I was left wanting with this one. It was not my least favorite by Koontz (that 'honor' goes to "Your Heart Belongs to Me") but it was not a favorite or one I would even return to. This book was pretty anti-climatic and I dislike that in books, especially when there is such a huge build up like there was here and everything is resolved in two pages. Plus there were a lot of loose threads left hanging with no resolution and that was disappointing as well.

I get that this was based on a screenplay (since it was a case where that came first) but I felt like there were other unnecessary aspects that could have been trimmed off or even a bit of an epilogue to let people know how the ends tied up. True the characters were clichéd but this was 80's horror so with the exception of Liz (who annoyed me because she reminded me of a vulgar Peppermint Patty) it was almost forgivable.

Pretty much this was one that I will likely forget reading. I do like Koontz but more of his later works it appears like the ones that are just thrillers (not horror) or the Odd Thomas books. If you're looking for something that reminds you of the slasher pics of the 80's pick this up. If not you may want to pass it on by.