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The Good Guy (Hardcover)

by Dean R. Koontz (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (29 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553804812
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553804812
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 946,528 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A terrific pursuit story ! clever, up-to-the-minute, and riveting' Guardian 'One of the great masters of suspense, Koontz has an undeniable gift for playing on the reader's innermost fears ... What we have come to expect from Koontz are exciting, fast-paced thrillers that make your flesh creep. Once again, he doesn't disappoint' Northern Echo Praise for Dean Koontz: 'There's surprise after surprise, including a killer finale ! a read-in-one-go novel' Independent on Sunday on Velocity 'Velocity hits its pace from the first page and races through to a suitably climactic ending' Sydney Sunday Telegraph 'Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler' The Times 'Psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying ' The New York Times 'A modern Swift ! a master satirist.' Entertainment Weekly 'If Stephen King is the Rolling Stones of novels, Koontz is the Beatles.' Playboy 'Dean Koontz writes page-turners, middle-of-the-night sneak-up-behind-you suspense thrillers. He touches our hearts and tingles our spines.' Washington Post Book World 'Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose. Serious writers might do well to study his technique.' New York Times Book Review 'Fast-paced and dark ! Koontz knows we live in a world where evil delights in justifying itself ! Classic literature that deserves a place on the bookshelf beside Orwell's 1984 and Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.' California Literary Review 'Koontz is writing right where popular culture swells into something larger, just as it did for Homer, Shakespeare, and Dickens. He's got the gift.' Australian 'Koontz is a superb plotter and wordsmith. He chronicles the hopes and fears of our time in broad strokes and fine detail, using popular fiction to explore the human condition.' USA Today 'Inspires both chills and serious thought ! has the power to scare the daylights out of us.' People 'The poet laureate of paranoid pop fiction.' Denver Post 'Koontz achieves a literary miracle ! stunning physical description, unique turns of phrase.' Boston Globe 'Near Dickensian powers of description.' Los Angeles Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not at Koontz's usual high standard, 8 Jan 2008
By KM (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Good Guy (Paperback)
'The Good Guy' begins when stone mason Tim Carrier is sitting in a bar having his usual after-work beer when he is approached by a stranger who mistakes him for someone else - a contract killer. Not realising this at the time, Tim plays along with this but is then left with an envelope containing $10,000 and a photo and information about the intended target. Tim then meets the real hitman, pretends to be the first guy and gives him the cash but tells him that the job is off. This then puts Tim and the target, Linda Parquett in pursuit from the ruthless assassin, Krait.

The Good Guy is a fairly entertaining read and an original storyline but failed to really make me think that this was the excellent book that I was hoping for when reading the summary on the back cover. The characters were ok but there's way too much mystery in all of their backgrounds to make it so believeable to me. The character of Krait in particular was extremely over-the-top with his facsination with mirrors, home-made food and cleanliness and seemed too far fetched to pass as realistic in the slightest, taking away a lot of the fear I may have felt for Tim and Linda if he had been more mysterious. His lost memories from before he was 18 years old and about his family was also completely unexplained at the end considering it was talked about a lot in his chapters, which just felt to me like it was just page filling to make the book a bit fatter.

I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the book, it just didn't match the high quality of what Koontz has been capable of in some of his more recent books such as Velocity, The Husband, Life Expectancy and The Face, especially as the theme is very silmilar to some of these. Overall it is an entertaining read while it lasts but the ending just felt way too rushed for me, with many questions left unanswered and I just felt it could have been much better. There's a lot of panic and excitement but not a great deal of twists or shocks to make it a real classic thriller.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars But for the ending would have been 5 stars!, 16 Jun 2007
By J. Mather "Rock God" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Good Guy (Hardcover)
Dean seems to churn his books out fairly regualrly and maybe he should slow down and get some new plots.So many of his recent books Richochet,The Husband and this share similarities:normal people thrown into action against unseen adversaries.Where a friend/lover/relative is in peril.Law agencies,tracing technology etc.
This book rattles along nicely and is engaging;the characters appealing,but soon it becomes repetitive with the excellent creepy villain Krait(who reminded me of "Red Dragon"'s psycho)killing people just for plot shock value.He would have made a great main character in his own right.
It was engrossing towards the end as Krait lures his prey(I won't say any more)with a brilliant bait!
But that is where it falls apart,the finale set piece is flat and the denoument just ridiculous when you think about it.
But an enjoyable read,but no more of these thirllers Dean! Go back to scaring the readers!!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Flatulence!, 31 Jan 2008
By Big Jim "Big Jim" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Good Guy (Hardcover)
I totally agree with previous reviewers that this is a fairly good thriller (thin but fairly exciting) up until about page 400 and it is as if the author's publisher has called him up and said " I need the book finished by tomorrow" so the last 30 pages are just rushed to a conclusion and you are left with a tremendous feeling of anti-climax. Just like "The husband" really and also like "the husband" there are endless mentions of the wind and variations of it, eg "gentle breeze" and "blowing a gale", indeed there is a section about half way through where there are 18 (I counted) pages where the wind gets at least one mention per page.

And by the way, there is the statutory first chapter of his next book at the end. And you can guess can't you, but YES on the third line there is a mention of the "breeze". Pass me my anemometer - if that's how you spell it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Tries to shock but overstates the periphery violence
This was my first Dean Koontz, bought in an airport bookshop to fill in the long flight back from the USA. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Ed Taylor

4.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative idea, suspenseful, good characterisation = enjoyable read
Reminded me of 'Velocity'...beginning in a bar then involved dilemma's etc.
Can't really fault it for a pacey thriller from beginning to end... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
I loved this book. I read it in 2 sittings. I just couldn't put it down. It was fast paced and didn't slow at all. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars This book wishes it was Velocity
I couldn't help but think that this book was like the younger, less intelligent sibling of Velocity (one of Koontz's masterpieces). Read more
Published 1 month ago by L. S. Boag

4.0 out of 5 stars Jack Reacher Lite
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I've read a few of Dean Koontz's books over the years and I'm left wondering what's happening to him and Stephen... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS...
This is a suspenseful thriller, lightly laced with humor. Replete with some interesting twists and turns, it will definitely keep the reader turning the pages. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lawyeraau

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Exciting
The plot of this book has already been written about so I will not go into that and don't want to spoil the story in any case. Read more
Published 5 months ago by wicket2005

3.0 out of 5 stars A quick Read
Having recently read 'Velocity' by Dean Koontz and enjoyed it, I picked this book up and found that it was a quick and enjoyable read. Read more
Published 6 months ago by booklover

1.0 out of 5 stars The most stupid book ever written
Thankfully I did not pay to read this book. I found it left behind at a hotel and decided to read it...and I know why someone left it behind. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Leanne

3.0 out of 5 stars The (80%) Good Guy
The Good Guy is not a bad book. Over the years ive read alot of Koontz books, but this one is the worst. Read more
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