Watchers

Watchers was a great thriller and extremely well written. Two beings were created in a lab with near human intelligence. One is a golden retriever normal in every way other than his intelligence. The other is called The Outsider. A frightful being resembling no animal or man. Both beings escape from the lab and are free in the wild.A man named Travis finds the dog and soon learns of its...more

Watchers was a great thriller and extremely well written. Two beings were created in a lab with near human intelligence. One is a golden retriever normal in every way other than his intelligence. The other is called The Outsider. A frightful being resembling no animal or man. Both beings escape from the lab and are free in the wild.A man named Travis finds the dog and soon learns of its secret, however he is unaware that the dog still has more secrets to reveal to it. Along the way, Travis and the dog, newly named Einstein, meet a woman named Nora. Nora has been sheltered all her life and Travis befriends her and finds their friendship quickly grows into something more.In the meantime, The Outsider is still out there. The NSA are searching for both The Outsider and the dog which means that Travis and Nora have to watch themselves carefully.Without giving anything else away, I’ll just say that I completely enjoyed this book. Animal stories always hit me right in the heart and Einstein, with his human-like intelligence, is completely endearing. I found myself reading the book at a quick pace, always wanting more and always thinking about where I’d just left off when I wasn’t able to read. There are very few boring moments in the book. The only subplot I could have done without was that of a man named Vince who kills the scientists who created The Outsider and the dog and believes that taking lives insures his own immortality. The entire subplot is almost ridiculous in its ending.If you’re an animal lover or dog lover, this book is a definite read. You will find yourself looking after Einstein and thinking about him long after you put the book down.   hide

Other people mentioned this was their first Koontz book and seem to have sentimental reviews, and it was the same for me in the first few chapters. I could even remember where I was while I read it 15 years ago! I loved it then. The Outsider is perfect.. just the right amount of wickedness and loneliness and Einstein the dog is very likeable and easy to visualise. Unfortunately, the two main...more

Other people mentioned this was their first Koontz book and seem to have sentimental reviews, and it was the same for me in the first few chapters. I could even remember where I was while I read it 15 years ago! I loved it then. The Outsider is perfect.. just the right amount of wickedness and loneliness and Einstein the dog is very likeable and easy to visualise. Unfortunately, the two main characters Nora and Travis just seemed entirely bland and pathetic this time round. I thought their character development was forced, the scenes were corny (ok, we get it, nervous virgin and infatuated loner.. alright already) and their conversations were about as cheese-filled as you can possibly get. "We are family, and families stick together!" kind of crap. Gag. If only they had shut up I could probably have enjoyed the book as much as I did the first time round. Still a fun read though.. the story is brilliant.   hide

My Favorite Koontz of all time! This one shows his deep love for animals..especially the Golden Retriever. But also..his wizardry in weaving tales that might even be possibly true but so horrifying you don't want to believe it. Always with Koontz...there is redemption and good always is if not more powerful than Evil!

This was the first Dean Koontz book I've ever read. My dad read it to my sister and I when I was really young. I loved this book. It had depth and nothing was just black and white, there was good and evil in all. The plot was interesting and really suspencefull. I would recomen this book to people.