The Vision (edition 2012)

Piston of lovemaking was something awesome! ( )

This is the one and only I've read by Dean Koontz so far. I really enjoyed it.

Would make an awesome movie. ( )

An obvious plot and cardboard characters. The only thing good enough was that I wanted to see this train wreck end. ( )

This was a quick and easy read, and a real page turner in some places. It dates to fairly early in Koontz's career (Nov 1977) so the prose is less elaborate than in his later works. I mention this only as a matter of style. The characters in the book, even minor ones, are well drawn.

I found it a good take on the life of a true clairvoyant. It is a thriller involving a serial killer and a woman who seems psychically connected to him as she has visions of his crimes many hours and frequently days before they happen. Although Mary, the clairvoyant, has had visions since childhood and has helped police with the investigation of many crimes in the past, her degree of connection to the murders at present has apparently never been so strong and vivid. There isn't much of a mystery to it as the "bad guy" seems pretty obvious from very early in the story, despite Koontz's attempts to throw the reader bits to make him question that.

A few parts of the book didn't seem as good as the rest with the result that the book ends up as just an average read, although for the most part, an enjoyable one. ( )

Not one of Koontz's best works. I had the killer figured out half-way through, the protagonist was kind of a woos, and the writing was so-so. His dialogue, in particular, was pretty weak. I was ready to give this 3 stars until the end. Just bad. Knocked it down to 2 1/2 stars. Even for Koontz fans (which I am), you can skip this one. ( )