Reviews for Midnight [With Headphones]

The average rating for Midnight [With Headphones] based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-12-06 00:00:00 Peter Crias Koontz, you did it again! THE RE-ASSURANCE OF FINDING A FAVORITE AUTHOR After my happy encounter of the great author Dean Koontz in the novel Phantoms (see my review of that one here.) (back then in 1992). I knew that I want to read more books by him. My second novel was this one, Midnight. And I am glad to say that I chosen well. By then, I still wasn't able to read on English yet, so that novel I read on Spanish then. At that moment I didn't know much about which novels to choose from Dean Koontz, also at that time, I depended of which titles were translated and available in the local book stores. KOONTZ'S TOWNS & DOGS Happily, not matter of the language limitations (back then in 1992), my second choice was the perfect one after my experience with Phantoms since this book has one of the elements that I enjoyed the most in my reading experience of Phantoms, that it was how detailed, Koontz, described the town of the story. In Phantoms, he did such wonderful job describing the whole town of Snowfield, and here on Midnight, he did the same favor for the town of Moonlight Cove. During the reading experience, one is able to reach a feeling that you are there, in those towns along with the characters (humans and animals alike). Each character in the story is well developed with a strong background and they act according with their personalities. So, this book has another trademark of Koontz' style that it's having a wonderful dog with great intelligence becoming another main character with an important role in the story. KOONTZ'S HONESTY Dean Koontz got inspired to write this novel on the works of the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the book of The Island of Dr. Moreau and he isn't afraid of just telling so at certain point of the narrative. Something that also I admired of him, his honesty, since there isn't anything to be ashamed in admiting his inspirations for his own original novel. I hate when an author doesn't admit that he/she watched some movie or he/she read some book and saying that it's a "coincidence" the similarities on the stories. Geez! They think that readers are dumb or something? So, Dean Koontz doesn't even wait for later questioning, he knows that people will notice the similarities and he knows how to mention his inspiration in the middle of the story. Great tale of horror and suspense... ...that keep you entertained during the whole book. Now, it's better to go,... ...since midnight is almost upon us!

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-08 00:00:00 Tomiomitsu Kawaguchi 3.5 stars There are people in Moonlight Cove who are dying. There are also those in Moonlight Cove who are changing. Then there are those just trying to survive the night..... This book was published in 1989 but has stood the test of time. A brilliant and evil inventor is using the town of Moonlight Cove and the inhabitants in his experiment - a horrible, horrible experiment. The book is told through the POV of various book characters and show the horrors of the experiment and the plight to survive. I found this book to be entertaining and thought provoking. I could see this book playing out like a movie while reading it. Koontz did a good job giving the reader characters to root for and care out - including a lovable dog - and also created characters readers will want to boo and hiss at.