By The Light Of The Moon
by Dean Koontz
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Author: Dean KoontzEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2002
ISBN: 0739431471
Number of pages: 737
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Large Print
Book Reviews of By The Light Of The Moon
Book Review: Begs for a Sequel
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is the large print version of the original, and contains everything in the original.
I enjoy Dean Koontz' books best when they start with action, and "By the Light of the Moon" kicks off with an ominous event. A madman by the name of Proctor attacks Dylan O'Conner and his brother Shepherd in a motel. However, the attack is an injection of `something' that takes us much of the length of the book to discover. Proctor warns Dylan to leave the motel as quickly as possible because there are those who would see Dylan and Shep dead if these others were aware of the injection. Dylan and his brother leave the motel as soon as Dylan is able to escape from being tied in a chair by Proctor.
While hastily departing Dylan meets Jillian Jackson, a struggling standup comedian. Dylan quickly discovers that Jillian has also been injected, and urges her to accompany Dylan and his brother. Let the action begin. The ever-popular men in black SUVs dressed for golf (truly, khaki shorts and golf shirts) show up, and suddenly the motel does not look like a good place to stay; particularly as Jilly's beautiful Cadillac, stolen by Proctor, is blown up shortly thereafter.
As Dylan, Shep and Jillian are making their getaway, Dylan touches a frog he was given at an eatery adjacent to the motel, and suddenly feels a compelling urge to go find the person who gave him the frog. The events that occur at this woman's house make you realize that whatever was in the injection was some powerfully weird stuff.
Koontz' recent predilection for Dickensian plot complexity still shows up in this book, but to a lesser degree than in some of his recent books. Koontz does a better job in this book of developing believable characters. Jillian would have been easy to portray as an angry comedian, but instead she is a sweet person that tries to make a joke of everything. Her character is provided the opportunity to disclose details of her history, allowing the complexities of her character traits to be explained. Similarly with Dylan; he is an artist, but rather than being the long-haired brooding stereotypical artist, we find that he has been watching over his autistic brother Shep for many years, and while the reader at first thinks that Koontz is going to forego any development of Dylan's character by using Shep to cover for his lack of personality, we find that Dylan has enough angst to keep at least two psychotherapists busy for decades.
My biggest complaint about books by Dean Koontz has always been his endings, and this book is no exception. I think the ending was a bit weak. There was plenty of opportunity for the principal characters to have various revelations, to do more, to do something. On the other hand, the ending is a natural lead-in to a sequel, and I'm hoping that Dean plans a sequel for this book; it's just begging for one.
As far as recent Dean Koontz books, I think "False Memory" was more intense; I think "One Door Away from Heaven" was weaker than this book. Certainly worthy of reading if you are a Koontz fan, but not his best. Coupled with a sequel, this book could later garner a five star rating.
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