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    <body><![CDATA[The first half was better than the last half. I was having a lot of fun learning about the two main characters until they hopped in bed and the story crawled along as Koontz got wayyyy too distracted by his characters' anatomy. Sex scenes should not be graphic. It's like putting a nude actor on stag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47919335">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For the most part, I thought this was a great book.  Few novels like this are able to hold my attention until the very final page.  This book, I was very excited to read it each day and found myself staying on lunch break just a little bit longer so I could read that much more.<br/><br/>It started...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29453509">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember being so enraged by the actions of one of the characters in this novel that I literally wanted to throw the book against the wall and start screaming at it.<br/><br/>Except, I knew that it would be pointless and I cared too much for the heroine of the novel to stop reading.<br/><br/>I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2166980">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Found my Dean Koontz books from high school while ~cleaning out my shelves~. It took me two books to realize that what I wanted was actual horror, not some greasy haired man's creepy sociopathic rape fantasies. In fact the scariest thing was idling to the author's photograph on the inside back cover...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42647918">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[HE IS BACK<br/>Hilary Thomas knew terror as a child, but never anything like this.<br/><br/>HE IS BACK<br/>He is hunting her with a sick desire more terrifying than hatred could ever be. And he is in her house again.<br/><br/>HE IS BACK<br/>He is on the stairs, and he can't be stopped. Hilary killed him once and he keeps coming back. Again and again.<br/><br/>HE IS BACK<br/>He is at her bedroom door.<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was several times more disturbing than any other Koontz novel I have read so far.  Also an entirely plausible storyline.  Lengthy as well...although I didn't notice.  As with many of his other novels, Koontz effectively, if not terrifyingly, plays on the fears of woman.  Can't really go to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78788168">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the book. I was my first Dean Koontz book, but I think in the end I was a bit disappointed at what the 'whispers' were. it was definitely an odd idea, and it caught me off guard, but I guess I was hoping for a not so 'general' explanation. But as always, the writing is eloquent and the tex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65907786">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Early Koontz, and noticeably different than his later, more recent books. I'm probably biased as well because I read Koontz's afterword in which he gives the circumstances of writing this novel. Still, it's a great story with the typical Koontz addiction factor (meaning I can't do anything else unti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62645278">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had a really interesting plot line, and was written well. HOWEVER, I would never recommend this book because there are parts that are rather disturbing... He tried to be a romance author, and the twins... Ya... They are beyond creepy... Ugh... ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the first books I ever read by Dean and though it might be a little twisted, it made me want to read more of his books. Definately recommend this one. I would really like to read it again but I have so many other books to read still.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[HE IS BACK<br/>Hilary Thomas knew terror as a child, but never anything like this.<br/><br/>HE IS BACK<br/>He is hunting her with a sick desire more terrifying than hatred could ever be. And he is in her house again.<br/><br/>HE IS BACK<br/>He is on the stairs, and he can't be stopped. Hilary killed him once and he keeps coming back. Again and again.<br/><br/>HE IS BACK<br/>He is at her bedroom door.<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book started out so good. I was afraid it was going to be a killer dream book. But then it got corny and dumb. And the sex scenes was just way to such. To much whining with some of the characters. I almost didn't want to finish. I normally like Dean Koontz. This one was not one of his best. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I could see some of the plot coming and was anxious for the characters to catch up, but otherwise it was a very good book.  Disturbing is a given when reading Koontz.  His craft is clear in his ability to craft the villain as the victim.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book several years ago, but I loved it and still recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good tense/spooky read. Though I found it to take a minute to get going, I wound up devouring it in the space of a few hours. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Been a long time but I remember this being so vivid that I could literally feel cock roaches crawling over my body as I read it.  The descriptions were creepy and frightening and it was a very hard to put down book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great story, great twist...I've read it three times over the years. Made me sad for the poor twisted fuck. If they made it into a movie with great actors (a real movie not a tv one) it could be interesting to watch. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I vaguely remember reading this book many years ago, at the time it seemed very peculiar and scary. I just recall the title and remember that I read it, so I cannot give a good review on it.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[For 35 years, Bruno Frye has lived in the shadow of the mother who made his heart beat with constant fear. And even though she died five years ago, the whispers still haunt him in the dark...enough to make him kill-and kill again.   <br/><br/>  Hilary Thomas is one of his intended victims. And she's about to learn that even death can't keep a bad man down.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Do NOT read this book. I put it down and didn't even finish it, which is rare for me. It is nasty and graphic. I usually am a fan of Dean Koontz, but was terribly disappointed with this book.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>The classic of suspense from Dean Koontz</em><br/><br/>He's back--the terror that stalked Hilary Thomas as a child is back in her life, in her house, at her bedroom door.  She killed him once.  But he keeps coming back.  Again.  And again...<br/><br/>&quot;An incredible, terrifying tale.&quot;--<em>Publishers Weekly</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first Dean Koontz booke and I enjoyed it. I figured it out pretty quickly but still enjoyed it. I borrowed this book from my Mom who has all of his books. I will be working my way through them.]]></body>
    
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