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Breathless
Breathless
Author: Dean Koontz
Grady Adams lives a simple, solitary life deep in the Colorado mountains. Here the thirty-five-year-old carpenter works out of a converted barn, crafting exquisite one-of-a-kind furniture. There's little about this strong yet gentle man to suggest the experiences that have alienated him from the contemporary world. But that is about to chang...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780553591736
ISBN-10: 0553591738
Publication Date: 11/23/2010
Pages: 432
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 135 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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sh0rtstak avatar reviewed Breathless on + 89 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Ok, I am a Koontz fan but I'm beginning to lose faith in his recent works. This book was a big waste of time! There are 72 short chapters. Each chapter jumps back and forth between several different stories/characters. Some of the stories have NO relevance when it comes to the end of the book. It's like a hodgepodge of short stories that make you wonder, "what the heck?!" when you get to the end. It takes 300 of the 337 pages to build up a web of characters and stories that you think are going to go somewhere and somehow intertwine, only to cram the last 30 pages to a quick ending where you're left with more questions than answers and asking what did half the book have to do with the other half. I'm glad I got this on PBS. Had I paid full price for it, I would've asked for my money back.
Nightcrawler avatar reviewed Breathless on + 207 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This book is classic Dean Koontz- supernatural elements, wonderfully intelligent dogs and a stron male lead character, I loved the suspense of the opening as Grady discovers the "creatures". One of my favorite styles of writing is when the author has three or more stories going simultaneously and then combines them at the end so you can see how they all pertain to each other. Koontz implements that in his book and it works very well.
dcmltx avatar reviewed Breathless on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Ok, I do like Dean Koontz books, Odd Thomas, Brother Odd, The Good Guy...Where did Breathless come from? I was totally disappointed in this book. The chapters just rambled on and on and on. There were several different stories and I was waiting for them to converge..but 25 pages to the end, you still had no idea how they would all relate to each other. It felt like he just decided to throw a few sentences in the last few chapters to try to tie everything together. I would recommend people don't wast their time on this one..there are so many other great books out there....
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Helpful Score: 4
I'm with the other reviewers! Didn't love this book! Too much going on and going nowhere! Needless to say, I wasn't breathless after reading this one, just glad it was over. Not a favorite!
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Helpful Score: 2
This is a book which you are either going to Hate it or love it!! I enjoy it when Koontz gets into his chaos theory mode and how our world is going in the scheme of his stories. so I can only say that its a fast read so give it a try and I was smiling at the end.
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BEEN A FAN OF DEAN KOONTZ FOR MANY YEARS...HAVE READ MANY OF HIS SOME SO SPOOKY THAT THEY WERE HARD TO READ ALONE AT NIGHT....THIS ONE IS ONE OF HIS PAGE TURNERS...IT WAS HARD TO PUT DOWN...... THIS MAN HAS AN INCREDIBLE IMAGINATION....IT WILL SATISFY THOSE WHO LIKE SOMETHING WITH AN EDGE.
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When I want a break from police procedurals I often pick up a Koontz. The war between good and evil is eternal and this author is a master at it.I sometimes wish that I could wade around in the minds of Koontz or King, but I would require heavy duty combat boots!! HootsAnnie
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good, but different
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Classic Koontz, could not put it down!
AngelWings avatar reviewed Breathless on + 160 more book reviews
This is one his best books. I did not want to put it down.

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