By: Dean Koontz
Amazon
Summery from Amazon:
I am the One, the all and the only. I live in the Pendleton as surely as I live everywhere. I am the Pendleton's history and its destiny. The building is my place of conception, my monument, my killing ground. . . .
The Pendleton stands on the summit of Shadow Hill at the highest point of an old heartland city, a Gilded Age palace built in the late 1800s as a tycoon’s dream home. Almost from the beginning, its grandeur has been scarred by episodes of madness, suicide, mass murder, and whispers of things far worse. But since its rechristening in the 1970s as a luxury apartment building, the Pendleton has been at peace. For its fortunate residents—among them a successful songwriter and her young son, a disgraced ex-senator, a widowed attorney, and a driven money manager—the Pendleton’s magnificent quarters are a sanctuary, its dark past all but forgotten.
But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, elevators plunge into unknown depths. With each passing hour, a terrifying certainty grows: Whatever drove the Pendleton’s past occupants to their unspeakable fates is at work again. Soon, all those within its boundaries will be engulfed by a dark tide from which few have escaped.
Dean Koontz transcends all expectations as he takes readers on a gripping journey to a place where nightmare visions become real—and where a group of singular individuals hold the key to humanity’s destiny. Welcome to 77 Shadow Street.
My Review:
Soo I have been so looking forward to reading this! I literally squeeled when I found out that I had won an early copy.
I did enjoy the book. The details and descriptions were amazing, and the mystery gradually unfolds in such a way that keeps you guessing, and hooked even after the One and the truth about Shadow Hill are finally revealed.
There were so many times in the story that I thought I had it figured out, only to turn the page to find that I was soooo off. Then I'd come up with another conclusion, and couldn't wait to see if I was right or not!
While it's been a while since I've read anything by Koontz, I still looked forward to his newest novel. I think I kinda psyched myself up a little too much though. It wasn't AS scary as I thought it would be. There are definitely some spooky and twisted parts, but no real omg, leave the light on, look over my shoulder parts. But despite that I still think the story was really good.
I enjoyed seeing the different characters points of view. Though I really had to wonder what the point was of Chapter 28. It gave some insight into Mickey Dime's mother, and into how the One could have come into existence with so little resistance from the rest of humanity. But we never hear from the characters in chapter 28 again in the story. *shrug* It doesn't detract from the story itself, so it's not really an issue.
I did enjoy the book, and even if you aren't an avid Koontz reader I think you would enjoy it immensely.
****In compliance with FTC guidelines, I'm disclosing that I received this book for free through GoodReads First Reads. ****
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