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賴匕賴 乇賵丕賷丞 "丕賱夭賵噩 The Husband" 賱賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱兀賲賷乇賰賷 "丿賷賳 賰賵賳鬲夭 Dean Koontz" 賵賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕丨鬲賱鬲 丕賱賲乇鬲亘丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 毓賱賶 賯丕卅賲丞 "賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 鬲丕賷賲夭" 賱賱賰鬲亘 丕賱兀賰孬乇 賲亘賷毓丕賸. 賵賰毓丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 賰賱 賲丕 賷賰鬲亘 賷丿禺賱賳丕 "賰賵賳鬲夭" 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱鬲卮賵賷賯 賵丕賱睾賲賵囟 賵丕賱鬲乇賯亘 賮賷 丌賳 賲毓丕賸. 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨賲賱 賲毓賳賶 丕賱丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷禺賱賵 賲賳 賲爻丨丞 賲賳 乇毓亘. 賵毓亘乇 廿賷賯丕毓 爻乇賷毓 丕毓鬲賲丿 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賮賱丕卮 亘丕賰 賷胤乇丨 "賰賵賳鬲夭" 賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賴匕賴 爻丐丕賱丕賸 賴丕賲丕賸: 賲丕匕丕 鬲賮毓賱 賱兀噩賱 丕賱丨亘責 賴賱 鬲賲賵鬲 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱丨亘責 賴賱 鬲賯鬲賱責 亘毓丿 馗賴乇 賷賵賲 毓丕丿賷 賷鬲賱賯賶 "賲賷鬲卮 乇丕賮賷乇鬲賷" 丕賱亘爻鬲丕賳賷 丕賱賲賮鬲賵賳 亘噩賲丕賱 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 丕鬲氐丕賱丕賸 賴丕鬲賮賷丕賸 卮賰賱 賱賴 兀爻賵兀 賰丕亘賵爻 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴 丨賷孬 亘丿丕 賱賴 兀賳 丕賱賲鬲氐賱 噩丕丿 廿賱賶 兀賯氐賶 丕賱丨丿賵丿. 賱賲 賷亘丕賱賽 丕賱賲鬲氐賱 廿賳 賰丕賳 亘賵爻毓 賲賷鬲卮 噩賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賯丿乇 賲賳 丕賱賲丕賱. 廿賳賴 賵丕孬賯 亘兀賳賴 爻賷噩丿 胤乇賷賯丞 賲丕... 廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賷丨亘 夭賵噩鬲賴 賰賮丕賷丞... 賵賲賷鬲卮 賷丨亘 夭賵噩鬲賴 賰孬賷乇丕賸. 賷丨亘賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賳賮爻賴丕. 賵賴賵 賷賲賱賰 爻鬲賷賳 爻丕毓丞 賮賯胤 賱廿孬亘丕鬲 匕賱賰. 賵毓賱賷賴 鬲兀賲賷賳 丕賱賲賱賷賵賳賷 丿賵賱丕乇 賯亘賱 丕賱賵賯鬲 丕賱賲丨丿丿. 賱賰賳賴 賲爻鬲毓丿 賱賷丿賮毓 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 匕賱賰 亘賰孬賷乇. 爻賷丿賮毓 兀賷 卮賷亍. 賲賳 亘丿丕賷鬲賴丕 廿賱賶 匕乇賵鬲賴丕 丕賱賲乇賴賯丞 賱賱兀毓氐丕亘貙 鬲兀禺匕賰 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱夭賵噩 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 賲孬賷乇丞 鬲丨亘爻 丕賱兀賳賮丕爻 毓賳丿 賰賱 賲賳毓胤賮貙 賵賲毓 賰賱 氐丿賲丞貙 賵毓賳丿 賰賱 亘賵丨. 廿賳賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷賳 賰賵賳鬲夭. 賵賲丕 賲賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 兀禺乇賶 賲孬賱賴丕...
賴匕賴 乇賵丕賷丞 "丕賱夭賵噩 The Husband" 賱賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱兀賲賷乇賰賷 "丿賷賳 賰賵賳鬲夭 Dean Koontz" 賵賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕丨鬲賱鬲 丕賱賲乇鬲亘丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 毓賱賶 賯丕卅賲丞 "賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 鬲丕賷賲夭" 賱賱賰鬲亘 丕賱兀賰孬乇 賲亘賷毓丕賸. 賵賰毓丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 賰賱 賲丕 賷賰鬲亘 賷丿禺賱賳丕 "賰賵賳鬲夭" 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱鬲卮賵賷賯 賵丕賱睾賲賵囟 賵丕賱鬲乇賯亘 賮賷 丌賳 賲毓丕賸. 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨賲賱 賲毓賳賶 丕賱丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷禺賱賵 賲賳 賲爻丨丞 賲賳 乇毓亘. 賵毓亘乇 廿賷賯丕毓 爻乇賷毓 丕毓鬲賲丿 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賮賱丕卮 亘丕賰 賷胤乇丨 "賰賵賳鬲夭" 賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賴匕賴 爻丐丕賱丕賸 賴丕賲丕賸: 賲丕匕丕 鬲賮毓賱 賱兀噩賱 丕賱丨亘責 賴賱 鬲賲賵鬲 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱丨亘責 賴賱 鬲賯鬲賱責 亘毓丿 馗賴乇 賷賵賲 毓丕丿賷 賷鬲賱賯賶 "賲賷鬲卮 乇丕賮賷乇鬲賷" 丕賱亘爻鬲丕賳賷 丕賱賲賮鬲賵賳 亘噩賲丕賱 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 丕鬲氐丕賱丕賸 賴丕鬲賮賷丕賸 卮賰賱 賱賴 兀爻賵兀 賰丕亘賵爻 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴 丨賷孬 亘丿丕 賱賴 兀賳 丕賱賲鬲氐賱 噩丕丿 廿賱賶 兀賯氐賶 丕賱丨丿賵丿. 賱賲 賷亘丕賱賽 丕賱賲鬲氐賱 廿賳 賰丕賳 亘賵爻毓 賲賷鬲卮 噩賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賯丿乇 賲賳 丕賱賲丕賱. 廿賳賴 賵丕孬賯 亘兀賳賴 爻賷噩丿 胤乇賷賯丞 賲丕... 廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賷丨亘 夭賵噩鬲賴 賰賮丕賷丞... 賵賲賷鬲卮 賷丨亘 夭賵噩鬲賴 賰孬賷乇丕賸. 賷丨亘賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賳賮爻賴丕. 賵賴賵 賷賲賱賰 爻鬲賷賳 爻丕毓丞 賮賯胤 賱廿孬亘丕鬲 匕賱賰. 賵毓賱賷賴 鬲兀賲賷賳 丕賱賲賱賷賵賳賷 丿賵賱丕乇 賯亘賱 丕賱賵賯鬲 丕賱賲丨丿丿. 賱賰賳賴 賲爻鬲毓丿 賱賷丿賮毓 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 匕賱賰 亘賰孬賷乇. 爻賷丿賮毓 兀賷 卮賷亍. 賲賳 亘丿丕賷鬲賴丕 廿賱賶 匕乇賵鬲賴丕 丕賱賲乇賴賯丞 賱賱兀毓氐丕亘貙 鬲兀禺匕賰 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱夭賵噩 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 賲孬賷乇丞 鬲丨亘爻 丕賱兀賳賮丕爻 毓賳丿 賰賱 賲賳毓胤賮貙 賵賲毓 賰賱 氐丿賲丞貙 賵毓賳丿 賰賱 亘賵丨. 廿賳賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷賳 賰賵賳鬲夭. 賵賲丕 賲賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 兀禺乇賶 賲孬賱賴丕...
357 pages
First published May 30, 2006
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Dean Koontz
948听books38.7k听followersAcknowledged as "America's most popular suspense novelist" (Rolling Stone) and as one of today's most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Ray Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around the world and the praise of critics everywhere for tales of character, mystery, and adventure that strike to the core of what it means to be human.
Dean, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna.
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July 8, 2015
I liked it but it wasn't as good as my old Koontz's books
BACK TO KOONTZ
There was a while since I had read a new novel by Dean Koontz, well, at least a new novel to me, and I was quite excited to read this one.
I thought that the premise was very good...
A husband is threatened by some unknown people kidnapping his wife and demanding two million dollars, that indeed he doesn't have and he hadn't the least clue of how to get it.
The book is divided in three parts, and I think that the first part is the more solid one of the whole book, since you are in the same boat that the main character, the husband, you know only what he knows and that's a brilliant way to manage a thriller.
However, just at the end of the first part you started to know events of other places and from other characters so, many of the mystery is getting to lose its strength and with that a pretty good part of the excitement is getting weaker.
KEEP THINGS SIMPLE
I think that the basic premise was just enough to build a quite good thriller, the husband fighting alone against the world to save his wife.
However, the story gets more complicated reaching some too far-fetched levels, that in my opinion were totally unnecessary.
It saturated a story that it could way simpler.
I have to admit that some of the twists in the story have a lot of air of a Hitchcock film, that in my opinion it's a big compliment coming from me.
However, I supposed that all it's about expectations and some of those twists were against my initial expectations for the novel, so instead to increase my reading experience with the book, it got more erratic and/or harder to accept it.
KEEP THE PACE
While the book started with engines kicking to full speed, avoiding a singlee rest to the reader...
...when the second part of the book started, there were too many chapters, in my humble opinion.
In a plot that it could be solved a lot quicker and simpler, giving a better overall reading experience to the read, one ends with a book spreading more than necessary.
Finally, in the climax part (I won't spoil it, don't worry!), many of the main threat got weaker, and not by actions of the main character, so it's a bummer, and some interesting twists that were arising are left without exploiting their whole potential.
The story is solved too easy to my taste.
But I can't deny that I liked enough the reading of the novel, but definitely it could be quite better.
BACK TO KOONTZ
There was a while since I had read a new novel by Dean Koontz, well, at least a new novel to me, and I was quite excited to read this one.
I thought that the premise was very good...
A husband is threatened by some unknown people kidnapping his wife and demanding two million dollars, that indeed he doesn't have and he hadn't the least clue of how to get it.
The book is divided in three parts, and I think that the first part is the more solid one of the whole book, since you are in the same boat that the main character, the husband, you know only what he knows and that's a brilliant way to manage a thriller.
However, just at the end of the first part you started to know events of other places and from other characters so, many of the mystery is getting to lose its strength and with that a pretty good part of the excitement is getting weaker.
KEEP THINGS SIMPLE
I think that the basic premise was just enough to build a quite good thriller, the husband fighting alone against the world to save his wife.
However, the story gets more complicated reaching some too far-fetched levels, that in my opinion were totally unnecessary.
It saturated a story that it could way simpler.
I have to admit that some of the twists in the story have a lot of air of a Hitchcock film, that in my opinion it's a big compliment coming from me.
However, I supposed that all it's about expectations and some of those twists were against my initial expectations for the novel, so instead to increase my reading experience with the book, it got more erratic and/or harder to accept it.
KEEP THE PACE
While the book started with engines kicking to full speed, avoiding a singlee rest to the reader...
...when the second part of the book started, there were too many chapters, in my humble opinion.
In a plot that it could be solved a lot quicker and simpler, giving a better overall reading experience to the read, one ends with a book spreading more than necessary.
Finally, in the climax part (I won't spoil it, don't worry!), many of the main threat got weaker, and not by actions of the main character, so it's a bummer, and some interesting twists that were arising are left without exploiting their whole potential.
The story is solved too easy to my taste.
But I can't deny that I liked enough the reading of the novel, but definitely it could be quite better.
February 12, 2008
I've always thought of Dean Koontz as the master of psychological suspense. His novels are aways full of weird and over the top characters that he makes believable and then he puts them in situations which are weird and over the top and makes them believable.
This time around Dean changes things up a bit. He takes an average Joe and puts him in a seemingly no win situation. Mitch Rafferty, owner of a two man landscaping business gets the phone call no husband would want. Someone has his wife. That's the bad news. The worse news is, the someone wants $2 million in 60 hours. He doesn't have that kind of money and they know it. Still, they're convinced he'll find away to get the funds. If he loves his wife. He loves her. No question.
The kidnappers tighten the screws from that moment on by first killing someone "innocent" so Mitch will know they mean business. Things go down hill for our hero from there.
One of the things I really liked about this story was how Dean shows two people who were raised in the same dysfunctional environment could respond to that upbringing in totally different ways. You'll have to read the book to find out what I mean. I try to never include plot spoilers in my reviews.
I gave a rating of 5 stars because I loved the story. Koontz in one of my all time favorite novelists. I dream of one day writing my own novels half as well as he does. However, this novel wasn't without its problems for me.
One, the scenes with the wife when she's held captive just didn't work for me. When I read the sections with Mitch it was like I was right there with him. Almost like what happened to him happened to me. With those sections devoted to his wife I felt somehow distant from the situation. I don't know why. I don't believe this is the desired affect Dean meant.
The second thing I didn't care for was just a pet peeve of mine and it didn't really take away from the story. Most stories have this same element in them. I've just never understood why. Here's what I'm talking about. The novel is 68 chapters. In chapter one Mitch learns of his wife's kidnapping. From chapter two on Mitch is doing everything he can to get her back. After all that can happen happens, we come to chapter 68. It's 3 years later and everything is normal again.
What's the rub for me? Mitch did some pretty terrible and even illegal things in an attempt to get his wife back. Seemingly, there were no repercussions for his actions. I know one would say he was justified, but I'm just not sure how the law would take this in the real world.
Maybe that's the point. It's not real life, it's a novel. And a great thrill ride it is.
Pick up a copy and see what you think. I believe you won't be disappointed.
This time around Dean changes things up a bit. He takes an average Joe and puts him in a seemingly no win situation. Mitch Rafferty, owner of a two man landscaping business gets the phone call no husband would want. Someone has his wife. That's the bad news. The worse news is, the someone wants $2 million in 60 hours. He doesn't have that kind of money and they know it. Still, they're convinced he'll find away to get the funds. If he loves his wife. He loves her. No question.
The kidnappers tighten the screws from that moment on by first killing someone "innocent" so Mitch will know they mean business. Things go down hill for our hero from there.
One of the things I really liked about this story was how Dean shows two people who were raised in the same dysfunctional environment could respond to that upbringing in totally different ways. You'll have to read the book to find out what I mean. I try to never include plot spoilers in my reviews.
I gave a rating of 5 stars because I loved the story. Koontz in one of my all time favorite novelists. I dream of one day writing my own novels half as well as he does. However, this novel wasn't without its problems for me.
One, the scenes with the wife when she's held captive just didn't work for me. When I read the sections with Mitch it was like I was right there with him. Almost like what happened to him happened to me. With those sections devoted to his wife I felt somehow distant from the situation. I don't know why. I don't believe this is the desired affect Dean meant.
The second thing I didn't care for was just a pet peeve of mine and it didn't really take away from the story. Most stories have this same element in them. I've just never understood why. Here's what I'm talking about. The novel is 68 chapters. In chapter one Mitch learns of his wife's kidnapping. From chapter two on Mitch is doing everything he can to get her back. After all that can happen happens, we come to chapter 68. It's 3 years later and everything is normal again.
What's the rub for me? Mitch did some pretty terrible and even illegal things in an attempt to get his wife back. Seemingly, there were no repercussions for his actions. I know one would say he was justified, but I'm just not sure how the law would take this in the real world.
Maybe that's the point. It's not real life, it's a novel. And a great thrill ride it is.
Pick up a copy and see what you think. I believe you won't be disappointed.
September 28, 2010
This books contains the funniest simile ever: The man character drives his car and is accompanied by The hobgoblins of wind. Yes, HOBGOBLINS OF WIND.
Okay, so I've read The Husband when it came out and forgot it entirely. Deciding to write a review of it, I grabbed a paperback and began to read.
The Husband is one of those airport books that will keep your attention during the flight, but you can leave them on the plane without feeling any guilt. Character development is practically nonexistant. But it's all about the plot, eh? The book starts with a bang: A gardener's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers want 2 million dollars. Obviously, a gardener doesn't have such money, but the kidnappers are serious - they shoot an innocent passerby just to prove it.
It all gets better and better from here. As I was reading I kept saying "hey Dean ,it'sa not bad, not bad at all!". Sure, the characters are bland, the villains are bland, but who cares, it's not a book that you'd read for school. The tension keeps increasing, and our gardener finds himself in situations that neither he nor the reader could have expected.
Until the end.
Koontz has been carefully building his house of cards to impress the reader, but at the very end he gets like "whew, who gives a crap anyway!" and blows the whole thing down. It crashes painfully and ruins the whole experience.
Because there's absolutely no need to even try to explain how the gardener got out of the mess he has made. He committed various things, illegal of course, and there are no repercussions. All we get is "3 YEARS LATER" 1 page epilogue where everyone is happy and sappy. Not one word is devoted to any sort of explanation. Which one might think would come, if there were whole pages devoted to Koontz's philosophy and the whole book was written in his "new" prose, short sentences being interrupted by paragraphs of some new-age bullshit. Yes, describing the inspirational grass is absolutely necessary, but satisfying the reader is not. You're wondering how Koontz will tie up all the loose ends? Here's your answer: he doesn't do it at all.
This could have been an enjoyable beach read, but Koontz decided to write another 50 books that year so he had to call it quits. Shame on you, Dean.
Okay, so I've read The Husband when it came out and forgot it entirely. Deciding to write a review of it, I grabbed a paperback and began to read.
The Husband is one of those airport books that will keep your attention during the flight, but you can leave them on the plane without feeling any guilt. Character development is practically nonexistant. But it's all about the plot, eh? The book starts with a bang: A gardener's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers want 2 million dollars. Obviously, a gardener doesn't have such money, but the kidnappers are serious - they shoot an innocent passerby just to prove it.
It all gets better and better from here. As I was reading I kept saying "hey Dean ,it'sa not bad, not bad at all!". Sure, the characters are bland, the villains are bland, but who cares, it's not a book that you'd read for school. The tension keeps increasing, and our gardener finds himself in situations that neither he nor the reader could have expected.
Until the end.
Koontz has been carefully building his house of cards to impress the reader, but at the very end he gets like "whew, who gives a crap anyway!" and blows the whole thing down. It crashes painfully and ruins the whole experience.
Because there's absolutely no need to even try to explain how the gardener got out of the mess he has made. He committed various things, illegal of course, and there are no repercussions. All we get is "3 YEARS LATER" 1 page epilogue where everyone is happy and sappy. Not one word is devoted to any sort of explanation. Which one might think would come, if there were whole pages devoted to Koontz's philosophy and the whole book was written in his "new" prose, short sentences being interrupted by paragraphs of some new-age bullshit. Yes, describing the inspirational grass is absolutely necessary, but satisfying the reader is not. You're wondering how Koontz will tie up all the loose ends? Here's your answer: he doesn't do it at all.
This could have been an enjoyable beach read, but Koontz decided to write another 50 books that year so he had to call it quits. Shame on you, Dean.
April 29, 2023
Buena novela, un thriller adictivo que lamentablemente falla en su 煤ltimo tercio.
Ac谩 conocemos a Mitch, un jardinero al que le raptan la esposa, solicit谩ndole 2 millones de d贸lares por el rescate, embarc谩ndose as铆 en una trepidante aventura contrarreloj con varios giros y mucha acci贸n.
Novela dividida en tres partes: La primera cargada de misterio, la segunda cargada de acci贸n -a mi opini贸n la mejor- y una tercera que lamentablemente falla en su resoluci贸n, simplific谩ndose y rest谩ndole toda esa sensaci贸n de misterio, peligro y urgencia que tan bi茅n ven铆a ejecutando su autor al punto que para el final ya lo 煤nico que quieres es que el asunto se acabe pronto para saber en qu茅 queda todo... y no es que este tercer tramo sea un desastre 隆Para nada! Se mantiene digna dentro de todo. Solo que las dos primeras partes est谩n tan bien escritas que resulta un tanto decepcionante el tono simplista que termina adquiriendo. Toda esa tensi贸n de las primeras p谩ginas, toda esa acci贸n, para una resoluci贸n tan simple 隆Bah, esperaba m谩s!
Y es una l谩stima porque Dean Koontz tiene una muy buena pluma, sabe darle profundidad a sus personajes, sabe atraparte con la escritura... es simplemente la trama la que no termina de cuajar ac谩.
Un libro que te har谩 pasar un buen rato, bien escrito, pero no mucho m谩s. El autor tiene mejores.
Ac谩 conocemos a Mitch, un jardinero al que le raptan la esposa, solicit谩ndole 2 millones de d贸lares por el rescate, embarc谩ndose as铆 en una trepidante aventura contrarreloj con varios giros y mucha acci贸n.
Novela dividida en tres partes: La primera cargada de misterio, la segunda cargada de acci贸n -a mi opini贸n la mejor- y una tercera que lamentablemente falla en su resoluci贸n, simplific谩ndose y rest谩ndole toda esa sensaci贸n de misterio, peligro y urgencia que tan bi茅n ven铆a ejecutando su autor al punto que para el final ya lo 煤nico que quieres es que el asunto se acabe pronto para saber en qu茅 queda todo... y no es que este tercer tramo sea un desastre 隆Para nada! Se mantiene digna dentro de todo. Solo que las dos primeras partes est谩n tan bien escritas que resulta un tanto decepcionante el tono simplista que termina adquiriendo. Toda esa tensi贸n de las primeras p谩ginas, toda esa acci贸n, para una resoluci贸n tan simple 隆Bah, esperaba m谩s!
Y es una l谩stima porque Dean Koontz tiene una muy buena pluma, sabe darle profundidad a sus personajes, sabe atraparte con la escritura... es simplemente la trama la que no termina de cuajar ac谩.
Un libro que te har谩 pasar un buen rato, bien escrito, pero no mucho m谩s. El autor tiene mejores.
May 24, 2024
Suspenseful and brilliant, Koontz is the master with words indeed. Brilliant plot, fast paced and thrilling. I read this book expecting less after reading mixed reviews but whilst Koontz hasn't added his usually spooky side to things it's still a very well written book. I loved the twists and turns that stopped me from thinking I had things all worked out.
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** 鈥淪he needed books like others
need air to live鈥� **
July 4, 2017
I envy the simple life that Mitch and Holly have created for themselves. I agree with Holly's belief that we create our own realities (this idea was also presented in By The Light of the Moon, one of my favorites by Dean Koontz). I also believe in Mitch's belief that there is meaning to be found.
Having recently read Intensity of June 2017, and The Husband in July 2017 - I found a connection in the phrase "untouched and alive", Chyna's mantra. In The Husband, the phrase is reversed to "alive and untouched."
The Husband is better than The Darkest Evening of the Year, Your Heart Belongs to Me and Breathless, but not in the top-tier category of From The Corner of His Eye, By The Light of the Moon, Cold Fire, False Memory, The Voice of The Night ... just to name a few :-)
Favorite Passages:
"Maybe that's what a hero is - someone who instinctively does the right thing."
______
.... he seemed to be gaining for what he had lost, what so quickly healed the hole in him, was a capacity for awe, a deeper sense of the mystery of all things.
Then he pulled back from the brink of awe, to terror and to grim determination.
______
He had to do what he didn't want to do, because whether the sonofabitch was a carcass or unconscious, he possessed a weapon. Mitch needed a weapon. And quick.
______
A pair of synchronized spiders, his hands crept left to right across the surface, testing. He pressed gently, and then a little harder.
______
"YOU'RE A BAD SONOFABITCH, A BAD, BAD SONOFABITCH!"
Having recently read Intensity of June 2017, and The Husband in July 2017 - I found a connection in the phrase "untouched and alive", Chyna's mantra. In The Husband, the phrase is reversed to "alive and untouched."
The Husband is better than The Darkest Evening of the Year, Your Heart Belongs to Me and Breathless, but not in the top-tier category of From The Corner of His Eye, By The Light of the Moon, Cold Fire, False Memory, The Voice of The Night ... just to name a few :-)
Favorite Passages:
"Maybe that's what a hero is - someone who instinctively does the right thing."
______
.... he seemed to be gaining for what he had lost, what so quickly healed the hole in him, was a capacity for awe, a deeper sense of the mystery of all things.
Then he pulled back from the brink of awe, to terror and to grim determination.
______
He had to do what he didn't want to do, because whether the sonofabitch was a carcass or unconscious, he possessed a weapon. Mitch needed a weapon. And quick.
______
A pair of synchronized spiders, his hands crept left to right across the surface, testing. He pressed gently, and then a little harder.
______
"YOU'RE A BAD SONOFABITCH, A BAD, BAD SONOFABITCH!"
June 28, 2007
I thought it started well... with a twist that surprised me and captured my interest. From there, it just got less and less believable. From a storytelling standpoint, it was marginal, but as a quality piece of writing it was much worse. It felt churned out, quickly crafted without much afterthought other than the meticulous use of landscaping vocabulary. I'll say this for it, though, there weren't a lot of words on the page so I didn't waste a lot of time getting to the end.
December 5, 2017
Koontz Group Read July 2017
July 2017 read - In my second read, it reminds me of "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn, where Nick Dunne is being lead by Amy Dunne to her "phony" kidnapping & ransom.
In "The Husband" is Mitch Rafferty being lead by real kidnappers? or is he just being lead by his wife Holly Rafferty?
July 2017 read - In my second read, it reminds me of "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn, where Nick Dunne is being lead by Amy Dunne to her "phony" kidnapping & ransom.
In "The Husband" is Mitch Rafferty being lead by real kidnappers? or is he just being lead by his wife Holly Rafferty?
My September 2014 read - How does a husband running a landscaping business save a kidnapped wife for $2,000,000? This shows how he needs to get others to get the money for him. The end is a "thriller" on how does the husband -or- wife save themselves when meeting the kidnapper/murderer? This would be a good movie. This was a NYT number 1 best seller on June 18, 2006.
Character Notes:
"Big Green Landscaping" owned by Mitch Rafferty.
Iggy Barnes works for Mitch.
Lt.Det. Taggert & Mortonson.
Audio on YouTube - 9:32
February 10, 2024
This book was off its rocker crazy! Dean Koontz sure has some insane ideas in his head. I am really torn on this one because there are parts that are really great and parts that are WAY over the top.
There are many subplots going on at all times, and the threads weave together in pretty crazy ways. This could be an amazing movie, and I know the rights have been purchased, but it was a few years ago, so hopefully, it will come out someday soon.
It is worth a read, but know that it will get OVER the TOP crazy. The family stuff was super jacked up, and also the stories told by one of the kidnappers were highly disturbing.
Ultimately it's a solid 3-3.5 star for me since it made me think about it.
There are many subplots going on at all times, and the threads weave together in pretty crazy ways. This could be an amazing movie, and I know the rights have been purchased, but it was a few years ago, so hopefully, it will come out someday soon.
It is worth a read, but know that it will get OVER the TOP crazy. The family stuff was super jacked up, and also the stories told by one of the kidnappers were highly disturbing.
Ultimately it's a solid 3-3.5 star for me since it made me think about it.
May 20, 2020
Koontz comes up with another interesting idea鈥� Mitch, a middle-class gardner, is told that his wife has been kidnapped and is asked for a huge ransom demand. What makes them think Mitch has so much money? A nicely layered tale of betrayal as Mitch is left with 60 hrs to save his wife's life. 6 out of 12.
February 7, 2017
Audiobook performed by Holter Graham
3.5***
Mitch Rafferty runs a small, 2-man, landscaping business. He鈥檚 in the middle of planting impatiens in a client鈥檚 yard when he gets a call on his cell-phone. His wife starts with 鈥淲hatever happens, I love you.鈥� Then the kidnapper gets on the line and demands $2 million. There must be some mistake; he and his wife have less than $12,000 to their name. But the kidnapper is adamant that 鈥淚f you love your wife enough鈥� Mitch will find a way to come up with the ransom in time.
Well, this was a wild ride! The formula is pretty standard, and I was pretty certain the 鈥済ood guys鈥� would win. Trouble is, who are the 鈥済ood guys鈥�? Koontz includes multiple twists in the plot so that every time I thought I had figured it out, I was proven wrong. The ending felt rushed and unfinished to me, but I definitely enjoyed the ride.
This is the first book by Koontz that I鈥檝e read. It鈥檚 not great literature, but it sure held my attention and I鈥檒l definitely read more from him. Especially when I鈥檓 in the mood for a fast-paced, entertaining thriller.
Holter Graham does a fine job narrating the audio version. He has good pacing and I believed in the characters as he voiced them.
3.5***
Mitch Rafferty runs a small, 2-man, landscaping business. He鈥檚 in the middle of planting impatiens in a client鈥檚 yard when he gets a call on his cell-phone. His wife starts with 鈥淲hatever happens, I love you.鈥� Then the kidnapper gets on the line and demands $2 million. There must be some mistake; he and his wife have less than $12,000 to their name. But the kidnapper is adamant that 鈥淚f you love your wife enough鈥� Mitch will find a way to come up with the ransom in time.
Well, this was a wild ride! The formula is pretty standard, and I was pretty certain the 鈥済ood guys鈥� would win. Trouble is, who are the 鈥済ood guys鈥�? Koontz includes multiple twists in the plot so that every time I thought I had figured it out, I was proven wrong. The ending felt rushed and unfinished to me, but I definitely enjoyed the ride.
This is the first book by Koontz that I鈥檝e read. It鈥檚 not great literature, but it sure held my attention and I鈥檒l definitely read more from him. Especially when I鈥檓 in the mood for a fast-paced, entertaining thriller.
Holter Graham does a fine job narrating the audio version. He has good pacing and I believed in the characters as he voiced them.
April 30, 2014
One would expect with a storyline revolving around an average Joe struggling to ransom his kidnapped wife back that it'd be super intense and keep me on the edge of my seat, right?
It dragged on and on and the writing wasn't something I'd expect from a bestselling author. It was sketchy and the dialogue at times was just plain awkward.
There were some moments that made me sit up, but those were far and in-between and mostly had to do with the wife, Holly. The husband, Mitch was a fucking pansy and I hated him even after he grew balls at the very, very end of the book.
The ending was a happily-ever-after of the likes that have not been seen since . I want trauma. I want psychological pain. Or at the very least, signs of healing. I don't want a chocolate syrup-coated sundae with fucking rainbow sprinkles. This is an Adult book, no? Then give me the bitter reality, don't airbrush it out. That's what I read romances for.
Needless to say, I will not be reading another Dean Koontz book anytime soon. Honestly, you'd be better off with . Heck, even would be more entertaining than this.
It dragged on and on and the writing wasn't something I'd expect from a bestselling author. It was sketchy and the dialogue at times was just plain awkward.
There were some moments that made me sit up, but those were far and in-between and mostly had to do with the wife, Holly. The husband, Mitch was a fucking pansy and I hated him even after he grew balls at the very, very end of the book.
The ending was a happily-ever-after of the likes that have not been seen since . I want trauma. I want psychological pain. Or at the very least, signs of healing. I don't want a chocolate syrup-coated sundae with fucking rainbow sprinkles. This is an Adult book, no? Then give me the bitter reality, don't airbrush it out. That's what I read romances for.
Needless to say, I will not be reading another Dean Koontz book anytime soon. Honestly, you'd be better off with . Heck, even would be more entertaining than this.
May 9, 2012
I found this book in the attic of a house i just moved into, after spending the day lugging around heavy boxes and sorting thru everything i thought why not take a break and read a few chapters, well turns out this is not one of those books you can read for a couple chapters at a time, as soon as i picked it up and started reading i found myself competely unable to stop! Before i knew it i had read the entire book anaware of how much time had passed!! It seems to me that the majority of the books Dean Koontz writes do this to me they are so well written and exciting i can never seem to put them down, i dont smoke im not a drinker but these books are like my addiction! Even though the blirb on the back of the book wasnt something i would normally pick up i devored ever word untill the very last one! I find DK creates the most amazing real feel characters the main characters you cannot help but like and the bad guys you cannot help but dislike, his writing technique is so wonderful that his words breathe life into each character making them seem more real then some people i know, anyways this book was exciting form the very first chapter. I Really liked mike as a main charater i wish more people could be like dks main charaters to live thru such adversty in your youth and come out to be modest kind and so very brave and strong he really would be the perfect husband hehe
August 22, 2016
Estuvo bueno, la verdad. No fue incre铆ble ni me cambi贸 la vida, me molestaron varias partes, sobretodo el final, pero fue entretenido.
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June 27, 2018
螌蟿伪谓 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻蔚蟽伪喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 纬喂伪 蟿慰 蔚维谓 胃伪 渭伪纬蔚喂蟻苇蠄蔚喂蟼 伪蠉蟻喂慰 蠁伪蟽慰位维魏喂伪 萎 蠁伪魏苇蟼 伪谓蟿委 纬喂伪 蟿畏 渭慰委蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 维渭慰喂蟻慰蠀 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎, 蟿蠈蟿蔚 蟿慰 位蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蠁喂维蟽魏慰. Sorry, not sorry.
October 19, 2019
My first novel by Koontz and it might've been my last had I not made it my life's mission to figure out why the guy was popular.
Characters: There are a generous handful of them. Mitch, the gardener protagonist. His brother. His parents. The Detective Taggart. The kidnappers. None of them are really developed, save for Mitch: his developmental arc centers around his realization that evil exists....except he already seemed to know it existed already.
For all Koontz rantings about the fact that evil exists (he honestly seems to think his readers don't know this already), he doesn't say what the nature of evil is. In Relentless, it seemed it was "progressive ideology" going against "tradition." But in The Husband, he doesn't really say at all. I think the most obvious sources would be selfishness (on the part of the perpetrator) and apathy (on the part of the witnesses), but what do I know?
Plot: Centers around Mitch's wife being kidnapped. He has to find $2 million in cash in order to get her back alive. It sounds exciting. It isn't. Mitch doesn't have to pull off any heists or anything Hollywoodish like that. He just gets it from his brother. He gets kidnapped and nearly killed at one point and the "hunting" chapter following that had the potential to be interesting but wasn't. Mitch overthinks a lot of his decisions, over-examining every single detail and it slows the action to a crawl. Except there isn't really that much action to speak of. There's a couple shootings. A couple tazings. That's it.
Climax: Boring. The main problem is that the kidnappers totally suck.
The dogwalker at the beginning: he is one of the kidnappers. He's dumb enough to agree to walk a dog out across the street, thinking that his buddies will shoot the dog. Of course they shoot him instead, improving their share of the 2 million.
One of the kidnappers stalks Mitch, but then is killed by falling boxes in a freak accident (real significant threat these people are). Then another kidnapper (the craziest one) grows paranoid and murders the rest of the men holding Holly hostage.
So now, Mitch has to fight only one of them. That kind of thing lowers the tension instead of raising it. Sure, Holly is now trapped in a room with a guy that is giving off more rapey-vibes than the bad guy from Lovely Bones. But after the third or fourth conversation in which he doesn't so much as touch her, that threat is also reduced.
The final, climactic battle should be the most difficult, most painful fight. Or at least, it should be both painful and difficult. Here, Mitch shoots the crazy guy off a motorcycle. The exchange lasted two pages. Compare this with Lighting's final battle. Nuff said.
Prose: People other than those who are fans of James "I'm too lazy to write my own books" Patterson, will find the prose and format jarring. Short sentences. Like this. Short paragraphs too. Chapters three maybe four pages long. This is one of Koontz's recent entries that doesn't have long-wided descriptions about the environment simply because Koontz doesn't want the paragraph to be more than three or four lines long. The form was so bad I wasn't even aware of the political message at the time.
Another thing that stood out to me when I first read it: squeaky clean language. People in real life swear. The average person in real life swears a lot. I have heard people swear while making statements under oath. I have heard lawyers swear in their own offices with the doors open. Criminals probably swear even more than that.
The worst thing people say in The Husband is shit and bitch and even that is relatively occasional. The kidnappers (hardened veteran criminals) refer to Holly as "honey." Huh? People get betrayed by loved ones, criminals get fastened to chairs and trapped in laundry rooms and nobody says the word "fuck"?
I get that you don't want it to be a crutch or make it be distracting. But when you are billed as a writer of "suspense" exploring the darkness of humanity, you can't be afraid of it like Tolkien is going to rise out of his grave and take your Catholic card away.
With the lack of detailed violence and clean language, the end result is that The Husband reads more like young adult fiction.
Conclusion: Not recommended.
Update: I've actually reread it a little bit, after reading stuff like Lightning, and Frankenstein and Odd Thomas, and the Door to December. And I've read previews for stuff like Dragon Tears and Phantoms and By the Light of the Moon and Life Expectancy.
It really is just such a plain-Jane novel from an author known to use sci-fi and government conspiracies and supernatural stuff. Literally anyone could've written such a basic kidnapping story.
Characters: There are a generous handful of them. Mitch, the gardener protagonist. His brother. His parents. The Detective Taggart. The kidnappers. None of them are really developed, save for Mitch: his developmental arc centers around his realization that evil exists....except he already seemed to know it existed already.
For all Koontz rantings about the fact that evil exists (he honestly seems to think his readers don't know this already), he doesn't say what the nature of evil is. In Relentless, it seemed it was "progressive ideology" going against "tradition." But in The Husband, he doesn't really say at all. I think the most obvious sources would be selfishness (on the part of the perpetrator) and apathy (on the part of the witnesses), but what do I know?
Plot: Centers around Mitch's wife being kidnapped. He has to find $2 million in cash in order to get her back alive. It sounds exciting. It isn't. Mitch doesn't have to pull off any heists or anything Hollywoodish like that. He just gets it from his brother. He gets kidnapped and nearly killed at one point and the "hunting" chapter following that had the potential to be interesting but wasn't. Mitch overthinks a lot of his decisions, over-examining every single detail and it slows the action to a crawl. Except there isn't really that much action to speak of. There's a couple shootings. A couple tazings. That's it.
Climax: Boring. The main problem is that the kidnappers totally suck.
The dogwalker at the beginning: he is one of the kidnappers. He's dumb enough to agree to walk a dog out across the street, thinking that his buddies will shoot the dog. Of course they shoot him instead, improving their share of the 2 million.
One of the kidnappers stalks Mitch, but then is killed by falling boxes in a freak accident (real significant threat these people are). Then another kidnapper (the craziest one) grows paranoid and murders the rest of the men holding Holly hostage.
So now, Mitch has to fight only one of them. That kind of thing lowers the tension instead of raising it. Sure, Holly is now trapped in a room with a guy that is giving off more rapey-vibes than the bad guy from Lovely Bones. But after the third or fourth conversation in which he doesn't so much as touch her, that threat is also reduced.
The final, climactic battle should be the most difficult, most painful fight. Or at least, it should be both painful and difficult. Here, Mitch shoots the crazy guy off a motorcycle. The exchange lasted two pages. Compare this with Lighting's final battle. Nuff said.
Prose: People other than those who are fans of James "I'm too lazy to write my own books" Patterson, will find the prose and format jarring. Short sentences. Like this. Short paragraphs too. Chapters three maybe four pages long. This is one of Koontz's recent entries that doesn't have long-wided descriptions about the environment simply because Koontz doesn't want the paragraph to be more than three or four lines long. The form was so bad I wasn't even aware of the political message at the time.
Another thing that stood out to me when I first read it: squeaky clean language. People in real life swear. The average person in real life swears a lot. I have heard people swear while making statements under oath. I have heard lawyers swear in their own offices with the doors open. Criminals probably swear even more than that.
The worst thing people say in The Husband is shit and bitch and even that is relatively occasional. The kidnappers (hardened veteran criminals) refer to Holly as "honey." Huh? People get betrayed by loved ones, criminals get fastened to chairs and trapped in laundry rooms and nobody says the word "fuck"?
I get that you don't want it to be a crutch or make it be distracting. But when you are billed as a writer of "suspense" exploring the darkness of humanity, you can't be afraid of it like Tolkien is going to rise out of his grave and take your Catholic card away.
With the lack of detailed violence and clean language, the end result is that The Husband reads more like young adult fiction.
Conclusion: Not recommended.
Update: I've actually reread it a little bit, after reading stuff like Lightning, and Frankenstein and Odd Thomas, and the Door to December. And I've read previews for stuff like Dragon Tears and Phantoms and By the Light of the Moon and Life Expectancy.
It really is just such a plain-Jane novel from an author known to use sci-fi and government conspiracies and supernatural stuff. Literally anyone could've written such a basic kidnapping story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 18, 2022
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賵賰賷賱 毓賯丕乇賷 賲賷賳 賵賯氐乇 賲賷賳 賷丕 乇賮丿賷 丿賴 丕賳鬲賷 賴鬲賲賵鬲賷 賯亘賱 賲丕 鬲兀噩乇賷 卮賯丞 丕爻丕爻丕 賮賷 丕賱夭賱夭丕賱
丨鬲丞 鬲丕賳賷丞 丕賱夭賵噩 胤賱毓丕賳 毓賷賳賴 賵賲囟乇賵亘 賵賲爻丨賵賱 爻丨賱丞 賵賱丕 丕賱丨乇丕賲賷 賵亘賷鬲囟乇亘 毓賱賷賴 賳丕乇 賵丕丨鬲賲丕賱 賷賲賵鬲 亘毓丿 丕乇亘毓 孬賵丕賳賷 賲卮 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 亘賯賷 賷賰賲賱 賲賵囟賵毓 丕賱賯鬲賱 丿賴 毓卮丕賳 丕賱賯丕乇賷亍 賷鬲卮丿 亘賯賷 貙 賱兀 賷賯賵賲 賷禺賱賷 丕賱亘胤賱 賷爻賷亘 丕賱賲毓噩賳丞 丿賴 賵賷鬲禺賷賱 賵賷賮賰乇 賮賷 卮睾賱賴 賵丕賲賴 賵毓賷丿 賲賷賱丕丿 噩賵夭 禺丕賱鬲賴 賵胤賱亘丕鬲 賷噩賷亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賵賱丕丿 乇噩亘 賲毓 賵氐賮 賵乇睾賷 賲卮 胤亘賷毓賷
鬲賯賵賲 丕賳鬲 鬲賳爻賷 丕爻丕爻丕 賴賵 賰丕賳 賮賷賳 賵賲賷賳 賰丕賳 亘賷丨丕賵賱 賷賯鬲賱賴 賵賲賷賳 兀爻丕爻丕 丕賱賷 丕鬲禺胤賮 賵亘賷丿賵乇賵丕 毓賱賷 賲賷賳
胤亘毓丕 卮鬲賷賲丞 賱賱氐亘丨 丕賱賱賷 賴賵 賱賵 禺丕賱鬲賰 亘鬲丨賰賷 丕賱賯氐丞 賲卮 賴鬲丨賰賷賴丕 賰丿丕
賵丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 囟丕賷毓丞听 賷毓賳賷 賳賴丕賷丞 賮賷賱賲 毓氐乇 丕賱賯賵丞 亘鬲丕毓 賳丕丿賷丞 丕賱噩賳丿賷 賳賴丕賷鬲賴 賵丕賯毓賷丞 毓賳 賳賴丕賷丞 賮賷賱賲 丕賱賰乇鬲賵賳 丿賴
賷毓賳賷 賵丕丨丿 賲乇丕鬲賴 丕鬲禺胤賮鬲 賷賯毓丿 賷乇睾賷 爻亘毓鬲賱丕賮 氐賮丨丞 賱賷賴 賵賷賵氐賮 賵賷丨賰賷 丨賵丕丿賷鬲 賲賱賴丕卮 丕賷 毓賱丕賯丞 亘丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 賵賲賲賱丞
賲鬲禺賷賱賷賳 噩夭亍 賲孬賱丕 賲乇丕鬲賴 丕賱賲禺胤賵賮丞 丿賴 賮丕囟賱 伲 丿賯丕賷賯 賵丕丨鬲賲丕賱 賷丕 鬲乇噩毓 賷丕 鬲丕禺丿 胤賱賯丞 賮賷 爻賳丕賳賴丕 賴賷 賵噩賵夭賴丕 賵賷睾鬲氐亘賵賴丕 賰賲丕賳听 ...賲賰丕賳 丕賱鬲爻賱賷賲 賯氐乇 賲賴噩賵乇 鬲賯賵賲 爻丕賷亘賴 丕賱丿賳賷丕 丿賴 賰賱賴丕 賵鬲賯毓丿 鬲賮賰乇 賮賷 賯氐丞 賲賱賷丕乇丿賷乇 賵賯氐丞 賰賮丕丨賴 賵丕夭丕賷 亘賯賷 賲賱賷丕乇丿賷乇
胤賷亘 丕賷賴 丕賱賱賷 噩丕亘 丕賲 丕賱賲賱賷丕乇丿賷乇 賮賷 丕賱賯氐丞...丕氐亘乇 丕賱丨賰賲丞 賮賷 丕賱丕禺乇 丕賳 卮丕亍 丕賱賱丞
丕賱賲賴賲 丕賱賲賱賷丕乇丿賷乇 丿賴听 賰丕賳 毓丕賷夭 賷亘賷毓 賯氐乇 毓賳丿賴 賮賷丕丕丕 爻賱丕賲 賱賵 毓乇賮鬲 賴賷 鬲亘賷锟斤拷賴 毓卮丕賳 鬲丕禺丿 毓賲賵賱丞 丕氐賱 丕賳丕 賲丨賰鬲賱賰卮 ...賴賷 賰丕賳 賳賮爻賴丕 鬲亘賯賷 賵賰賷賱 毓賯丕乇賷 賵鬲賳噩丨 ...賷丕 丿賷賳賷 毓賱賷 丕賱賱賮丞 鬲爻鬲毓丕卮乇 氐賮丨丞 毓卮丕賳 賳毓乇賮 丕賳賴丕 賳賮爻賴丕 鬲亘賯賷 賵賰賷賱丞 毓賯丕乇丕鬲 丕賲丕賱 賱賵 賰丕賳 賳賮爻賴丕 鬲胤賱毓 賲賴賳丿爻丞
賵賰賷賱 毓賯丕乇賷 賲賷賳 賵賯氐乇 賲賷賳 賷丕 乇賮丿賷 丿賴 丕賳鬲賷 賴鬲賲賵鬲賷 賯亘賱 賲丕 鬲兀噩乇賷 卮賯丞 丕爻丕爻丕 賮賷 丕賱夭賱夭丕賱
丨鬲丞 鬲丕賳賷丞 丕賱夭賵噩 胤賱毓丕賳 毓賷賳賴 賵賲囟乇賵亘 賵賲爻丨賵賱 爻丨賱丞 賵賱丕 丕賱丨乇丕賲賷 賵亘賷鬲囟乇亘 毓賱賷賴 賳丕乇 賵丕丨鬲賲丕賱 賷賲賵鬲 亘毓丿 丕乇亘毓 孬賵丕賳賷 賲卮 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 亘賯賷 賷賰賲賱 賲賵囟賵毓 丕賱賯鬲賱 丿賴 毓卮丕賳 丕賱賯丕乇賷亍 賷鬲卮丿 亘賯賷 貙 賱兀 賷賯賵賲 賷禺賱賷 丕賱亘胤賱 賷爻賷亘 丕賱賲毓噩賳丞 丿賴 賵賷鬲禺賷賱 賵賷賮賰乇 賮賷 卮睾賱賴 賵丕賲賴 賵毓賷丿 賲賷賱丕丿 噩賵夭 禺丕賱鬲賴 賵胤賱亘丕鬲 賷噩賷亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賵賱丕丿 乇噩亘 賲毓 賵氐賮 賵乇睾賷 賲卮 胤亘賷毓賷
鬲賯賵賲 丕賳鬲 鬲賳爻賷 丕爻丕爻丕 賴賵 賰丕賳 賮賷賳 賵賲賷賳 賰丕賳 亘賷丨丕賵賱 賷賯鬲賱賴 賵賲賷賳 兀爻丕爻丕 丕賱賷 丕鬲禺胤賮 賵亘賷丿賵乇賵丕 毓賱賷 賲賷賳
胤亘毓丕 卮鬲賷賲丞 賱賱氐亘丨 丕賱賱賷 賴賵 賱賵 禺丕賱鬲賰 亘鬲丨賰賷 丕賱賯氐丞 賲卮 賴鬲丨賰賷賴丕 賰丿丕
賵丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 囟丕賷毓丞听 賷毓賳賷 賳賴丕賷丞 賮賷賱賲 毓氐乇 丕賱賯賵丞 亘鬲丕毓 賳丕丿賷丞 丕賱噩賳丿賷 賳賴丕賷鬲賴 賵丕賯毓賷丞 毓賳 賳賴丕賷丞 賮賷賱賲 丕賱賰乇鬲賵賳 丿賴
November 3, 2016
This book was recommended to me by a co-worker after I let him borrow my Life Expectancy copy. Compared to that, this was a huge disappointment.
The first hundred or so pages dragged on, but I kept reading in hopes of it becoming something more entertaining. I think it had the potential, but just fell short.
After the twist of his brother's involvement, I thought for sure the plot would get thicker and more complicated. But instead the book just plodded on with the same mediocre sense of suspense.
Though the part that still looms in my mind takes place at the end of Part I. Mitch gets stuffed into the trunk of the old Chrysler and the lid is slammed. The end of the next chapter describes Holly hearing a trunk lid close. I'm assuming this wasn't a coincidence. Was she being kept above the mobster's garage? Was Anson in on her kidnapping? This would have been more interesting. Alas it was never brought up again or explained.
The first hundred or so pages dragged on, but I kept reading in hopes of it becoming something more entertaining. I think it had the potential, but just fell short.
After the twist of his brother's involvement, I thought for sure the plot would get thicker and more complicated. But instead the book just plodded on with the same mediocre sense of suspense.
Though the part that still looms in my mind takes place at the end of Part I. Mitch gets stuffed into the trunk of the old Chrysler and the lid is slammed. The end of the next chapter describes Holly hearing a trunk lid close. I'm assuming this wasn't a coincidence. Was she being kept above the mobster's garage? Was Anson in on her kidnapping? This would have been more interesting. Alas it was never brought up again or explained.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 7, 2020
My first Koontz
Such a strong first part, such a strong husband. This is what binds this book, the strength of Mitch's commitment to being a husband and what that meant.
Such a strong first part, such a strong husband. This is what binds this book, the strength of Mitch's commitment to being a husband and what that meant.
February 2, 2025
Non il massimo della valutazione per un semplice motivo: l'epilogo non mi ha pienamente convinto. Sbrigativo, non approfondito e scarno mi verrebbe da dire.
Per il resto, tolta questa "pecca" se cos矛 vogliamo definirla, il romanzo mi 猫 molto piaciuto!
Ricco, davvero strabordante, di colpi di scena. Incalzanti, non ti danno tempo di reazione all'accaduto perch茅 subito ne sussegue un altro. Serrati e mai banali. Incredibilmente riusciti insieme a una scrittura lineare, semplice ma accattivante.
Un ottimo libro!
Per il resto, tolta questa "pecca" se cos矛 vogliamo definirla, il romanzo mi 猫 molto piaciuto!
Ricco, davvero strabordante, di colpi di scena. Incalzanti, non ti danno tempo di reazione all'accaduto perch茅 subito ne sussegue un altro. Serrati e mai banali. Incredibilmente riusciti insieme a una scrittura lineare, semplice ma accattivante.
Un ottimo libro!
December 8, 2021
The Husband is different from most of Koontz's more familiar novels, being a fast-paced suspense story without the familiar trappings for which he became most known. It's divided into three parts which become progressively less convincing, but with hard cuts and fast action that leave little room for reflection. It's like an action/adventure interpretive version of Indecent Proposal. Not really too memorable, but a fun read.
November 5, 2022
3.75/5
While this was not among the best Koontz novels this was fast-paced and very entertaining. There are a lot of plot holes in this one like the novel was missing its final draft. Also, the ending felt very rushed and the antagonists were oddly two-dimensional for a Koontz story.
While this was not among the best Koontz novels this was fast-paced and very entertaining. There are a lot of plot holes in this one like the novel was missing its final draft. Also, the ending felt very rushed and the antagonists were oddly two-dimensional for a Koontz story.
March 23, 2018
Koontz isn't reinventing the wheel with this book but it is some damn fine entertainment.
Great page-turner for a lazy weekend.
Great page-turner for a lazy weekend.
March 4, 2021
乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞 賵賲卮賵賯丞貙 兀丨丿丕孬賴丕 賲孬賷乇丞貙 爻鬲噩毓賱 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賷賯亘賱 毓賱賶 賯乇丕亍丞 丿賷賳 賰賵賳鬲夭 丕賱亘丕乇毓 賮賷 兀丿亘 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 賵毓賵丕賱賲賴 丕賱亘賵賱賷爻賷丞 賵丨亘賰丕鬲賴 丕賱賱丕賴孬丞 丕賱兀賳賮丕爻.
December 28, 2008
Although Dean Koontz isn鈥檛 quite as successful as Stephen King, he鈥檚 certainly been writing for a long time now, almost as long as King himself. In the old days he used to do supernatural horrors but these days he seems to have re-branded himself as a thriller writer, and there鈥檚 no doubting that he鈥檚 extremely prolific 鈥� I see new books coming out from him all the time. The Husband was released a couple of years ago and it鈥檚 familiar territory for thriller fans: a seemingly innocuous man finds himself caught up in a whole heap of trouble when his wife is kidnapped and held for ransom.
What follows is a novel that鈥檚 chock-full of twists and turns and an easy writing style that makes it an effortless read. The problem is that it all seems so familiar. I love thrillers but this type of 鈥榬ansom鈥� plot really has been done to death, and the little tweaks and touches that Koontz adds to the plot don鈥檛 really do anything new. I know there are no new stories left in the world but I think a little more imagination would have gone a long way.
Still, there are positives. The everyman hero is appealing and the characters well drawn. Koontz ably hides the motivation of supporting characters and you鈥檙e never quite sure who鈥檚 good or who鈥檚 bad. The opening chapters of the novel are extremely suspenseful and packed with shocking surprises, and up to the mid-way point it鈥檚 a bit of a rollercoaster read. Unfortunately, the book starts falling apart at around this mark as the author runs out of steam and resorts to hefty padding to up the page length. There鈥檚 a whole monologue on fossil collecting to endure and lots of other unnecessary elements that don鈥檛 really add much to the way of the story. The ending is also a little tired, as the bad guy and the good guy duel it out to the death and one of those 鈥渞ecurring villain鈥� deaths so beloved of Hollywood horror movies where the bad guy keeps coming back to life. It鈥檚 clich茅d and a little dull, and it feels it.
So a great first half and a subdued second half equal a distinctly average novel. It鈥檚 okay but far from the pulse-pounding read I was hoping for. Koontz, you can do better than this, and turning autopilot off would be a great start.
What follows is a novel that鈥檚 chock-full of twists and turns and an easy writing style that makes it an effortless read. The problem is that it all seems so familiar. I love thrillers but this type of 鈥榬ansom鈥� plot really has been done to death, and the little tweaks and touches that Koontz adds to the plot don鈥檛 really do anything new. I know there are no new stories left in the world but I think a little more imagination would have gone a long way.
Still, there are positives. The everyman hero is appealing and the characters well drawn. Koontz ably hides the motivation of supporting characters and you鈥檙e never quite sure who鈥檚 good or who鈥檚 bad. The opening chapters of the novel are extremely suspenseful and packed with shocking surprises, and up to the mid-way point it鈥檚 a bit of a rollercoaster read. Unfortunately, the book starts falling apart at around this mark as the author runs out of steam and resorts to hefty padding to up the page length. There鈥檚 a whole monologue on fossil collecting to endure and lots of other unnecessary elements that don鈥檛 really add much to the way of the story. The ending is also a little tired, as the bad guy and the good guy duel it out to the death and one of those 鈥渞ecurring villain鈥� deaths so beloved of Hollywood horror movies where the bad guy keeps coming back to life. It鈥檚 clich茅d and a little dull, and it feels it.
So a great first half and a subdued second half equal a distinctly average novel. It鈥檚 okay but far from the pulse-pounding read I was hoping for. Koontz, you can do better than this, and turning autopilot off would be a great start.
January 25, 2015
夭賵噩鬲賰 賮賷 賯亘囟鬲賳丕貙 賷賲賰賳賰 丕爻鬲毓丕丿鬲賴丕 賲賯丕亘賱 2 賲賱賷賵賳 丿賵賱丕乇貙 賳賯丿賸丕貙 兀賲丕賲賰 爻鬲賵賳 爻丕毓丞
we've your wife, you can get her back for 2 millions dollars ... cash
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爻鬲賵賳 爻丕毓丞責!! ... 賲賱賷賵賳賷 丿賵賱丕乇 責!!! ...
賱賰賳 賰賷賮 責!! 賮兀賳丕 賲噩乇丿 亘爻鬲丕賳賷 亘丕卅爻 .. 賷丕 廿賱賴賷 丕賱乇丨賷賲 . 賲丕匕丕 兀賮毓賱 責
" Mitch Rafferty 賲賷鬲卮 乇賷賮賷乇鬲賷 "
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乇賵丕賷丞 "丕賱夭賵噩" 賱賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賮乇賷丿 賲賳 賳賵毓賴 "丿賷賳 賰賵賳鬲夭"
the husband ... by : Dean Koontz
"夭賵噩鬲賰 賮賷 賯亘囟鬲賳丕貙 賷賲賰賳賰 丕爻鬲毓丕丿鬲賴丕 賲賯丕亘賱 賲賱賷賵賳賷 丿賵賱丕乇 .. 賳賯丿賸丕"
亘賲賳鬲賴賶 丕賱亘爻丕胤丞 賴賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賲賳賵毓丞 賱兀氐丨丕亘 丕賱賯賱賵亘 丕賱囟毓賷賮丞貙 賵賱賰賱 賲賳 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 兀丿賵賷丞 賵毓賯丕賯賷乇 賱賱賯賱亘... 乇賵丕賷丞 賲乇賴賯丞 賱賱兀毓氐丕亘 ... 355 氐賮丨丞 鬲丿賵乇 兀丨丿丕孬賴丕 賮賷 43 爻丕毓丞 夭賲賳賷丞 ...
夭賵噩 賮賯賷乇 .. 亘爻鬲丕賳賷 .. 賲乇丕鬲賴 丕鬲禺胤賮鬲貙 賵丕賱禺丕胤賮賷賳 胤丕賱亘賷賳 2 賲賱賷賵賳 丿賵賱丕乇 賮賷 禺賱丕賱 60 爻丕毓丞 賲賴賱丞... 賵賴賵 亘賷丨亘 賲乇丕鬲賴 噩丿丕貙 賵毓卮丕賳賴丕 賲賲賰賳 賷毓賲賱 丕賷 丨丕噩丞.
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October 31, 2016
螒蠀蟿蠈蟼, 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺位蠈蟼 魏畏蟺慰蠀蟻蠈蟼, 蟿蟻蠀蠁蔚蟻蠈蟼 蟽蠉味蠀纬慰蟼, 魏伪位蠈蟼 蠁委位慰蟼. 螚 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 蟿慰蠀, 渭喂伪 伪蟺位萎 魏蟿畏渭伪蟿慰渭蔚蟽委蟿畏蟼. 螣喂 伪蟺伪纬蠅纬蔚委蟼, 蟻蔚渭维位喂伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀渭渭蔚蟿苇蠂慰蠀谓 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 蟽蔚 魏伪魏慰蠀蟻纬畏渭伪蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟺蟻维尉蔚喂蟼. 螝伪喂 慰喂 伪蟺伪纬蠅纬蔚委蟼 伪蟻蟺维味慰蠀谓 蟿畏 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 蟿慰蠀 魏畏蟺慰蠀蟻慰蠉 魏伪喂 味畏蟿慰蠉谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 魏伪位慰魏维纬伪胃慰 蟽蠉味蠀纬慰 2 蔚魏伪蟿慰渭渭蠉蟻喂伪 未慰位维蟻喂伪 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟿慰蠀 未蠋蟽慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 蟿慰蠀. 螤蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 尾蟻蔚喂 2 蔚魏伪蟿慰渭渭蠉蟻喂伪 蟽蔚 60 蠋蟻蔚蟼. 螠苇蠂蟻喂 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠁蟿维蟽蔚喂 苇谓伪蟼 纬位蠀魏蠈蟼 魏畏蟺慰蠀蟻蠈蟼, 蟺慰蠀 蠈渭蠅蟼 伪纬伪蟺维 蟺慰位蠉 蟿畏谓 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 蟿慰蠀; 螠蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蟿伪 尾纬维位蔚喂 蟺苇蟻伪 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蟿蠀纬谓慰蠉蟼 伪蟺伪纬蠅纬蔚委蟼, 蠈蟿伪谓 蟿慰 渭蠈谓慰 蠈蟺位慰 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂萎蟽蔚喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 魏位伪未蔚蠀蟿萎蟻喂 蟿慰蠀; 惟蟻伪委慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰 渭蔚 苇谓蟿伪蟽畏 魏伪喂 谓蔚蠉蟻慰. 螝伪渭渭委伪 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 螝慰蠉谓蟿味 蟺慰蠀 尉苇蟻蠅. 螖蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 委蠂谓慰蟼 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰. 螛伪 蟿慰 蟿蔚位蔚喂蠋蟽蔚蟿蔚 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 渭苇蟻伪.
January 8, 2019
the last 4 chapters was the best of the whole book
November 9, 2011
First Impressions:
What I liked about The Husband has to do with the husband's reactions to the news that his wife has been kidnapped and the kidnappers seem to have unlimited resources and can kill him at any time.
Plots (some spoilers):
His name is Mitch, and he lives a good life as a gardener. He knows he does not have the money. Later the criminals get him to get his brother Anson involved, who, it turns out, is a criminal himself. The kidnappers know this and want to pull one over on Anson.
Despite these criminals thinking they have it all under control, Mitch finds deep inside himself the balls to do something about it, including killing (in self defense, of course) and stealing to get the money together.
Dean Koontz does get into a sub-plot of Mitch and his brother and their relationship with their parents who had an unusual way of raising children, including a sense-deprivation room that was designed to "help" but really it was to break them. The book really does not explore this fascinating item very well. We meet his dad, Daniel, but his mother Kathy is barely mentioned and not at all developed. They were caricatures to me and not really well-developed, despite them being a critical influence on Mitch and Anson and their sisters (who are not even mentioned until near the end of the book and even then not developed).
The book does get into the criminal minds and only fully develops the last guy 鈥� the one with a spiritual bent and who has no problem killing people so that they may attain "ascendancy".
Holly is the kidnapped wife who we don't even meet until well into the book 鈥� at least not to any great degree. She too has depth and needs to reach in for strength and is surprised to find that she too can be devious.
Why The Book Fails:
The book fails for me in touching on certain characters (Julian Campbell with his child porn business is never developed, so you have no sympathy nor care that the guy gets his later) and leaves a huge plot hole at the end (Mitch kills and steals and then near the last chapter he has kids and is friends with the Columbo-like detective 鈥� huh? What happened?). Too much landscape vocabulary to show us how smart and real Koontz is, but does not add to the tale.
Conclusion: Not Dean's best, though I do appreciate his writing a "straight" novel. However, I much prefer his supernatural stuff.
What I liked about The Husband has to do with the husband's reactions to the news that his wife has been kidnapped and the kidnappers seem to have unlimited resources and can kill him at any time.
Plots (some spoilers):
His name is Mitch, and he lives a good life as a gardener. He knows he does not have the money. Later the criminals get him to get his brother Anson involved, who, it turns out, is a criminal himself. The kidnappers know this and want to pull one over on Anson.
Despite these criminals thinking they have it all under control, Mitch finds deep inside himself the balls to do something about it, including killing (in self defense, of course) and stealing to get the money together.
Dean Koontz does get into a sub-plot of Mitch and his brother and their relationship with their parents who had an unusual way of raising children, including a sense-deprivation room that was designed to "help" but really it was to break them. The book really does not explore this fascinating item very well. We meet his dad, Daniel, but his mother Kathy is barely mentioned and not at all developed. They were caricatures to me and not really well-developed, despite them being a critical influence on Mitch and Anson and their sisters (who are not even mentioned until near the end of the book and even then not developed).
The book does get into the criminal minds and only fully develops the last guy 鈥� the one with a spiritual bent and who has no problem killing people so that they may attain "ascendancy".
Holly is the kidnapped wife who we don't even meet until well into the book 鈥� at least not to any great degree. She too has depth and needs to reach in for strength and is surprised to find that she too can be devious.
Why The Book Fails:
The book fails for me in touching on certain characters (Julian Campbell with his child porn business is never developed, so you have no sympathy nor care that the guy gets his later) and leaves a huge plot hole at the end (Mitch kills and steals and then near the last chapter he has kids and is friends with the Columbo-like detective 鈥� huh? What happened?). Too much landscape vocabulary to show us how smart and real Koontz is, but does not add to the tale.
Conclusion: Not Dean's best, though I do appreciate his writing a "straight" novel. However, I much prefer his supernatural stuff.
September 24, 2016
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The premise of the book catches your attention and pulls you in. The actual novel not so much.
The Husband is divided into three parts. The first part is very good. Mitchell (Mitch) Rafferty is a landscaper and working a job when he receives a call that his wife has been kidnapped. And the kidnappers want $2 Million cash. He has 60 hours to get the money and they know he is a gardener with limited means. They let him know they are serious by shooting a man walking a dog. And like other novels similar to this, no cops or they kill his wife.
Here starts Mitch鈥檚 journey to rush to get the money. Will he make it to the deadline? Will he get the money? Will he save his wife? What will happen?
The book鈥檚 direction falls flat. There is a twist that you find out early on who is responsible for this happening.
There are several subplots, one involves his family and his childhood. This includes a sense-deprivation room that his parents used on Mitch and his siblings growing up. You do get to see how experiencing that affects them in both extremes, good and bad. This could be a fabulous plot to be used鈥� in another book.
Overall, I could not recommend this book. I did keep listening to it to see what would happen. When I finished it I did not really have an opinion of the book. This was disappointing as I was hoping it would keep me on the edge of my seat and have me wanting more.
This is my second Koontz book, the first was Life Expectancy which I had rated four stars. Despite being disappointed in The Husband, I will read Koontz again.
***I rated this books at 2.5 stars, but 欧宝娱乐 doesn't let you do 1/2 star ratings.
The premise of the book catches your attention and pulls you in. The actual novel not so much.
The Husband is divided into three parts. The first part is very good. Mitchell (Mitch) Rafferty is a landscaper and working a job when he receives a call that his wife has been kidnapped. And the kidnappers want $2 Million cash. He has 60 hours to get the money and they know he is a gardener with limited means. They let him know they are serious by shooting a man walking a dog. And like other novels similar to this, no cops or they kill his wife.
Here starts Mitch鈥檚 journey to rush to get the money. Will he make it to the deadline? Will he get the money? Will he save his wife? What will happen?
The book鈥檚 direction falls flat. There is a twist that you find out early on who is responsible for this happening.
There are several subplots, one involves his family and his childhood. This includes a sense-deprivation room that his parents used on Mitch and his siblings growing up. You do get to see how experiencing that affects them in both extremes, good and bad. This could be a fabulous plot to be used鈥� in another book.
Overall, I could not recommend this book. I did keep listening to it to see what would happen. When I finished it I did not really have an opinion of the book. This was disappointing as I was hoping it would keep me on the edge of my seat and have me wanting more.
This is my second Koontz book, the first was Life Expectancy which I had rated four stars. Despite being disappointed in The Husband, I will read Koontz again.
***I rated this books at 2.5 stars, but 欧宝娱乐 doesn't let you do 1/2 star ratings.
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