are Vietnamese. Tommy Phan finds a straw/rag doll with stitches on heart/eyes on his step. Then his new Corvette is run off the road and he is saved by waitress he just met, Del (Deliverence Payne, the waitress) wants to help for her love of thrills, chases & adventures. When the stitches popped off the doll turns into a devil but they try to get the stitches back
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