Breathless by Dean Koontz

I am a little apprehensive about this book. The back synopsis makes me hopeful of an epic thriller like Strangers, but then I see that it's only getting 3 1/2 stars and the little voice in my head says, "Ehhh, here we go again." I wouldn't even be reading it now if it weren't for a coworker who offered it to me knowing that I'll finish it long before she gets a chance to start it.....

..... Despite what I said, I really, really wanted to come back and say that this was a phenomenal book. It wasn't. I really don't think that there was a single new idea in the whole story. The same old formula... There was a super dog, something not of this world, a psychopathic killer, a man making amends, a girl fighting her past, and, of course, I think someone's falling in love.

This story didn't work for me. It bounced around too much to allow the reader to form any bonds to even one of the characters and it was hard to keep certain characters straight. And the ending was a half-assed attempt to tie it all up.

Strangers worked so well because the layout of the story gave the reader time to truly know each character; each was unique and well written, and had a purpose. When they finally all came together it was thought out and well executed. Not so in...... Breathless. (Wow, I had to think of the name. Then I was like, "why did they call it that?" Ohhhhh.... that's lame!)