You Do Your Work By the Light of the Moon
Written: May 19 '07
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Pros: Dylan, Shep, Jilly and the Storyline
Cons: Ending could have been better
The Bottom Line: A great book with humor and action.
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| cmaw63's Full Review: Dean R. Koontz - By the Light of the Moon Books |
Dean Koontz writes another book that makes me think "Uh oh...that isn't entirely impossible." Part of the horror of his books is injecting possible real scenarios into our minds that we haven't thought of before...or wanted to.
By the Light of the Moon
Dylan O'Conner, an artist and caretaker of his autistic brother Shep, stops in an unfamiliar Arizona town after driving all day. After settling his brother in a motel room, Dylan crosses the street to get them food. Arriving back at his motel door Dylan is knocked unconscious. When he awakes he is tied to a chair in his room with a kindly looking older gentleman speaking to him. Looks can be deceiving. The gentleman is injecting him with a secret formula that will have wondrous or monstrous results.
Jilly Jackson, on the way to her next stand-up comedian gig, stops at an unfamiliar Arizona town to rest. After settling into her room she ventures out to the vending machines in the hope of finding a root beer. She speaks to a kindly looking older gentleman. Returning to her room she is chloroformed and injected with something that will have wondrous or monstrous results, by the not so kindly gentleman.
The only kind thing this gentleman does is warn Dylan and Jilly that if they want to live they must outrun the men that will try to kill them. The same men that are after him to stop his life's work from becoming reality.
Dylan and Jilly reluctantly team up in a scramble to stay alive and keep Shep safe.
Love It
By the Light of the Moon is fast paced, thrilling and funny. Does it have some unbelievable qualities? Of course! Dean Koontz wrote it. The part of the story that reels you in, though, is knowing it's not unrealistic to be accosted in a motel by someone with evil intent. Koontz builds on the believable to suck you into the unbelievable.
The characters are great. Dylan is allowed to feel the joy and frustration of caring for his brother Shep. Wrapped in his autism, Shep does his best to give clues to Dylan and Jilly about the man who has injected them. That Shep was allowed to be a major character was great. He wasn't suddenly healed or able to step out of his illness...he is a man with autism that struggles through some amazing events.
Jilly, ahhhhhh Jilly. Her deepest, and only, male relationship is with her jade plant, Fred. This self described kick-butt southwest amazon is the best female character Koontz has introduced yet. She's mouthy, funny, tough, and vulnerable. All of it coming together in a well packaged female lead character.
This book comes full circle in the end. I liked that random parts, including the phrase "You do your work by the light of the moon", actually had meaning when I finished reading it. By the Light of the Moon is one of those books that after having read it twice will stay in my personal library to be read a third time.
Recommended:
Yes
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