Simpatico - Velocity Girl

Advantages: Very compelling read
Disadvantages: None

...Velocity sure lives up to its name, a high speed compelling book. The main character Billy is given a set of choices by a madman, either he does what the madman says or people die, and they do die!! If Billy goes to the police then more people will die. At first Billy does not believe ....only to be proved wrong as people do die as a result of his actions. His partner in a coma in hospital is also at risk and as a reader i went through all his emotions too.... You will follow Billy on a journey as he suspects the people who are around him .... i think that i suspected nearly all the characters....... brilliant! The characters are a likeable bunch and Dean Koontz helps to get the feel for them with his great ability to allow the reader inside the characters heads and feel what they are feeling. Dean Koontz is the master of twist... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: A decent idea, which rattles along at a furious pace
Disadvantages: Would lose a lot if re-read

...I've been a fan of Dean Koontz for a number of years. Not devoted enough to rush out and buy his latest novel on the day of release in hardback, it's true, but enough that I make sure none of his paperback releases pass me by. Like many authors who have been writing as long as he has, sometimes he delights me and sometimes he disappoints me. In the last couple of years, he has done more of the former, but that wasn't always true. He had a bad run a few years ago that made me conclude that the thicker a Dean Koontz novel is, the worse it's likely to be. So I was pleased to note that "Velocity" wasn't so big. Billy Wiles is nothing special. He lives alone and works as a bartender. He once had dreams of being a writer, but his life didn't work out quite the way he planned. Instead, he gets by serving drinks and keeping his head down... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: The story is told at a very high and exciting pace
Disadvantages: Felt a little bit let down (but only a little bit) by the identity of the killer

...I had not read a book for over a decade when I was back at school until this little gem turned up. I got seperated from the people I was with in a shopping centre after I had gone off to buy some ciggies (Cant seem to give them up). When I realised I could spend a very long time looking for them I decided to do a bit of window shopping and found myself at the book department. Browsing through them one caught my eye and that one was Velocity. The front cover had a note on it saying that if I'd call the police an old lady would be brutally murdered but if I didnt call the police an attractive redhead was going to get it. This is the basis of the plot an ordinary barman leaves work to find this note stuck to his car windscreen being put right on the spot. Of course he dismisses this as a prank but when the attractive redhead turns up dead... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful