Koontzland - Dean Koontz discussion

Winter Moon will be featured as a Group Read during the month of March 2018. This title was last featured 5 years ago in April 2013.

Originally published in 1994, set in Los Angeles and Montana, Winter Moon remains among Dean Koontz's most overlooked novels.

This one wasn't one of my favorites.

Charissa wrote: "This one wasn't one of my favorites."

That's okay :-) I wouldn't say it's one of my favorites either but I rather like it. I lived in Montana for a bit.

Winter Moon doesn't get mentioned very often when Koontzlanders talk about Dean's works & fan favorites.

Winter Moon is underrated in my humble opinion. What happens to Eduardo is extremely
creepy.

It's because there didn't seem to be much character growth. Mr. Koontz is usually better than that.

Looking forward to revisiting the story next month :-)

Over halfway and I want to scream at them "Don't move there!" Oh no....

Charissa wrote: "It's because there didn't seem to be much character growth. Mr. Koontz is usually better than that."

One of the things that I liked about the character was that he did not have all that much "growth". Instead, he dealt with the extreme, mysterious and frightening situation the way he had probably dealt with every problem in his life. (especially since he began his solitary life.) He continued to work hard daily, read his books and have a few beers...this kept him from loneliness in his solitary world. He tried to ignore it, then tried to explore it and finally, he tried to destroy it. But he always stayed true to the man he was. I loved Eduardo. I thought the escalation of Eduardo's fear and his reaction to it...the same steady way that he lived. He was a brave and curious man.
I thought Koontz was brilliant in keeping Eduardo as the solitary figure in this part of the book.

The beginning of this book was great Koontz, choosing every word precisely to create a scene of action and the horror that man can do to man (this time with the help of recreational drugs). The scene folds out fast yet in slow motion with guns, fires explosions building and leaving innocents dead along with a police officer.

This, for me, was one of the best Koontz action scenes that I have come across. He uses all the senses to create a picture of the horror that was happening. I loved the way this action part was done in slow motion alternating with speed so we could see, feel, and anticipate every horror. Koontz was brilliant in this.
I was ready for the slowed down story of the aftermath.

This book is actually one of my favorites...not top of the list but really good.

Mary wrote: "This book is actually one of my favorites...not top of the list but really good."

I remember being impressed with Winter Moon as well. I'll be revisiting it soon. I'm currently reading Whispers which is our other March Group Read :-)

I didn't get to re-reading Winter Moon in March. At this point, I'm going to skip it this time around.

The House of Thunder is our April Group Read and The Good Guy is our May Group Read.