Dean Koontz
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 681 pages Rating: 3.97 | 19732 Users | 690 Reviews
Details Containing Books One Door Away from Heaven
| Title | : | One Door Away from Heaven |
| Author | : | Dean Koontz |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 681 pages |
| Published | : | October 29th 2002 by Bantam (first published 2001) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Mystery. Science Fiction |
Narrative Concering Books One Door Away from Heaven
Michelina Bellsong is on a mission. She is following a missing family to the edge of America...to a place she never knew existed--a place of terror, wonder, and shattering revelation.What awaits her there will change her life and the life of everyone she knows--if she can find the key to survival.
At stake are a young girl of extraordinary goodness, a young boy with killers on his trail, and Micky's own wounded soul.
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| Original Title: | One Door Away from Heaven |
| ISBN: | 0553582755 (ISBN13: 9780553582758) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Containing Books One Door Away from Heaven
Ratings: 3.97 From 19732 Users | 690 ReviewsCritique Containing Books One Door Away from Heaven
I wish I could give this book a negative rating. One star seems far more then it deserves. Terrible, terrible book. Made me finally realize how much I hate Dean Koontz as a writer. I've bought so many of his books at second hand stores, because I used to think he was good. Maybe there's a reason so many people give away his books. Seems like every book now has either dogs as a main storyline. Or his other plotline, A single man or woman who is rich, (or soon to become rich because of someThis book made me feel all soft and squishy inside. As this wasn't normal, I figured something was horribly amiss with my internal workings, so I went and had a lie down. I dreamed about being attacked by thousands of liliputian puppies who swarmed all over me and licked and drooled over my face and panted their stinking street- carnivore breath all over me. They were covered in mud, feces and other unmentionables. It was a horrible experience.Dean Koontz. What to say? He's obviously a family
The one about the little boy alien and the dangerous young mutant. I like this book it's one of my favorite Koontz books. I'll say this, you won't find this exact plot elsewhere. It draws you in and gets you involved with the "participants". It's between a 4 and a 5...but I figure it tipped the scales and went on to a 5. As I said a favorite among Koontz's work for me...I've read it several times.What else can I say? Not much without spoilers. There's a bit of laughter here, a dose of tears and
In terms of some good action sequences and character development, I enjoyed many parts of this.As a polemic for utilitarian bioethics, while he does cause you to think about the issues, I think the characters and some of the horrible things they did were overdrawn. It just isn't all that winsome if you are trying to convince a utilitarian. Most utilitarians are not nearly this extreme, but the story does show where these things could go under the worst of circumstances.Some parts are gross and
Dean Koontz has a gift for lyrical description that sometimes tumbles into purple prose. It should also be noted that the most original character in this novel, 9-year-old Leilani Klonk, sounds more like a precocious 14-year-old. In the end, though, neither criticism matters, because what Koontz has written succeeds on its own terms as a story of unexpected psychological depth. A misnamed dog looms large in this story (anyone familiar with this author's work could have seen that coming), but so
DNF @ page 159.I normally do not give ratings and in-depth reviews to titles I do not wish to finish, but this one is remarkable in so many ways that I could not ignore placing a detailed warning up on Goodreads.If you're not well-versed in Dean Koontz, you might actually finish this book. If you can get past the rambling pretension of the prose, you might even have fun. My problem begins with the writing, though. This is the most overwritten Koontz book I've read. Page after page of author
Truthfully, I can't remember how many times I have reread this book but this time definitely wowed me. Koontz is truly a master and this book was one of his most masterful. He gives his characters life and blends them together so well. He teaches lessons about life without actually teaching. I love the spirituality of this book without a single bit of religion or preachiness. Through his eyes I see the beauty in the simplicity of life. The main characters are neither wealthy nor necessarily
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