Why do I often get the feeling that Koontz's characters are not human? They never react with human fear or panic, or have disgusting human thoughts or habits. Not if they are a protagonist. No, they are peaceful, ethereal, calm, and full of wonder. I just can't relate to them. I don't understand them. It makes for a cool character sometimes, like Odd or Christopher Snow, but I felt Addison was sort of "blah" and the book moved on at the pace of "blah". The point of the first 250 pages is all about Addison and Gwyneth being witty with each other while dancing around their peculiarities and basking in how alike they are. The main plot is Gwyneth trying to get revenge on the man who killed her father. Then BAM! it suddenly turns into the apocalypse. What? Where the f- did that come from???? The last 100 pages took a 180 turn but at least it moved a lot faster than those first 250.