Frankenstein: Lost Souls
Published: June 2010
Author: Dean Koontz
Genre: American, Conspiracy, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller
Book 04 of 05: Frankenstein
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The Review
The fourth novel in Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series, Lost Souls, is a continuation of the preceding book in the series, Frankenstein: Dead and Alive. On June 15, 2010, the book was published in hardcover. The New York Times Hardcover Best Seller list ranked it seventh. The Dead Town, book five, was released in May 2011.
This is an excellent book! It binds the entire series together in a way that makes you want more, more, more, just like any great book or set of novels should.
Given the closing of the previous book in the Odd series, Odd Hours, I'm left impatiently wondering whether even loved Odd Thomas would make an appearance in his next Frankenstein novel, or possibly the other way around.
These two volumes have left me wondering and hoping that Mr. Koontz would somehow weave all of these fantastic characters into a truly unique book.
Another great author who does it brilliantly is Stephen King, and one more was the late great Anne Rice.
I'm sorry for the skeptics who can't recognize the expertly crafted beauty of Dean Koontz's stores. My advice to you is to keep reading since there are always more books and writers to read.
Perhaps you should stick to the gore fest, wimpy writing, terrible characterizations, and no hope in sight novels. Regrettably, there are simply too many of them.
The particular light that Dean Koontz is so skilled at putting into his writings is not for people who choose to live in the absolute darkness of the soul.
This is a really intriguing conundrum. I like Dean Koontz in general, and a while back started reading his Frankenstein series.
Deucalion makes a fascinating Frankenstein's Monster, someone who was cursed with immortality, discovered he didn't enjoy it, and eventually made peace with it.
Mary Shelley gave the character of Victor Frankenstein a lot of flexibility, but Victor Helios is simply too strange. He generates a slew of contemporary monsters, and the reason is self-evident.
Another Victor is attempting to take over the globe. Deucalion, Carson, and her new husband Michael will try to stop him in Rainbow Falls.
It's them vs a new army from the Real World. This was an excellent read for me. Aside from the crime-solving, there is some comedy. Consider for a moment what world would be like if this were true.
I'm wondering whether I read the same book as some of the other readers I know but they talk about it as though it wasn't a good story and that they didn't like it. On the other hand, I enjoyed it and want to re-read or listen to it again.
This fourth book in the series is every bit as brilliant as the first three, but with a darker tone. The only problem is that I completed it and now have to start reading it again, even though I know what is going to happen, which is why I wish I could forget what I read and enjoy it as much as I did the first time.
This novel reminds me a lot of Stephen King, not just in terms of writing weird stuff that I enjoy, but also in terms of predictions about our current condition. Perhaps some individuals disliked this book because of current events, and they do not want reality to be a part of these stories.
I was overjoyed to see some of the characters we learned to know and love in the first trilogy return, and I'm even more excited about the new ones, especially Mr. Lyss!
While I wasn't crazy about this new Victor, I'm pleased he's not precisely the same as the old one; he needed to be a distinct version!
I also enjoy Carson and Michael's banter, as I have in prior installments, and don't find it unrealistic; given it is how I converse with some close friends.
Perhaps our world has become too hurried, too quick, "I want it now," and so very few people know how to relish a nice, extended trip. I'm sure none of the other readers I mentioned are interested in watching soaps, either, but I'm not a fan of soaps either.
I, for one, don't want things to end so quickly, and if it was expanded to seven or even more novels, I'd be happy because I want to read more and more about my favorite characters.
The fourth book in the series was fantastic. It will definitely make you want to read the fifth book as soon as you finish it.
If you liked books one, two, and three, I'm sure you'll enjoy fourth. Dean Koontz's ability to create things that are both suspenseful and hilarious, such as Jocko's eating and computer habits, astounds me.
I'll say it again: I loved this book and couldn't put it down. Fortunately, I had the next book with me, so I didn't have to wait and suffer for a long time to find out what happened next.
In short, don't place too much stock in what others say, whether it's good or terrible; instead, read it for yourself with an open mind and decide for yourself. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Final Thoughts
I won't go into much detail about the actual story - yes, there is one; you just have to be smart enough to look for it - but it's a great beginning to another trilogy (hopefully the next book in this series will be released soon) and if you can be patient, I believe you will be rewarded when the rest of the series is released.
I just reread the previous chapter, and I'm not sure what was so sudden about the finish. Because it's the first in a series, I wasn't expecting the knots to be knotted; therefore I was satisfied with the cliffhanger, which was similar to the preceding three volumes.
Praise for Dean Koontz and those readers who delight in the radiance of his characters and his superb ability to masterfully construct personalities.
Characters we'd be happy to call friends. Dean Koontz demonstrates that we can all be heroes and that goodness, as well as comedy, is a choice.
He does it with incredible ease! He offers us hope that good will triumph. Not just in his works, but also in real life, if only we can keep hope alive in our hearts. He is the master writer, not merely a brilliant writer.
Synopsis
“#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz raises the stakes—and the suspense—taking his Frankenstein saga to a dynamic new level with the riveting story of a small town under siege, where good and evil, destruction and creation, converge as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
FRANKENSTEIN: LOST SOULS
The war against humanity has begun. In the dead hours of the night, a stranger enters the home of the mayor of Rainbow Falls, Montana. The stranger is in the vanguard of a wave of intruders who will invade other homes . . . offices . . . every local institution, assuming the identities and the lives of those they have been engineered to replace. Before the sun rises, the town will be under full assault, the opening objective in the new Victor Frankenstein’s trajectory of ultimate destruction. Deucalion—Victor’s first, haunted creation—saw his maker die in New Orleans two years earlier. Yet an unshakable intuition tells him that Victor lives—and is at work again. Within hours Deucalion will come together with his old allies, detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison, Victor’s engineered wife, Erika Five, and her companion Jocko to confront new peril. Others will gather around them. But this time Victor has a mysterious, powerful new backer, and he and his army are more formidable, their means and intentions infinitely more deadly, than ever before.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City.”
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Rating: 95/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.
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