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Seize The Night

Seize The Night
by Dean Koontz
Hardcover: Jan 1999,
401 pages.
Paperback: Nov 1999,
443 pages.

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Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by warcover
Having just read this book made me curious to see other readers' comments, and no surprise, most of the reviews here and at Amazon.com, while lean, are positive (which "awesome" means, I think).
Koontz, well practiced and effective at crafting compelling yarns of this sort does yet another admirable job.
The characters here are in large part convincing, though the story drags towards the middle, plus some of the dialogue between the central character and his bestest buddy is thin (advocates of "awesome" see "lame"). One almost gets the sense that Dean had painted what he wanted, gotten bored with the composition, and was eager to get it over with, filling in the gaps in order to move on to his next project.
All that said, "Seize the Night" is not only engrossing entertainment but Dean Koontz at his best (meaning it isn't Blake or Melville, but then nor is it Stephen King, which is a good thing and about the highest praise any living writer in this genre could hope to have said about his work).

Overall? It's awesome. Dude.

Rated 2 of 5 of 5 by Anonymous
I like most of D.K's stuff but,this SIEZE THE NIGHT...???? I couldn't wait to put it down. Rambling on for pages with self indulgent descriptions of nothing happening......and then concluding with avery unconvincing PARADOX !!!



Al KAMINSKIS (AUSTRALIA)

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by mya, 14
Even better then Fear Nothing, and that's a hard book to beat! Can't wait for the final instalment.

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by jack
awesome book...dean koontz is a great author and i look forward to reading every book

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Geoff Jamieson
I very much enjoyed this book, imaginatively written and full of suspense, intrigue and emotion which you can feel as you read it.
The characters are wonderfully developed and the only thing I am left wondering about is how can so much happen in so few hours. Dean Ks style can be a little self indulgent at times, but since I am visually impaired and listen to the audio books, this gives me time to reflect on what has just occurred, and what will happen next.

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Dorothy
I absolutly loved this book and Fear Nothing, I want more of the adventures of Christopher Snow and his comrades. Can't wait for another one.
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