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Dark Rivers of the Heart

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Dark Rivers of the Heart

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: Scott Merriman
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New York Times Bestseller

Do you dare step through the red door? Spencer Grant had no idea what drew him to the bar with the red door. He thought he would just sit down, have a slow beer or two, and talk to a stranger. He couldn’t know that it would lead to a narrow escape from a bungalow targeted by a SWAT team. Or that it would leave him a wanted man.

But now Spencer is on the run from mysterious and ruthless men. He is in love with a woman he knows next to nothing about. And he is hiding from a past he can’t fully remember. On his trail is a shadowy security agency that answers to no one - including the U.S. government - and a man who considers himself a compassionate Angel of Death. But worst of all, Spencer Grant is on a collision course with inner demons he thought he’d buried years ago - inner demons that could destroy him if his enemies don’t first.

©1994 Dean Koontz (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Espionage Horror Psychological Spies & Politics Suspense Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Scary Thriller Fiction

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Good story, bit slow in places with to much detail slowing it down at times .

Good but longwinded !

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Dreadful narration that is so tiresome that I struggled to finish the book. Massively over-long and full of Hardyesque detail, coupled with a slightly ridiculous plot made listening a chore.

Just too unbelievable.

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Slow burner for me. Koontz goes into too much detail and turns what should be a gripping, exciting situation into a snail race.......

It does improve though. I'm glad a stick with it. The narrator is outstanding and really does bring the characters to life.

Stick with it......

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I found this interesting and in some ways thought provoking the idea of how technology can be obused

Couldn't stop listening or reading this book.

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Good book, terrible editing/mixing. lots of sentences missing the first few words. enjoying the book but feeling a little ripped off by audible

bad edit

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I just started, a few hours in and allready felt the need to start this review.
Not sure how much more I can take. I have a really hard time trying to remember why I was a Koontz fan.
He is name-dropping the "Norton antivirus program" in the lamest attempt to describe a noble, self thought white hat hacker.
Think he wrote this in 94 and it did not age well.
This is mostly because he just slaps Words on a scene and hopes people will confuse bombastic and quantity for quality.
Childish comparisons and pretentious terms are my impression for now.
And the narrator is not helping AT All. HE uses His inFLEction in such a way that he highlight the bad writing.
He is bombasting and dramatic ALL THE Time. I would much rather listen to Gilbert Gottfried read the full 50 shades than this. At least he is not trying so hard ans is natural compared to this.

Will update if it gets any better but not sure I can stand it much longer.

Not looking good so far...

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fantastic book the narrator was amazing his voice was just so smooth xxxx xxx

brilliant

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Loved it then, loved it being read to me now. Great narration and a really good susoenseful book with amazing technology fir its time. Thanks!

Read the book many years ago

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It is a usual for a Koontz novel not entirely what you expect but it follows the characters well and the story is scary true to form.

Enjoyed the unravelling events

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An excellent story line.

However, the narration is truly awful in my opinion. The simpering, affected, sickening tones that the narrator uses made me feel physically sick in places.

Particularly his tones during Eve's bedroom performance. And also some of the descriptions of people, it makes him sould like a pervert.

And then to cap it all, at the end, Ron develops a perfect British accent - except that it is Australian!!

Nauseating narration

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