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The House of Thunder | 
| Author: Dean Koontz
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 251452
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Large Print
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0425132951
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425132951
Publication Date: June 1, 1992
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Product Description
Waking up in a hospital, Susan Thornton is unable to remember anything and begins a desperate battle to unlock the mysteries of her past while four shadowy strangers prepare to stop her if necessary. Reissue.
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 Avoid the Editorial Review!!!! September 23, 2008
"House of Thunder" is one of those stories where you are never really sure if the heroine, Susan Thornton, is really experiencing the events unfolding in the novel, or is she simply crazy and hallucinating? After a horrific car accident, Susan suffers from selective amnesia, and while trying to put the pieces of her life back together, nightmare-like ghosts from her past suddenly begin to haunt her waking world. Are the visions real or are her tormentors just a by-product of a brain injury suffered during the crash? Together with a young doctor, Susan is determined to find out.
This novel is pretty unusual and not what you would expect from Dean Koontz. There are several twists and turns taken through the story, and the ending is a doozie (if not a little dated). Hopefully, you've skipped the editorial review on the product page here, as they drop a whopping spoiler towards the end of their review. If you like Koontz, you will like "Thunder". It has the characterization Koontz is known for, and it's a quick read. The action has a nice pace, and doesn't lag, and Koontz does a great job of building up suspense and creating a spooky aire of paranoia that has the reader questioning everything by the end of the tale. Recommeded for readers already familiar with Koontz's other work.
 Not so good (spoilers) May 21, 2008
Yeah, it is bad; and dated. As most have explained, the beginning is much better than the ending. The Russian angle is interesting only in that I can't believe we (Americans) we're really that paranoid, but I'll give him that one. What I really didn't like at all was all the over-explaining. It was really annoying being talked down to like that. Its like being told a story about a story when all you wanted was just the story. Ah well it is an early work, only a consummate Koontz fan should suffer it, though. Thank goodness his writing has matured. The good new is there is a new Odd Thomas book out!!
Not horrible ?? Not too good either!! November 16, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This effort on Koontz's part is just not up to his usual level of entertainment. One of the reasons that he's so good is that you attach to the main characters and progress through the book like a tail hooked on a cat. You feel what the character feels and empathize as if you are the object of the story. This, however, enticed me only as an observer into the life of a character I really didn't care that much about. The book had the possibility of being one of Koontz's better novels but these prospects were never realized. We have a lady hospitalized after a car accident, a fraternity hazing, a sinister corporation, a hospital with secret doors, people who aren't who they say they are - wow - what a set up! Unfortunately, it just didn't come together. Love Dean - I'll patently wait for his next installment of the Frankenstein series. bg
Be prepared for the jaw-dropping twist...! October 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hopefully you're not reading this fine DK tome on an airplane trip home...you'll want to bail out without a parachute, the spine-tingling twist toward the denouement easily makes this Koontz offering worth the price of admission!
Viva el Koontz!!!!!!!!!!
 THE TOWN OF MADNESS!!! October 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had already read this book years ago but just ordered a ton of Dean Koontz's books to be read again. I am very happy that I did. This was an excellent book. Somewhere in the back of mind, I kept thinking that I remembered the ending but I didn't. I am thrilled that I read this book again and I can't wait to pick up another one and read it!
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