I enjoyed this book a great deal. I've never read Koontz before but Shelley's Frankenstein is one of my all-time favorites so I was curious to see where the story went. Overall, it was imaginative and fun and kept me turning pages (I've already purchased the second book in the series). Deucalion, who is the 'monster' in modern day was well-characterized, likeable, mysterious and sadly human. Victor on the other hand was a bit over-the-top in his villainy. I could tell that this story was originally written as a TV mini-series. There were many characters and lots of small storylines that branched from the characters. My only small critiques would be that most of the characters were not as well-developed as I prefer but I'm hoping that as the series goes on many of these characters will deepen. Also, the Randall Six storyline became boring very quickly with his obsession with crossword puzzles. I groaned everytime I got to one of his chapters. Luckily, he's just a small part of the story and the chapters were always very short. Overall, I'd highly recommend.