Comments on: Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Book One, Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson

By: Kip

Kip — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:29:42 +0000

The books are great. This review is not… This is probably the snobbiest, most pretentious review I have ever read. Umn not a dumb guy, but I felt really lost trying to get through all of the stuck up vocabulary that was used. I felt like I was reading the kjv bible. Anyhow, the first book is a little hard to get through. But if you give it a chance till the end, you will see it gets a whole lot better. The second and third books are wonderful.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:26:39 +0000

Why has no one noted that Deucalion took his name from the son of Prometheus? Deucalion was therefore born of he who gave fire (knowledge?) to mankind. He was also, however, the ancient Greek’s equivalent to Noah, saving mankind through his piety and through building an ark upon which life would survive a deluge brought down upon the land by the wrath of Zeus.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:12:01 +0000

I didn’t feel it was trash thats a bit harsh. I found it to be entertaining that’s what I took from it. No hidden secret meaning.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:06:27 +0000

This whole series of books was excellent. I can hardly imagine anyone would think otherwise, let alone say it was trash.

By: mercan gunsiray

mercan gunsiray — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:22:11 +0000

i just finished the second book and i think its fun i can’t wait for the third book

By: dasi

dasi — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:20:18 +0000

i thought it was a great book!

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:03:05 +0000

I have to agree with Jim… you can quote giants like TS ELiot and Dostoevsky, but that doesn’t make this novel any better… the characters lack depth and the plot is fairly threadbare… the premise is a great one, but there’s not enough Deucalion, and too much of the cops… it’s a below average read (especially after Koontz’s “The Husband” and “Life Expectancy”)… but come one — “Could it be, that in his imagination he has stumbled across a nexus or a link to a metaphysical reality known to only a few?” I don’t think so… He took Shelley’s work and said, “What if they were alive these last 200 years?” An interesting premise, but the result is hardly as flash as you seem to want to make out… I think this critic pumps up Koontz’s work far too much…

By: jim

jim — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:11:03 +0000

Having just finished Koontz’s book, I couldn’t wait to drop it in the trash. What a pile of cardboard characters, cliched TV dialog, and hackneyed plot devices! The pompous bombast of this review is a laughable attempt to elevate pulp slop to the status of art.