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Trollheart · 01-14-2023, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

What? Might want to go back and re-read things.

Lightning is an outlier for Koontz - I've read too many of his to list here. You didn't list Watchers - which is his best work imo.
Hollywood even made a god awful adaption of it.

Strangers is not only longer than most of his stuff (526 pgs.) but it's ridiculously overstuffed with main characters - who you have to deal with the minutia of each of their back stories before getting to the meat of the story.

Primary characters

Dominick Corvaisis, author
Ginger Weiss, surgeon
Ernie Block, U.S.M.C. (ret.), and his wife, Faye Block
Brendan Cronin, priest and curate
Jack Twist, former Army Ranger and P.O.W., professional thief
Jorja Monatella, formerly Rykoff, Las Vegas casino cocktail waitress
Alan Rykoff, Jorja's estranged husband
Marcie Rykoff, their young daughter
Sandy Sarver, diner waitress, and her husband, Ned Sarver, short-order cook
Leland Falkirk, U.S. Army Colonel
Parker Faine, artist
Stefan Wycazik, parish priest

Seriously? You think that's a lot of characters? Have you ever read Moorcock, or Tolkien, or King, or even Martin? Come on: my own books have more characters than that. That's standard. I didn't list Watchers because I haven't read it: those were the Koontz books I could remember reading. I also read Odd Thomas and its follow-up but didn't enjoy them. I mean, above is hardly a cast of thousands is it? I guarantee not every one of those main characters is connected strongly to the plot. Each to his own, but I could easily follow and keep up with a small cast like that. It's harder to read Martin's stuff than it is to read Koontz.