Slim MacKenzie knows what they are, what they do - and how they hide in human form. He is blessed - or cursed - by twilight eyes. He can see the diabolical others through their innocent human disguise. He's already killed one of them And he'll kill again...
But even the grave won't hold them...
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Dean Koontz was born into a very poor family and learned early on to escape into fiction. His novels have sold over 200 million copies worldwide and more than thirty have appeared on national and international bestseller lists. He lives in southern California with his wife, Gerda and a vivid imagination.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Slim Mackenzie can see through to the evil core of some of the humanity peopling the world with his twilight eyes. The truth is they really do not like humans and have a diabolical strategy to bring misery to real people and decimate as much as humanity as possible. Far as Slim is concerned, there are no choices - his only option is to fight fire with fire, but he is far outnumbered. On top of that, they begin to recognise him as the threat he is and will not let him carry on this crusade unchallenged....... If you can only read one book by Koontz in your life, make it this one. Even though it's a dated book, in comparison to say False Memory, Koontz seemed to be at the absolute peak of his imaginative and storytelling prowess as an author. This book is simply off-the-hook and a must read. No superlative language can truly do it justice. Wonderfully conceived plots and convincing characters people Koontz best book to date and that is saying a whole lot.
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This story is superb. After reading several of his earlier books I was sure I knew what to expect, was I ever wrong! Fantastic plot, gripping, intense and unmissable. Read this and scare the hell out of yourself. Is your horrible neighbour a goblin? Read this and find out............
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I won't bang on about the plot, as that would spoil it, but if you like Koontz as I do, this is as good as it gets. It is imaginative, exciting, and very good at getting you to care for the people in the story, so much so that it is the one book that I long for him to write a sequel to, so I can find out what they are doing now. Five stars +++++
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When I was reading this book, I had contradicting thoughts about it. Sometimes I was extremely impressed, sometimes deeply disappointed. To get the worst out of the way, let me state the disappointing factors first: Dean Koontz needs to read 'The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes' and take a good look at the chapter labeled 'Don't Lecture Your Reader'! I cannot totally attack Koontz though, because sometimes the information he lingers on is important for the story, but for God's sake be brief because it disrupts the flow of events!
Now this book is about a gifted young man who can see the evil presence lurking beneath a human disguise. This evil is a physical being - not something of spiritual nature - 'goblins' as he calls them. He stalks them, kills them, and he can also see the misery that they had brought over the earth. Like in all of Dean's books, the story is enhanced by several very real, very compelling characters. And as usual, you'll love and admire the characters. You'll be surprised too, because things will be turned upside down quite a few times, which is what makes this book exciting.
I wouldn't say that it is particularly very scary. It is gripping, yes. Thrilling, yes. Even bizzarre. But not enough to classify it as horror. It can be slow at times, which is why it occured to me to give it 4 stars instead of 5, but the way it ended made it worthy of more than 5 stars. It takes a very emotional turn and suddenly you may find yourself so tuned in that time and place seize to exist. I was touched so deeply by this story, deeper than many of the other books I have read for him.
Dean is also a great thinker. In a way, he carries a message in this book that is close to saying that he wished he could blame all the misery in the world on the 'goblins'.
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This is not one of Koontz's best books, there are jarring cliches and technical failings throughout but that doesn't matter. Twilight Eyes is a nostalgic book, set in 1964, the year of Kennedy's death, and has a haunting melancholy for a lost time of certainties, a world beginning to fracture with the Bay of Pigs. Carl Stanfeuss is a 17 year old boy on the run, going by the name of Slim MacKenzie because he killed his Uncle Denton with an axe, believing he could see through his Uncle's skin and see inside another evil creature, that he calls goblins. He breaks into the Sombra Brothers Carnival at night looking for work, and encounters another goblin sabotaging the dodgems, he kills this creature but when he comes to dispose of it the creature is gone. He joins the carnival as a caller and falls in love with his boss, and finds he is not alone in seeing the creatures that pass for human. As the Carnival travels to the mountain town of Yontsdown Slim finds himself in a nightmare world where the figures of authority, police, judges, clergy, are goblins and that something terrible is being created.
I love this book because of its place in my own personal history, I read it as a teenager and it soothed the sorrow inside of me. I may not have been aware of goblins as such, but they can be read as a metaphor for the evil within humanity and its potential for horror, balanced against the courage of people who cannot just stand by and let even unkindness be the dominant force in the world, let alone terror and pain and fear. It set me on a hard but worthwhile path, that standing by is not an option, however tempting that may be.
I love this book because of its place in my own personal history, I read it as a teenager and it soothed the sorrow inside of me. I may not have been aware of goblins as such, but they can be read as a metaphor for the evil within humanity and its potential for horror, balanced against the courage of people who cannot just stand by and let even unkindness be the dominant force in the world, let alone terror and pain and fear. It set me on a hard but worthwhile path, that standing by is not an option, however tempting that may be.
By sandra ward
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this is a book i go back to time and time again it is a good story and keeps me entertained
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I'm hooked on Koontz
I kept that rating as 3 stars as I have not read this book yet.
I recommend it for anyone who read Dean Koontz collections including Odd.
I recommend it for anyone who read Dean Koontz collections including Odd.
Published 2 months ago by E. Ashie-Neequaye
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brilliant book!!!
Have read this book multiple times in paper back so just had to down load to my kindle. Brilliant book, Stephan King eat your heart out
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Brilliant!!
I read this many years ago and always remembered the story but forgot the name and author. When I found it again recently I had to have it so I could read it again. Read more
Published 5 months ago by lisa bridge
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Gripping read
If you like ~Dean Koontz works, You will Love this book Gripping me from the start well done Koontz. :)
Published 5 months ago by John Jacobs
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Twilight Balls
Unless it's set on another planet or different reality, a fantasy story only works when there is some semblance of plausibility. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Brian_OWC
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Koontz at his best!
The is a fantastic read, fast paced and entralling. The story of a young man and his fight against a race of goblins that hide in human form, that only only he can see, so he... Read more
Published on 30 May 2011 by Glosblue
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great idea - shame about the subplot
'Twilight Eyes' is a mixed bag of a novel. On one hand it gives you a great central premise of a man called Slim Mackenzie who can see demons that pose in human form. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2006 by Sam
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Cool
This was the first book I read by him. i was given it at the afe of 13 as a present and it the size of it kept me going for ages! Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2000 by rhickmott@btinternet.com
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