Devoted

I love this book and most all of your writings. I love that even in a book ( most people would say to not take as reality, you do not put the animals in unnecessary pain or torture). When I read a book I delve right into it. (Although I should probably bear witness, if the act has already happened and I can't do anything about, I try to avoid reading. Thank you for being a great author and on the right side of common sense in our currently tumultuous and sometimes cruel world. At least you don't preach about politics in what should be an entertainment book. You entice common sense, love, and strength. Our current politicians could learn a lot from you; but I doubt they might even want to.

I’ve been reading Dean Koontz for a long, long time. I took a break a few years ago because his recent work just wasn’t as good as his original stuff, in my humble opinion. Happily, I can say that this book is back on a par with some of his best like, Watchers, Strangers, and Phantoms.I really think old time Koontz fans will enjoy Devoted. Like Watchers, it has a golden retriever who steals the show but also a young autistic boy who will steal your heart.The story is riveting with a lot of gore and emotional moments. In addition, the ending is satisfying and nicely ties up all plot threads.If only the world’s problems could be solved the way that Koontz solves them in the last 15 pages of this book. Who knows, maybe this is what is in store for us? As a golden retriever owner/lover for over 40 years, I sure hope so.

Really enjoyed this book and wondered what it would be like if my dogs were mysterians. Maybe they are and I just don't know it... yet! I like all the Dean Koontz's books I've read, to date and this one didn't fail me.

A crazy word for this book but accurate. It is for dog lovers, for mystery lovers, for lovers of fantasy too. Read at your own risk however because a few parts may be horrific!

If you are an animal lover and looking for a feel-good animal book while still getting the Koontz creeps, this is the one for you! Love Kipp the dog and the Wire. This one knocked it out of the park!!

I loved the book until 90% of it maybe 94% and then it just died. The author tried to wrap it up, too quickly and too simply and it ruined it. I loved the book until then. I am so disappointed about the ending. I loved Woody and Beth and Kipp and really wanted more but at least evil didn't win... Or did it? You have to read to understand. I love when dogs are heroes.

I love this authors writing.I recommend this to anyone able to understand there is good and evil in many forms; sometimes disguised.I gave this rating because of the excellent story, especially Kipp, and because I wish that part was true.

What can I say? This is a typical dean Koontz novel. I don’t have anything negative to say except that I could hardly put it down. Well, I may have had a little bit of trouble keeping track of each character, but it did not take away from the story. It didn’t take long to know who was who. It was a little gory, but the storyline was much better than the goriness so you could overlook it or skip a few sentences. Of course, you fell in love with the wonderful dog in the story. and the good guy was a truly good guy which is normal for Mr. Koontz’ main character. Boy, I sure did hate for the book to end and now I need to see if I can find another one that I haven’t read yet.

There was a time when I just couldn't wait for the next Dean Koontz book to come out. I'd be in the shop or online with Amazon buying it immediately. Not now - in fact not for some time. I read some of his avidly: Lightning; Midnight, The Bad Place, Watchers; Cold Fire and so many others. For me it started to change with 77 Shadow Street and subsequent books. If I am honest even the Odd books didn't do much for me. I liked Christopher Snow for whom we still await the third of the trilogy God knows how many books on. The Jane Hawk series compounded my thoughts.So I've probably just read my last new book by Mr Koontz. Undoubtedly a very fine writer who has a vast following so I won't be missed. But that's sad - for me and him!

Ok when I was younger ( going back a couple of decades!) I loved Dean Koontz but I'm sorry over the last few years I have tried to get back into his books to no avail. This book was the final nail in the coffin. Devoted is just a rewrite of Watchers. Same smart dog , same genetically engineered human. I'm sorry I spent money on this but on the plus point I know I'll never buy another Dean Koontz novel again and that's a shame.

Oh dear Mr Koontz, what were you thinking ? This is very very poor, far too many unnecessary words, sentences and indeed total paragraphs. A very poor story with no depth and a story plot you have already used in Watchers. I have been reading your books for almost 40 years and enjoyed everyone, until now. You are better than this and I wish I hadn't wasted my money on it.

Devoted was a hard book to read in places. It was mostly successful in the theme of genetic mutation. I really enjoy Dean Koontz books but, in this occasion, it was neither a favourite or one that I disliked. It’s very much a book that gets very strange, very quickly. It’s a case of constantly reminding yourself that this is SCI-FI. I’ve noticed other reviewers likening it to Koontz’ other work – The Watchers, which I haven’t read, not sure if that is to my detriment or not? The book to me, felt like it just moved too slowly, and I did feel myself getting bored.The story in Devoted focusses around Woody Bookman, an autistic child, super genius that is limited by his inability to speak. He lost his father three years previously and has compiled an expose on how killed his father through the means of hacking within the dark web. He plans to hand this over to his mother before events take a walk-through crazy town and my brain wants to give up at multiple different points. One of my problems with Devoted is the amount of characters that we are introduced to, it’s not really what I had come to expect from Koontz.Now I get that Devoted is largely a science fiction novel and anything can more or less happen within its pages but some of it was quite hard for me to get my head around. SPOILER ALERT – when Woody was suddenly cured of his inability to speak, although his mother was overjoyed with this seemingly amazing miracle, I really got the feeling that it made her immensely happy. It allowed her to move forward. It just didn’t sit right with me that she was happier with her son changed, would you really want to change the very being your child was?My other problem was the character Lee Shacket. I think some of the scenes were both unnecessary and unwanted from a reader’s standpoint. I enjoyed the actual plotline and the road that Koontz was attempting to go down with Shacket, but I don’t think that the execution was nailed. Being in this individuals head was extremely unpleasant. As a seasoned reader of thriller, I have come to learn what goes on in a psychopath’s head, but we don’t need to know every depraved thought. If the author had cut more than a few of his chapters, the book would have moved along at a timelier pace.Devoted wasn’t an awful book but it could have been executed so much better. I loved Kipp but then I’m a total dog person. His interactions with Woody was pure and wholesome and it gave me a warm feeling inside. The writing as always with Koontz was excellent but I feel that the content needed a bit of polishing.

I grew up reading the old Dean (R) Koontz books -The Bad Place, Watchers, Intensity etc - but then kinda went off him when he started writing straight forward thrillers like The Husband, Oh blimey I can't remember the others but they all had white covers.I know the Jane Hawk series got rave reviews so I can't comment on those other than it looked like he wanted a Netflix series.Devoted is real return to form. Sure it's a bit formulaic and can play Koontz Bingo with ( highly intelligent Labrador, Autistic child, separated mother in danger etc) but, as entertainment it pretty darn good.Lots of sperate threads that slowly come together. A really pretty vile, even by Koontz standards, villian.In my opinion his best book in years.