Book 5), The Dead Town (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

This story dragged on way too long; it should have been over in New Orleans at the dump. The last 4 books never rivaled the very first and even though I was hooked, it never really deliverd the goods. Way too much detail about every time a builder took a new victim, bored with that part beyond all sense of reasoning. I guess I was hoping in some way the author would salvage the series with his finale, but it never really reached any kind of climactic peak. Hope the next sory he does is better.

The book was very suspenseful, and up to Koontz usual standards. It kept me reading long into the night. I was a little disappointed in the ending though. It seemed a little anti climatic after building it up throughout the story. It also didn't leave a very good opening for another Frankenstein book.

I am an avid Koontz reader, and happily purchase anything he writes. Keep up the good work Dean.

The frankenstein series had me riveted from the first novel, much like koontz's odd thomas series. This book seemed to move at times slowly and at other times, much too fast, as do most finales. I would recommend reading it, especially if you have been a fan of the series

That is not a negative! Everything Koontz writes seems to go too fast since I am able to read his amazing stuff cover to cover in one sitting. Wish he'd write those 1000 page epics like my other favorite, Mr. King, so I can savor them for a couple days!!

The series started out great but I got the feeling DK or his publishers just wanted to milk the readers with one more book. Overall I'm glad I read it because it did wrap up the story but the story could have ended with book 4 or maybe even 3. If you are a diehard fan you will most likely enjoy this book. Just be aware that DK does get a little out there at times.

I just started listening to this mp3, But when it started it was not this book. It says that this is a Frankenstein story but what it is is a story about a lady who wants to go to South America to rescue her brother. Somebody really messed up when they made this mp3.

With all the build-up this book creates, the climax and wrap-up happens too quickly and neatly - almost as if he couldn't wait to get this damn thing written and finished so he could go back to writing something else. And did it seem to anyone else that books four and five didn't feel like they had Koontz's passion and style? Sure, it had his formula, but it felt like he had written the outline and the company gave it to a ghost writer.

I love the Frankenstein series. Every book has made me longing for the next so I could continue the adventure. This last book was not as amazing as the first 4 but still very, very good. Maybe I was just expecting the end to have a more climatic end. But this book is still captivating, still funny at just the right times, and still great story.

The final book was great wrapped up all loose ends without leaving you hanging as many series do these days all in all a great series to read there are many twist and turns but those of you that have read dean koontz books before have come to expect that the five books gave me many hours of delight as i am sure they will do for you as well

What happened?!?! It's literally like he was rushed to finish this last book. Like some deadline he had to make. The "climax" and I use that term very very loosely ends in two pages. Plus, I'm sure I'm not the only one, but Jocko and his damned hats were getting pretty annoying. He needs to redo this book and make it right. Just to put it out there I'm a die hard Koontz fan. I appreciate all of his novels.

The publisher recorded the wrong book on the disc. The packaging is "The Dead Town" but the recording is "Sooner or Later" by Debbie Macomber. I've notified the store but the replacement is always the same--"Sooner or Later" by Macomber.

Really not very good, and a disappointing way to wrap things up.
It seemed to me that Koontz had created a situation so complex that it would have taken more time than he wanted to give to it to think through how to resolve it so he just shut it down
At no point was I ever concerned for any of the characters, and I knew they would all live happily ever after. How convenient.
I find the way Koontz has so many different sets of characters doing things all at once and only giving us small glimpses at a time makes the story hard to follow at times. There are times I even forgot what was going on with a certain character before the story came back to that person's part of the story. Also, there were several characters that were brought into the saga in previous installments and there is no re-introduction and if you haven't read the books in awhile it can be hard to remember who everyone is and where they come into the story.

I feel the characters just float around and there is no depth to them or the storyline in general. I think Koontz has just introduced too many different characters to possibly be able to explore any of them in-depth and instead we just scrape the superficial story of all of them. There were just too many pieces to this puzzle to try to put together and ultimately made a pretty dull novel
The Builders are interesting, but they get overused, and the book lacks the darker, violent edge that made the first two so interesting.
Definitely got the feeling that Dean Koontz was tired of this story and just wanted to bring it to an end
I'm glad this series is over, then it can't be butchered anymore.
The biggest problem is the sheer number of plotlines. When new characters and storylines are still being introduced during the last 75 pages, it just screams of padding. Then the ending, which should be pulse pounding and exciting, is glossed over and tied up with a "and they all lived happily ever after."
The Frankenstein series is a great example of a great idea gone horribly wrong. It showed such promise in the beginning. I thought the first two books were the best novels Koontz had written in a really long time and was really excited to see what direction it was going to take. Then he got rid of the co-authors and wrote the rest of the series solo and it was quite remarkable how much of a difference it made.
It was a night and day difference! The last two novels were such a struggle for me to get through
The fourth novel, Lost Souls had a lot of exposition in it. I can deal with that somewhat if it pays off in the sequel. What happens in The Dead Town is a lot more exposition and a hacked on ending in the final 15 pages.I had read that it was originally slated as a second trilogy but was cut short and I am thankful enough. I couldn't deal with reading another novel in this series unless it was written with a co-author.
That is what I wasted for this series-6 years. Many changes. 3 books 1 each year, no, 2 books in 2 years, a 4 year wait then book 3 with books 1 and 2 reissued, then it will be a total of 6 books, no, books 4-6 hard cover! no wait, no book 6 and book 5 in paperback only! All that for MALFUNCTIONS? MALFUNCTIONS?! How convienent that everytime a character we knew was going to die,malfunction! Victor will ignore ALL the warnings, because he's to arrogant to understand that his perfect creations will fail. I'm so dissapointed I could cry. The first 2 books were fantastic -the wait so long, all for this crap! There were some funny and touching parts, I like Nummy, Sully, and Travis,loved Jocko & Erica but as a whole this was a terible ending to a story that started out so awesome. So Poof monsters gone, lets all get married! THE END!

It seemed a little too easy for them to conquer this ultimate evil. The only people who were killed in this epic battle were minor characters, mostly nameless. It's implied that Deucalion will somehow leave this world now that his business is finished, but we don't know that that means he'll die. It just seems highly unlikely that none of the major players in this were even harmed. It's especially strange coming from the same author who ripped our hearts out with the first Odd Thomas book.
There did seem to be some repetition throughout the book and the ending was kind of...well, just there. I kind of felt like it was one of those "get it over with" kind of endings, which did disappoint me.
Book 1 and 2 were so amazing. Book 3 was one of the worst books I have ever read. Book 4 introduced new characters and storylines and this book was the conclusion to Book 4.
The final showdown was not that action packed. This story didn't really add new themes or ideas to the series.
I have the same complaint about this book that I had about Book 3. The suspense and story is building through out and then the bad guy is defeated in a paragraph and a Happily Ever After ending is tacked on.
Just an awful ending to a series that started out so darn good! HUGE let down! Don't waste your time on this series you will be frustrated that such a brilliant beginning could end so badly.

A series quite different from Dean Koontz' normal style. At first I thought it was too different. Now I wait impatiently for the next volume to be released. A very thought provoking journey. Highly recommend.