![]() ![]() He writes with more clauses, arranged in more complicated ways, with liberal use of commas to keep everything in order. His sentence structure has become more complex, as well. ![]() Still, I miss the precision and restraint of his older works. I respect that his writing style evolved and he remains a masterful storyteller. There’s nothing wrong with that-it’s merely a different style. In more recent years, his writing style has changed: he’s gotten much wordier, more self-indulgent and self-consciously literary, more prone to using ornamental words where simpler ones would suffice. He rarely engaged in literary ornamentation. His writing style in those days was robust and tight, concise and economical. Dark Rivers of the Heart blew me away when I read it in college. ![]() Koontz since I read through most of his classic works, what I refer to as his Watchers era. The first problem I have is his writing style. There are two reasons why I didn’t enjoy this book. This is a tense, taut, and foreboding novel to kick off a new series. As always, Koontz renders his characters ably and the plot is perfectly paced. The Silent Corner is Dean Koontz’s version of a hard-boiled detective thriller: an off-the-books FBI detective on a personal mission, a rash of mysterious suicides, a cabal of men wielding a genuinely terrifying new technology. ![]()
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