Dragon Tears - Dean Koontz

"Dragon Tears" is not a novel for the timid. Neither is it for those searching for an easy read. You see, this horror novel by Dean Koontz, is slow paced and at times difficult to focus on. In it, you do find great and somewhat poetically descriptive writing. Yet sadly, the author concentrates too much on description and ultimately leaves us wondering why we should read on. Now, by no means is this novel void of anything good for it holds creative and intriguing characters. The thing is, it would have been nice to receive a story that went some were… rather than just ending up at a dead end. Dragon Tears is a story of five people: all ...

I have to admit that this is the only Dean Koontz book that I have read, expect no comparisons along the "In Koontz's inimitable style....." lines as I'm afraid I've none to make. This book is an old one and really stands out as a great in my mind, I was given it back in my teens as an antidote to the masses of Stephen King that I was reading back then, it really is brilliant and worth a read. Unfortunately, very few of the Koontz readers I've spoken to have heard of it, let alone read it. This must change! If you like horror and the supernatural, you'll love this book. Plot: ----- Without going too deeply ...