It is a side-story, nothing more than filler. What is the point of this? It adds nothing to the story.
This happens after the halfway point of the book. He does so, and never meets or intertwines with the \”main\” characters at all. For some examples: **SPOILERS FOLLOW** 1) You are introduced to \”Rusty\”, who gets a sense of dread while walking down the street, runs into the bad guys, and wants to save his girl. As one reviewer commented, there are new characters/plots being presented well past the halfway point in this book that add absolutely nothing to the story. Lots of padding, I had hope for the fifth. I really love Koontz\’ writing, however it seems like he was either lazy or lacked imagination on the last two books, opting for a quick sale based on previous successes (does this remind you of most lackluster movie sequels?) The fourth book could be summed up as, \”So Victor is alive?\” and not much else.
I could see a Hollywood blockbuster being created from them. Let me begin by saying, the first three books were amazing. Koontz is one of the finest word smiths we have in literature in general at the present time, and all of his books are keepers. For those just becoming acquainted–you have a LOT of shopping and reading to do LOL.
For those who know Koontz and love him, this book will meet and likely exceed your expectations. Koontz has, once again, woven a the threads of multiple lives and the stories behind them into a beautifully crafted book, one I read in one sitting the day it arrived–then went back and read again, after re-reading all the ones that came before it in the series. One of the best things about reading any Koontz novel is running across a perfect, verbal jewel–a luminous piece of prose, carefully polished and achingly beautiful. The book tackles technology, the worth of the soul, the human experience, and as usual, koontz has scattered his verbal jewels throughout. This, like all of the Frankenstein books, is a very worthy read. He doesn\’t even fall as low as OK, or So-So.
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