Though normally I'm a big fan of Dean Konntz, this book just didn't sit well with me. For starters, the description of this book seems a bit misleading. I went into it thinking this was mostly going to be about the character Bartholomew, yet most of the book occurs while Barty is somewhere between not even born and three years old. Instead, the book seems to focus on many different people. There's Agnes Lampian, Barty's mother and Celestina White, the older sister of Serafina, Angel's mother. Tom Vanadium is the aged detective investigating the death of Naomi, Enoch Cain's late wife. And then of course, there's Enoch Cain himself (Junior, as he prefers to be called), the clear and unrivaled antagonist of the book. There's also Jacob and Edom, Agnes's brothers, as well as a few others that I can't remember the names of at the time. As I listened to this book rather than read it, you can see how I found the man different characters a bit confusing to keep up with at times.

Besides the misleading description of the book, there's also the lack of character depth. There was really no gray area in the story. People were either amazing good, almost angelic, or they were Junior Cain, the only bad guy in the entire book. Not only was he bad, but we was a psychotic-insane-sociopath-delusional type of bad. There was no area in between and therefore, no one really felt real.

Apart from bad character development, there was way too much theology for me. I have no problem with religion, but neither do I really have any interest in it. Therefore, I tend to dislike literature that focuses heavily on religion, and From the Corner of His Eye was immersed in it. Most of Koontz's books tend to have some element of religion in them, but I've yet to see one so completely imbued in theology and for me, it was a turn off.

If you're already a serious fan of Dean Koontz, then I might recommend this book. The story as a whole is decent. It's also an interesting look at the theory of quantum physics. I will admit, though, that had I had another audiobook available at the time I was listening to this, I doubt I would have finished From the Corner of His Eye. ( )

This is an example of when an author gets to write whatever he wants to write because he's guaranteed a spot on the bestseller list.

Not that I'm complaining.

Koontz waxes philosophically much the same way that I do, so I appreciate what he's writing about in this book. I have to admit that I am a little disappointed that he is re-using the same quarter-vanishing plot device he used in the Frankenstein series. ( )

Horrormeister Koontz looks heavenward for inspiration in his newest suspense thriller, which is chock-full of signs, portents, angels, and one somewhat second-rate devil, a murky and undercharacterized guy named Junior Cain who throws his beloved wife off a fire tower on an Oregon mountain and spends the rest of the novel waiting for the retribution that will surely come. But not before a series of tragedies ensues that convince Junior that someone or something named Bartholomew is out to exact vengeance for that crime and the series of other murders that follow.
Bartholomew's own troubles begin with his birth, which transpires moments after his father is killed in a traffic accident as he is taking his wife to the hospital, and continue with the loss of his eyes at the tender age of 3. Young Bartholomew has visionary gifts, though to his mother, a nice lady who's renowned for her pie-making abilities as well as her sweetly innocent nature, he's just a particularly smart kid who can read and write before his second birthday. Eventually, Bartholomew regains his sight, Junior Cain gets his comeuppance, and fate conspires to bring love into the Pie Lady's life, reward the faithful, and put a happy ending on this genre-bending tale. Koontz will no doubt rocket right to the top of the bestseller list with this inventive, if somewhat slower-paced, read.

One of the best books I ever read. I bought it in Prague for the flight back to Norway, and spent the rest of the school year enjoying it rather slowly. It's not just a brilliant book, I have nice memories attached to it as well. ( )

From the Synopsis above you are lead to believe this story is about a blind boy. I was rather disappointed it wasn't, well not until over half way through the book anyway, which is when you hear about him going blind. Having said that, I did enjoy the book anyway. At the end the author does tend to rush in several years of the storey, after taking so long to tell what he told you wonder at this. ( )