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  <title><![CDATA[Intensity]]></title>
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  <default-description>A young woman staying as a guest in  a Napa Valley farmhouse becomes trapped in a fight for survival with a self-proclaimed &quot;homicidal adventurer&quot;, and races to warn his next intended victim.  Unrelentingly terrifying, this book lives up to its name.</default-description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dean Koontz]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[dude, yeah, i know.  dean koontz?  me?!?  <br/>yes, i am serious.  this is one of THE scariest books i have ever read. i finished it in one night while i was living alone, and i had mascara-stained tears running down my cheeks by the end, i was so terrified.  <br/>to clarify, dean koontz is not a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4885553">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I decided that I would write a little about the books that I finish for now on. This was a very scary story! I have to say that it actually scared me sometimes and that is pretty hard to do. &quot;Intensity&quot; is a very appropriate title for this book, I couldn't stay away from it. Definately a p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15157655">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[lovers of blood and gore and scariness]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Nov 30 09:51:15 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is well written, I'm sure. From the moment I started reading it I felt sick to my stomach from the overly detailed homicidal and torturous events, but also I could not stop reading it because the author held a small hope of the heroine doing some lasting good by helping the 16-year-old gir...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9760844">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 31 19:12:14 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 12 14:45:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is thriller suspense at its best.  Dean Koontz knocked my socks off with this one, and as soon as I started reading, I could not get through it fast enough.  Pages burned and I might have had to stomp my book out a few times.  <br/><br/>In a way, this is not entirely typical for Dean Koontz. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14226359">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68970040">
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    <body><![CDATA[if you read my review and comments about One Door Away From Heaven, you know what i think about Dean Koontz. the only thing i wanted to add about this title that i didn't say about him there is that this title says it all about this story. this is one book that i've read (and right now i can't hones...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68970040">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jun 19 09:31:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was first introduced to this story after watching the movie version on television/cable.  When I learned it was based upon the novel, of course I happened to find it. <br/><br/>This was the beginning of a great frienship with Koontz for me. <br/>Of course the book was exactly as the movie, as t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59998660">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60696699">
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hate Dean Koontz, but I go through books quickly and have to have something to read at work, and when it comes down to it, I'll read anything you put in front of me even if it's bad just for something to do. Allegedly, this was one of his better books. The best book I've read of his, I would give ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60696699">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56430548">
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  <read_at>Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A typical Koontz “good versus evil” plot.  Not my favorite Koontz but still recommended as an enjoyable read.  Below is a breakdown of my rating:<br/><br/><strong>Enjoyability</strong>: 3.5<br/><strong>Re-Readability</strong>: 2.5<br/><strong>Character Development</strong>: 4<br/><strong>Complexity</strong>: 2<br/><strong>Writing Style</strong>: 4<br/><strong>Believability</strong>: 3<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56430548">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue May 13 09:24:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The title says it all.  Intense!! DO NOT read this book unless you want to dedicate and entire weekend to reading.  I started on a Friday evening.  Only slept on Saturday from 2am to 6am and was back up to continue.  I read all day saturday, even while cooking, in the shower, and during bathroom bre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22151410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38404360">
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 22 15:32:51 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 22 15:32:51 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dean Koontz might never win a high concept literary prize...but,  I know why he is one of the reigning kings of horror.  I read this book 10 years ago (or so) and I still remember how it scared the bejeezus out of me.  I lived alone at the time and very comfortably, I may add.  I was never one of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38404360">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26465005">
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 06 15:55:46 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 06 16:08:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My brother-in-law is a big Dean Koontz fan so I was inspired to read this suspense novel.  I think the author did a good job in describing Chyna's past so it allows the reader to fully understand how she has the will power and strength to try and escape from the killer whereas others have given up. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26465005">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23601463">
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    <body><![CDATA[Wanna read a book in a weekend? This is a good one. Critics like to use terms like &quot;no holds barred roller coaster thrill train&quot; or &quot;Wild mustang unrelenting tension engine torqueing your fear brain&quot;. OK I've never heard that last one, but I'd probably use it to describe this boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23601463">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>SPOILER....<br/><br/><br/><br/>I am currently reading a book named Intensity. The book is very intense. The book is about a serial killer and a girl. One day a a serial killer came into a home and killed the family but little did the killer know that the family had a guest in the house and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73557388">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42514590">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the only Koontz book I have ever bothered reading. I've heard plenty of bad things about the guy, so I stayed away from him. But I heard that this book was very similar to the French film &quot;Haute Tension&quot; which spiked my curiousity, since I loved that movie. <br/><br/>I have to ad...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42514590">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67625072">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Sep 12 22:59:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been reading this book for a while, mostly because I only read it at lunch.  Some of it though had to do with the book itself.<br/><br/>I like the story, believe me...It's interesting.  The characters however, are not.  I didn't care for any of them...if they lived, if they died, if they hurt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67625072">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66995029">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good book! The story is a suspense thriller that involves a female heroine in an attempt to neutralize a psychopathic killer and rescue a captive female from him. Though Chyna finds her self in pretty impossible situations at certain times, like being handcuffed to a chair and table, Koontz off...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66995029">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this, I believe, back in '98 and can not remember much about it other than this: WAY TOOOOO MUCH DETAIL! I just can't handle that much attention to detail (I have not read another Koontz book since). I usually like to &quot;breeze&quot; quickly through a book. I do NOT need to know, for examp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43664784">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is probably the most aptly titled novel I've ever read.  Aside from Catch-22, but Heller cheated, he made that up himself.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 04 14:52:08 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend thought I might like Dean Koontz, and recommended this one. I was somewhat caught off guard, because it was very well written, but quite disturbing. Suffice it to say that it simply isn't my genre. - Although, if you're into lunatics doing deplorable things to innocent people, this really f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48250178">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 30 08:06:27 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 08:11:01 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the scariest books I've ever read.  Though I'm not a great fan of Dean Koontz's writing style at times, this book held my attention from the very beginning.  It scared me tremendously but kept me captivated from beginning to end.  It starts out a bit slower than most of his novels but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41280283">more...</a>]]></body>
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