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The Mask by Dean Koontz
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The Mask (original 1981; edition 1990)

by Dean Koontz

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She had appeared out of nowhere... in the middle of traffic, on a busy day, in front of Carol's car. A teenager with no past, no family - and no memories. Carol and Paul were instantly drawn to her, this girl they named Jane - she was the daughter they never had. It was almost too good to be true. Then the hauntings began..… (more)
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Title:The Mask
Authors:Dean Koontz
Info:Berkley (1990), Paperback, 320 pages
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The Mask by Dean Koontz (1981)

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Scary suspense novel that kept me engrossed from start to finish. I enjoyed it. ( )
  RoSands | Jul 18, 2022 |
Decent story. I really liked it but was disappointed int he ending, hence the 3 stars. ( )
  KyleneJones | Apr 25, 2022 |
It has been probably a decade since I read this book but I still remember it very well. That alone says a lot about the book since I read constantly.

Carol and Paul are living the American dream until one night when a mysterious teenager shows up at their house. Due to unusual circumstances, they take the child into their home.

Things began to happen. Spooky things that force Carol and Paul to open their minds to the possiblity that the girl's appearance in their lives was no coincidence, no accident, but part of a cosmic plan.

In life, we all wear masks every day. Sometimes even we do not know who we are. ( )
  amoderndaybelle | May 27, 2021 |
A reread as part of a book clearance plan. Though readers often find though Koontz in the horror or fantasy section, the best way to describe most of his books is supernatural thrillers. This, one of his earlier titles, is well-plotted, perhaps a little simplistic for true thriller aficionados of today, but is a fast, well-paced read although the end feels a little too fast and abrupt to me. ( )
  SharonMariaBidwell | Mar 2, 2020 |
I did enjoy "The Mask" alot, this was a good eerie novel dealing with reincarnation, it seemed obvious in the beginning, but like any Koontz novel the obvious lies within the unobvious, and when we are finally allowed to look outside the box, we are shown a bigger picture than originally thought. I did enjoy the supernatural element, but The Mask did have a few flaws that kept it from greatness: One being, that Koontz, never really explains the supernatural element that was tipping off the main charactors; were the spirits good or bad? Also, the book ended too abruptly,It was wrapped up in 10 pages. We never know the fate of the charactors, did they live happily ever after? But over all I'll try to stay positive and "The Mask" is a good early novel for Dean Koontz. ( )
  Carol420 | May 31, 2016 |
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Epigraph
A dirge for her, the doubly dead, in that she died so young.
--Edgar Allan Poe, "Lenore"
And much of Madness, and more of Sin,
And Horror the soul of the plot.
--Edgar Allan Poe, "The Conqueror Worm"
Extreme terror gives us back the gestures of our childhood.
--Chazal
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This book is dedicated to Willo and Dave Roberts and to Carol and Don McQuinn who have no faults -- except that they live too far away from us
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Laura was in the cellar, doing some spring cleaning and hating every minute of it.
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She had appeared out of nowhere... in the middle of traffic, on a busy day, in front of Carol's car. A teenager with no past, no family - and no memories. Carol and Paul were instantly drawn to her, this girl they named Jane - she was the daughter they never had. It was almost too good to be true. Then the hauntings began..

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