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One Door Away From Heaven

by Dean Koontz

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There are currently 19 reader reviews for One Door Away From Heaven

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livi (09/04/03)

this is the best book ever

Adam Sickmiller (08/29/03)

This book was okay. I'm sure there are some people who will really like it. I, however was not among them. I found the book's weak points to be several:

The story telling is intentionally fragmented, to the point of being annoying. I feel that the book takes far to long to set up the situation, and by the time the end of the rising action, I was mostly disinterested
The author's own agenda regarding bioethics was glaringly obvious and annoying. Make sure to research the subject after reading the book
Koontz seems to have a one-dimensional lexicon in this books. Across many characters, a few odd words such as behemoth were overused. This was, to me, quite distracting.

On the other hand, this book is fairly engaging and a pretty quick read.

Kevin Quinn (07/07/03)

I loved it. Great adventure and suspense.

mike f (06/15/03)

Koontz, again (through a sometimes verbose and windy pathway) intersects the same characters and again verbosely heralds truth is greater than fiction. But, not unlike a ship floundering, we are captivated by the familiar and yet shocking.....If only to gleen from "The Book of Counted Sorrows" it is like opium for the genre'.

Nessa (05/22/03)

I hated this book. It was long and boring

Janarae (04/03/03)

Quite possibly the best novel ever written. Has to be the most satisfying book in the history of suspense novels

Haley (03/21/03)

This, by far, is the best book I have ever read. The characters seem so real, that I believe any part of this book could be in real life. Dean Koontz is an exellent writer who combines every category of books into one masterpiece. The words flow so smoothly, and it is such an enjoyable book.

Cindy (02/05/03)

This is by far my favorite Dean Koontz book. I enjoyed the story very much, especially the relationship between the boy and his dog and how the boy took everything in this world so literally. This story has humor, a lot of heartfelt emotions and suspense. It's a long story, over 700 pages, but the suspense carries you right through it very rapidly.

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