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Sto caricando le informazioni... Life Expectancy (2004)di Dean Koontz
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. What I enjoy most about Dean Koontz is his character exposition, getting to know the characters' backgrounds and quirks, their friends and their environment. Consequently, I enjoy the first 1/3 or 1/2 of a Koontz book more than the latter part. The reason I like that first 1/3 best is because the characters rarely change or evolve over the course of the novel. Once you know them, you know them. This was no exception. It was a fun read/listen. But I can't see myself ever revisiting it. [Audiobook note: The reader sometimes got a little overwrought as a character would be yelling or agonizing. It brought to mind the over-the-top acting style of Shatner or William Windham in the 60s.) ( ) 409/86-Ενα καταπληκτικό βιβλίο , γεμάτο δράση και χιούμορ. ' Ενα πραγματικά ιδιαίτερο χιούμορ. Οι παρομοιώσεις και οι διάλογοι που προσαρμόζονται πάνω στην εργασία του πρωταγωνιστή , εκτός από πρωτότυπες είναι και απολαυστικές. Θα έβαζα πέντε αν το τέλος δεν ήταν τόσο υπερβολικό . Η αποκάλυψη της συγγένειας και η περιγραφή της πέμπτης ημερομηνίας από τη σύζυγο με απογοήτευσαν . Κρατάω τους οικογενειακούς δεσμούς ( σχέση με γονείς , σχέση και τέλεια επικοινωνία με τη σύζυγο, ιδιαίτερη οικογενειακή ζωή προσαρμοσμένη στην εργασία, ευτυχία !!! ) Πάντα θα υπάρχουν κέικ .... I love Koontz but this one sort felt like an Odd Thomas light. The protagonist is very similar and even the cast of characters around him have shades of Odd's world to them. Quick, fun read, but felt a bit of a retread. One thing I will say, the older Koontz gets the more "Christiany" his books become, and I don't mind that. Don’t get me wrong. I, like everyone else, thought Dean Koontz was the poor man’s Stephen King - a second rate hack. And maybe he is since this the first of his I‘ve read, but this book was terrific! Yes, there’s suspense, violence, and an element of the supernatural, but mostly there are extremely well drawn characters, an appealing setting, and humor! I love a quirky novel, and this one is quirky in spades. There’s also just the right amount of “wow didn’t see THAT coming” which I also like. Seriously, I am so glad I picked this one out on a whim, though I don’t yet know if any of his other books are this charming. Loved it. It contains multitudes. Prepare to be enchanted. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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In the dazzling new thriller from the master of dark suspense, the hand of fate reaches out to touch an ordinary man with greatness. So long as he is ready. So long as he is, above all, afraid. Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. As a violent storm rages outside the hospital, Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. It's a strange vigil made all the stranger when, at the very height of the storm's fury, Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks coherently for the first and last time since his stroke. What he says before he dies is that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson - five dates whose terrible events Jimmy will have to prepare himself to face. The first is to occur in his 20th year; the second in his 23rd year; the third in his 28th; the fourth in his 29th; the fifth in his 30th. Rudy is all too ready to discount his father's last words as a dying man's delusional rambling. But then he discovers that Josef also predicted the moment of his grandson's birth to the minute, as well as his exact height, weight, and the fact that Jimmy would be born with syndactyly - the unexplained anomaly of fused digits on his left foot. Suddenly, the old man's predictions take on a chilling significance. What terrifying events await Jimmy on these five dark days? What nightmares will he face? What challenges must he survive? As the novel unfolds, picking up Jimmy's story at each of these crisis points, the path he must follow will defy every expectation. And with each crisis he faces, he will move closer to a fate he could never have imagined. For who Jimmy Tock is and what he must accomplish on the five days his world turns is a mystery as dangerous as it is wondrous - a struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive only the most extraordinary of human spirits can shine through. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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