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One Door Away from Heaven: A superb thriller of redemption, fear and wonder Hardcover – 30 Nov. 2001

by Dean Koontz (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 4,226 ratings
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Leilani Maddoc's tenth birthday is nine months away. Micky Bellsong is convinced that in nine months and one day, the girl will be dead. And no one seems to care but Micky herself.

Micky has a history of making wrong choices and living only for her own desires, but her decision to save the child's life - and pit herself against an adversary as fearsome as he is cunning - takes her on a journey of incredible peril and stunning discoveries, a journey filled with tragedy and joy, with humour, terror and hope, a journey that will change her for ever

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  1. Print length
    608 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Feature
  4. Publication date
    30 Nov. 2001
  5. Dimensions
    16.1 x 24.1 x 5.6 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0747270724
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0747270720
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  • Minno
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another cracker from Dean Koontz
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 February 2021
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    I have given this a top rating as I found this book very hard to out down. It is a tale of a murderous individual who has control over whether his next victim lives or dies. There's also an alien and a former abuse victim, who all have separate tales to tell, before the end of the story. Dean Koontz's characters are so well described, that I have wept for them, more than once. That tells me how well they are formed. It's a cracking good read.
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  • J. M. Marshall
    4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific read - naff ending
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2013
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    The heading says it all really - Dean Koontz at his absolute best, until the final chapter which (not untypically) is meant to leave you with a soft glow and the feeling that all is well really; but for me at least seemed a little rushed and a bit twee. I would still recommend the book to any Dean Koontz fans, and even to those who haven't read him before it makes an excellent introduction to his style.
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  • pigeonflier
    5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't wait to see what happens next
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 March 2020
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    Dean Koontz is the consumate story teller. His descriptive writing makes me see exactly what is taking place and where. His imagination and creativity are superb. I was instantly drawn in and that continued to the very end.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well, the best by Koontz so far!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 April 2018
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    If you love dogs, aliens, winning against all odds and murders getting their just desserts then this book is for you!
    I have to say that I really liked this book, great pace, good story telling and a little bit weird and a few aliens. Perfect for a release from reality...the bioethics are frighteningly real.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2020
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    Fantastic book by a magical storyteller. I wish it was real! Made me laugh and cry and opened my heart to the best our world can be.
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  • Pat Sanderson
    3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but didn't make me want to read more Koontz.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 December 2013
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    Slow to get going. Too many unanswered questions at the end. Eg what/who were the scallawags? What had happened to 'The Hole' that was different enough to draw sufficient attention to get her taken away? Was she dead, dying, or alive? Did Micky and Geneva get custody of Leilani or did they take her illegally? Were the deaths on the burning house correctly attributed, bearing in mind that the real murderer was the one with the bullet in him? I could go on. Oh, and there were reams of unnecessary prose which didn't move the story on, so I resorted to skim-reading, so quite likely to have missed some of the answers in order to eliminate boredom. I liked the story line.
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  • D. Mills
    4.0 out of 5 stars I have a new favorite character
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2005
    This is only my second Koontz novel. The first was Odd Thomas, in which Odd and his love, Stormy, became two of my favorite "people." Now after reading One Door Away From Heaven, I have to add Curtis Hammond to the list. He is a 9-year-old boy, or is he? I can only say that he made me smile whenever he spoke, and made me want to hold him close to my heart.
    He is but one of many well-drawn characters whose lives inevitably intersect in this lengthy novel. I must admit that, about halfway through the book, I became impatient. Just as I was drawn into the life of one character, the next chapter took me back to another. I knew that somewhere, somehow, they would all come together, but I didn't realize it would take until the last fourth of the book. But once the intersections started to become clear, I couldn't put this book down.
    The ending of this book makes me want to read much more about Curtis Hammond and his new "family." I think I'm a Dean Koontz fan for life. I would give it 5 stars, but I still have too many questions about Curtis's plan to change the world. But, I'm ready for Curtis to visit me.
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  • V A JONES
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2015
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    I really struggled to read this book. I was about seventy percent through this book before it started to take off for me. Glad I persevered with it. Was worth it.
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  • Christy Tillery French
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
    Reviewed in the United States on 8 September 2023
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    I'm not sure how I missed this one but somehow I did. Recently read it and really enjoyed it. Liked that it's longer than others, which gave me more pages to savor and postponed the read coming to an end. There's a real beauty to Dean Koontz's books, each featuring good and evil, hope and hopelessness, positivity shining through all the negativity. And, of course, a dog. He gets them and writes about them with such love and emotion, it enhances the read - at least for me. This book does not disappoint, with evil characters - no one does them better than Koontz, an endearing boy and dog relationship, and good people who are caught in a terrible situation but manage to triumph.
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  • Rowena G.
    5.0 out of 5 stars POSITIVITY
    Reviewed in Canada on 19 August 2023
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    Personal reading. Dean Koontz is an amazing author. I love his books.
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  • Vishvesh Pathak
    5.0 out of 5 stars It’s about people and how they change for better. The book follows three different story lines and ...
    Reviewed in India on 1 October 2016
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    PLOT

    I don’t think the blurb does justice to the story. I mean, Micky’s travelling adventure isn’t even one-third of the whole book. It’s about people and how they change for better.

    The book follows three different story lines and then at last combines all these three different stories together. This story line of combining three different stories impressed me very much. When the book first starts I was having trouble thinking how could these stories even connect

    CHARACTERS

    The main characters include Micky who is a damaged woman because of what happened in her childhood and ignoring her childhood is the only thing she does. But when Leilani comes to her and begins questioning her about all kinds of stuff, Micky slowly realizes that what happened to her was not her fault. But inside Micky is caring and is worried for Leilani.

    Leilani is a little girl that starts living in her moto home with her step father and mother. She visits Micky one day and tells her all sorts of things about her weird family. She has a golden soul but is stuck between her neurotic and murderous family.

    Though Noah Ferrel, the detective, had less scenes but we know that he is a private investigator and too lazy to solve any more cases when Micky comes to him for helping her to find Leilani. Fortunately, at last he thinks about heling her and he does.

    There are many more characters but they are complex living beings on their own so I’ll just mention them: Aunt Geneva, Micky’s aunt who she lives with; a boy who named himself Curtis (I’ll not tell you why he named himself. No spoilers, remember?); Preston Maddoc, Leilani’s mad professor step-dad; Sinsemilla, Leilani’s almost weird and equally mad mother who’s high half the time in the book.

    “None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another’s salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into the light.”

    WRITING STYLE

    The writing style was something that I LOVED. I could recommend this book because of its writing alone. The words used to describe things were so good that this made me read more from this author. This book is filled with witty references to people and movies and it all blends in. Never I thought that the author was using too much words just to describe a moon behind clouds with lines like: “A thieving cloud pocketed the silver moon”

    “Change isn’t easy, Micky. Changing the way you live means changing how you think. Changing how you think means what you believe about life. That’s hard, sweetie. When we make our own misery, we sometimes cling to it even we want so bad to change, because the misery is something we know The misery is comfortable.”

    MY REVIEW

    “It’s also true that sometimes – not often, but once in a great while – your life can change for the better in one moment of grace almost a sort of miracle. Sometimes so powerful can happen, someone so special come along, some precious understanding descend on you so unexpectedly that it just pivots you in a new direction, changes you forever. Girl, I’d give everything I have if that could happen for you.”

    YOU’LL LIKE IT IF:

    You’re a fan of great writing style.
    You like to read a story that is as complex as its characters.
    YOU’LL NOT LIKE IT IF:

    If you can’t stand any type of violence
    You don’t like aliens or reading sci-fi for that matter
    “According to my mother, all the truths of life and all the answers to its mysteries are present to be seenand understood in every incident in our lives, in every place regardless of how grand or humble it may be.”

    I’d happily give it 5 stars and it will definitely have a place in the top 10 books that I read this year!
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  • L J
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in Germany on 23 April 2015
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    I can only second the (5-star) ratings. Unique, gripping and for me definitely one of his best - although Watchers is still my number one.
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  • Jewelnruf
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book
    Reviewed in the United States on 28 January 2024
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    I have never written a book review. This book is long and skillfully and magically runs three separate story lines for half the book before gradually winding them together. It was suspenseful, uplifting and thought provoking. I laughed at out with tears at the diner dialogue. I kind of hope that the characters make their ways into other stories in the future.
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