Book Review:
“From the corner of his
eye”
By: Dean Koontz
I am a HUGE Dean Koontz fan, but I'm also a critic. Within the
horror/suspense genre, Koontz generally writes two types of novels:
1)
'Government conspiracies'
2)
'Madman chasing an
innocent man/child/woman/dog/couple/ all of the above.'
The gov't ones are great, as a matter of fact, it was one of
them that got me hooked on this author.
While "From the Corner of His Eye" DOES have a madman
chasing innocent people, it's a very different type of suspense novel that Dean
Koontz normally writes. You've been told, within the first couple of chapters, almost
everything (but not quite) about who's going to die and who will live on.
But for ME, that was okay, because in THIS novel, the story of
the characters--each beautifully written and fleshed out--IS the journey.
"From the Corner of His Eye" is far more than suspense (and there IS
still plenty of it)...it is a deep, powerful SPIRITUAL book. Yes, there are a
good number of biblical references, with most characters having a biblical
corollary; especially Bartholomew, one of the heroes of the story, who has as
his namesake one of the lesser-known Apostles.
The characters are some of Koontz's best. The villain is
deliciously loathsome, yet such a sociopath that you almost feel...not SORRY
for him, but just find yourself saying "what a pathetically deluded
creep!"
In the end, it's clear that Koontz is mixing a good
stalker-murder-thriller with an interesting theory about religion and quantum
physics... namely, that religion and quantum physics can not only coexist but
actually support each other.
But…
If none of that makes sense, you probably just need to read the
book!
--Amanda Eccles
Wow! It seems like Dean Koontz is growing as a writer--brother Odd also had a mystical, spiritual aspect. I'd like to read this and I'm not a huge Dean Koontz fan (I read one of his books at 10 years old and had nightmares for years!) However, this review is well-written and inspires me to want to read it! Great job!!!!
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