The Servants of Twilight (Group Read - February 2012)

[Tracy]

Mischelle wrote: "I have an old paperback copy of this book that seem to be longer than when I first read the book decades ago.

Is it me? The copy I have now is over 400 pages. It's the cover of the mother and ch..."

Hey Mischelle, you can put the book on by choosing add author/book in the right corner.

[Mischelle]

That was easy. Thank you!!

[Lez]

I've been thinking about this book since reading it and was wondering if anyone else thought along the same lines as...

(view spoiler)[ ...this book messes with your moral compass a bit because all the way through the story we are rooting for Christine, Charlie and Joey to escape from the religious fanatics that are hunting them and yet at the end of the story, the conclusion i came to and the conclusion most others came to (i assume) was that Joey is the anti-christ, which means Koontz has had us rooting for the anti-christ all along, i'm not sure how many books i've read or films i've seen that the anti-christ has been in but i'm pretty sure i've never wanted him to be on the winning side before. So well done Mr Koontz for messing with my moral compass and making me support the anti-christ, it's the first time i've done that :) (hide spoiler)]

[Jaice]

Lez wrote: "I've been thinking about this book since reading it and was wondering if anyone else thought along the same lines as..."

That's what I loved most about the movie (I haven't read the book yet, but hope to this month). I predicted that from the beginning, but still felt satisfied when my prediction came true. (view spoiler)[ There is another movie that also has the audience rooting for the main character, who ends up actually being the Antichrist, after making the audience wonder the whole time. It's called Lost Souls (2002). (hide spoiler)]

[Lez]

Jason "plasborgma" wrote: "Lez wrote: "I've been thinking about this book since reading it and was wondering if anyone else thought along the same lines as..."

That's what I loved most about the movie (I haven't read the bo..."

I had no idea there even was a movie, i'll have to see if i can find it somewhere.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Just finished The Eyes of Darkness and started this one. It's off to a good start - hope it continues. Don't let me down Leigh Nichols!!! The last two Leigh Nichols books I read left me feeling disappointed - The Key to Midnight and The Eyes of Darkness. I did however very much like The House of Thunder.

I plan to watch the film after reading the book :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

AL wrote: "HOW?! HOOOWWWW!?!?! TKTM was my favorite!"

Well, we all have different favorites for different reasons :-) It wasn't on of my favorites, but I liked it enough to give it 3 stars which for me is pretty average.....I mean average in quality - lower than average for the starts I usually give out especially for a Koontz book :-(

[Mischelle]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102882/

Did anyone ever see this movie? THE SERVANTS OF THE TWILIGHT movie that came out in 1991?

[Jaice]

Mischelle wrote: "Did anyone ever see this movie? THE SERVANTS OF THE TWILIGHT movie that came out in 1991?"

I did, as you can see from the above comment. :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I am enjoying this much more than The Key to Midnight or The Eyes of Darkness. Good Choice, Jason!

Chapter Four Spoiler
(view spoiler)[Brandy. His furry, golden body lay at the edge of the porch, near the steps. But his head was immediately in front of the door, at her feet. The dog had been decapitated.

I don't think Dean would have a dog, especially a Golden, brutally killed this way now that he has had Trixie and Anna, but it seems like he did this in another early novel also - does anyone remember which one? (hide spoiler)]

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

There is a windmill in this book :-) I love windmills!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Nearly finished and then I will look at some of the spoilers posted above. This story is definitely non-stop action, but it will not make it to my favorites list. I still like The House of Thunder the best of the Leigh Nichols books. I had been thinking 4 stars but now I'm thinking 3 stars - will have to see what I think of the ending.

[Nora aka Diva]

I liked it. It's a fun read, I think but I wasn't real surprised by how things went since Christine (view spoiler)[said that Joey's father was named Lucius. uhm, Lucius is the son of Lucifer, that's what the name means. So I kinda figured Joey was the
anti-christ from the beginning. Still think he is, well in the story that is. lol (hide spoiler)]

[Mischelle]

Doesn't Kyle Barlow remind you of Deucalion of the Frankenstein series. Although; I've read SERVANTS OF TWILIGHT along time ago and I just finished reading it again. Barlow came before Deucalion.

Another thing. Did Koontz ever written romance scene in his books? Was it necessary for this book?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

He wrote lots of romance when he was using a woman pen name : Leigh Nichols. Leigh Nichols wrote The Servants of Twilight, The House of Thunder, The Key to Midnight, The Eyes of Darkness and Shadowfires.

I finished this book a while ago. I think I will give The Servants of Twilight 3 stars.

[Matthew]

I like this book. I like how through the entire novel you're reading about this bats*** crazy lady and her cult, and then at the end, you think "were they even bats*** crazy at all? (view spoiler)[ And come on. Villian vanquished by cave bats? Um, awesome?! (hide spoiler)]

[Danny]

I just finished this book and I really like it. I'm still suspicious about Joey... but he's a sweet kid, I'll let him off. I think DK is great for still creating doubts in the readers mind, when the characters minds are at ease. Even if that ease is somewhat delusional, it works for Charlie :)

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*spoiler*
Recently stumbled upon Dean Koontz and he is quickly becoming my favorite author.
This is my 2nd Dean Koontz book a (my first was Watchers) the pacing was a bit repetitive for me.

I'm wondering how other readers interpreted the ending? Do you think Joey was the antichrist?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I don't really remember the details - been a while since I read it. I would have to go look at the ending but I am feeling too lazy to get up and do that :-)

[[deleted user]]

The ending was basically like these bats came and killed Grace Spivey when a round went off in the cave but didn't attack Christine (mom), joey (little boy) or charlie (body guard). and "Chewbaca" who looks exactly like Joey's old dog Brandy who died earlier in the book was "dead" (beaten over the head with the butt end of the weapon) but after the bats kill Grave Spivey Joey walks over to the dog and pets him and the dog makes a miraculous recovery. Then Charlie suspects that chewbaca really is brandy and Joey brought him back from the dead because he was the anti Christ. So charlie goes to the pet cemetery and digs up Brandy's grave and its the wrong dog type...

Its left up to readers interpretation.