Maybe this is above your head right now, and maybe you’ll have to do a lot of thinking before you understand, but it’s important you realize there’s a way to live that’s in the middle, between killers and pacifists. You try to avoid violence. You never start it. But if someone else starts it, you defend yourself, friends, family, anyone who’s in trouble. When I had to shoot those men at the house, it made me sick. I’m no hero. I’m not proud of having shot them, but I’m not ashamed of it, either. I don’t want you to be proud of me for it, or think that killing them was satisfying, that revenge in any way makes me feel better about your dad’s murder. It doesn’t.”
(Laura to her 8 year old son Chris after assassins from the future try to kill them)
~Lightning, 55%
And little things like this are why I keep reading Koontz. This book feels like he was at the top of his game when writing. I’m enjoying the ever living daylights out of it so far.
This is a great book-I loved it!
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I remember you mentioning it positively, so it went higher on the Dean Koontz list. It’s good 🙂
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This is the only Dean Koontz book I’ve read, and I really enjoyed it. Very relevant topic too.
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Overall, I’ve had more hits than misses with him, but he’s definitely a writer who writes the same story a million different ways. As long as you don’t mind that, it’s all good.
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I haven’t read any Koontz, but I have seen some great quotes and snippets from his work. (This is one of them. Very nice.)
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Odd Thomas is probably my one unconditional recommendation for Koontz. Not the whole series, just the first book. After that, you’re on your own 😉
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Yeah, Mr. Wyrm has read the rest of the series and thinks I should stop after just reading Odd Thomas. I think I’ll wait to make any other decisions about Koontz until after I read that one.
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I do recommend the movie too. I found it well done and extremely true to the book.
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Koontz is still on my TBR. I’ll get to one of his books one of these days 😉
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No rush. His back log is huge AND he tells the same story in each. So get a good one and not one of his stinkers 🙂
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Odd Thomas, right? 😀
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Absolutely. AND surprisingly enough, I also recommend the movie…
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Huh, good to know! Do you recommend watching before reading or other way round?
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That is a tough call. I watched the movie first and really, really enjoyed it. However, there is a spoiler involved that once you watch or read, you know is coming, so it will lessen the impact for the other medium. The movie works better as a standalone while the book should have been a standalone.
If that helps at all 😀
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Assassins from the future? Color me intrigued… 🙂
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Koontz has a thing for time travel. It’s one of the key building blocks in his “color by numbers” plots that he writes 😀
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I like this quote!Maybe I need to check out some works by the author. Any recs?
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So far, this is a great one. I also recommend Odd Thomas. I watched the movie before reading the book and the movie was good enough that it got me into the book, which has led me into Koontz in general.
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Sounds like a pro-stand-your-ground advocate hahahah and if my memory serves me right, you too believe in that stance! 😛 No wonder this part appealed to you hahahah
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Absolutely. In many regards, the main character as an adult reminded me of Sara Connor in her “I’m going to prepare for the worst” kick butt attitude.
I am a huge believer in that principle. It all comes down to each person being an inviolable entity. I believe that because of the rights I believe God Himself has given us. Obviously that is a different post though 😀
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