My Heart Didn't Belong To This Book (Your Heart Belongs to Me - Dean Koontz)

Member Name: CheekyCharlie08

Product:	Your Heart Belongs to Me - Dean Koontz
Date:	03/09/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: none

Disadvantages: A bad story; Boring characters; Too many emotional bits in the story

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 book.

Even though you think this is going to be a horror story it's more of a thriller because a lot of the story is about the emotions of Ryan when he realises that frightening things are happening to him. He knows something is wrong but he convinces himself that it's all natural stuff going on even when its obvious that it isn't.

The book isn't frightening and didn't make me think or feel anything about the characters even when they are scared or upset. When Ryan starts sussing out that somethings wrong he starts investigating it and thats why the story gets so boring because everything is too easy for him. He gets help from a private investigator and it makes it too predicatable because Ryan doesn't have to do any proper investigating and everything falls into his lap too easily.

The story moves dead slow because nothing much happens at all apart from a few pages where theres a bit of action but there isn't very much. It's stupid because the whole book is full of Ryans thoughts and it gets boring after a bit because he seems to think the same thing over and over again.

It's written cleverly and the story moves forward smoothly but Dean Koontz has changed his writing style and now it's too descriptive and flowery. Like when he takes 3 pages to describe the outside of someones house, its too much and makes it feel like he is just dragging the pages out because there isn't enough story to fill it.

Dean Koontz is running out of things to write about I reckon because if you read his older books they are full of action and dead exciting but now they are dull and there is no real story in the book just a bunch of thoughts about how Ryan feels and this isn't interesting to me, especially when I was expecting a thrilling read that I could enjoy like I have his other books.

Summary: Your Heart Belongs To Me by Dean Koontz