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    <body><![CDATA[I really want to like Dean Koontz. His writing is exciting and I'm turning pages with my heart pounding. I've only read a couple of his books and the endings all feel like he just stopped giving a shit right before. It's like having amazing sex and right before the end, he gets up to watch tv and ea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36421260">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually wound up reading this book because I got snowed in one day and needed something to do, and it was one of the only books on the premises I hadn't read. Since the story sounded intriguing, I gave it a go, and spent the next couple of weeks on the edge of my seat.<br/><br/>If there's one thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44315859">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[(unabridged audiobook read by Dylan Baker): The two main characters here are Ethan Truman, chief of security for megastar Channing Manheim, and Fric, Manheim's lonely but surprisingly normal 10-year-old son. Ethan begins the story by investigating some strange packages delivered to his employer, whi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40493073">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a page-turner of a novel that I would be somewhat embarrassed to recommend to my friends, and considering some of the books that I recommend, that's saying something.  But I have to admit that I did enjoy it.  I was drawn to some of the vividly-portrayed characters, particularly the son of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80852876">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been enjoying through most of Dean Koontz books. I also could not put down The Face...until I came to the last chapters. From the beginning till the end the book was very interesting. However, the end of the book is really disappointing and weak. I would not read the book if I knew the end is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48698224">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some great use of a mirror in this story.  I felt like this was a bit of a return to form for Koontz and liked this better than the few that came before it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Listened to this- 16 CD's! But this is a good one! - and no Golden Retrievers! (well, just a cameo with a dog from another book) ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Koontz has yet again found a way to keep writing familiar yet highly original storylines.  There are a number of oddball things going on in this novel, yet at a certain level, we've seen this all before.  About the only thing where this does not match up with Koontz's formula is the absence of scien...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73435413">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ This was vintage Koontz. More supernatural than science fiction and that is good.<br/> If you aren't reminded of a famous Christmas movie, albeit Koontz style, then you aren't thinking.<br/>  There are a few incredible scenes at the end, but all in all, the book is sound and the characters good. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44746931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I were Ethan, I'd find myself a good psychiatrist pronto. Most people don't have a presumed dead best friend helping them and watching out for them, but Ethan does. Not only that, Ethan also has his beloved (and deceased) wife helping him figure out the origins and meaning behind several black bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37248680">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Downloaded from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Audible.com">Audible.com</a><br/><br/>Narrator: Dylan Baker<br/>Publisher: Random House Audio, 2003<br/>Length: 19 hours and 33 min.<br/><br/>Publisher's Summary<br/>He's Hollywood's most dazzling star, whose flawless countenance inspires the worship of millions and fires the hatred of one twisted so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14012023">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book.  Fric, the kid, is absolutely awesome. I love how Koontz wrote him and the personality he gave him.  Very well in actions in dialog.  Ever the ten year old who's survived on his own but shouldn't have to.  Awesome. <br/><br/>I also enjoyed the relationship between Ethan and his fri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66992290">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Koontz did a good job in the first half of this book of confusing the heck out of the reader. I think he did a great job of sketching the characters of Fric and Hazzard Yancy. I especially enjoyed the juvenile, yet precocious, 10 year old Fric. The plot was interesting, though once the guardian ange...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43746460">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Unfortunately, after reading this book, I can't say as I'm a Dean Koontz fan.  I was never able to really 'get into' the book and found too many characters to follow.  I found the premise of the 'un-dead' hard to believe even as fiction, as well as the connection between the primary character and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50895932">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My 2nd Dean Koontz book, purchased after I read the first on the same trip to Hawaii on 7-28-04.  Bought this one in Hawaii after really loving the first book, The Bad Place. The bad thing is, it took me nearly a Year to read due to the fact that, back then, I was doing all my reading only when I tr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42046315">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book, but it seemed to drag a bit.  I tend to like a book with a bit more characters in it.  He takes the point of view of the different lead characters for each chapter and I like it better when there are about 5 threads going oppossed to just 2.  I also don't like to know who the &quot;bad gu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72395098">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had put this in the big bag of books to give to my friend - many of which I have had over a year and haven't read yet. I needed something light and easy to read. This is easy to read, but not light. It is a very dark book, grey, rainy, and full of cruelty. Koontz' continuing theme seems to be vuln...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54856075">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was good, but seriously could have (of, I never remember which one is right..) been 250 pages instead of 550. I found myself practically skipping an entire page of descriptions to get the real meat of the story. It drives me nuts. Like, I don't care about the paintings hanging on the wall,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38642117">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The only Koontz book I couldn't finish without some procrastinating and one final push to get to the last page.  3/4 of the book left much to be desired, but the final chapters made up for lost time (including the time spent NOT reading), as the anticipation and eagerness for the next page was kicke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42343458">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read Mr. Koontz's INTENSITY a number of years ago, and cannot honestly remember the plot well enought to suggest that my knowledge of his earlier works had any bearing whatsoever in my choice to read THE FACE. <br/><br/>The basic plot of THE FACE: Ethan Truman, an ex-cop who is currently the sec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3516285">more...</a>]]></body>
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