Your Heart Belongs to Me - Dean Koontz

I have read a few Dean Koontz books but this one was proper boring and I couldn't wait to finish it. I was glad the book was so easy to read and it was over so quick because I sussed out what was going to happen quite early and then everything else was too obvious to be very interesting. It's about a man called Ryan who is a millionaire after he sold his internet company so he has loads of time on his hands and spends it wind surfing with his girlfriend. He finds out he only has a few months to live and goes on the transplant list for a new heart. He gets a transplant in double quick time and you can probably guess what happens then from the name of the ...  Read the complete review

I've been a fan of Dean Koontz for many years now and have read everything he's ever written except his newest book. Your Heart Belongs To Me is a book Koontz wrote last year and became an affordable paperback this year so I picked up a copy from Tesco as part of their 2 for £7 deal. The first thing that struck me about this book was how thin it is. It's 400 pages and quite large text which I knew wouldn't last me beyond a sitting and as far as Dean Koontz goes this is a very short book. He seems to produce at least a couple of books a year and this one he probably knocked out in a couple of weeks! The basic storyline for this is Ryan Perry is ...  Read the complete review

My Opinion: From the various things i had read about this book (and a Dean Koontz fan) I was really looking forward to reading this; however I was quite disappointed with this book. The character Ryan Perry is not a sympathetic character and you are not drawn to him at all, therefore you don't really feel much sympathy for him. In some ways the storyline feels rushed, and rather vague. DK is usually pretty good at building up suspense and tension, but in this book it is completely lacking. Part 1 of the book is about Ryan as he discovers his heart condition, and the waiting for his transplant, but you don't get any indication of his desperation or ...  Read the complete review