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    Intensity: A Novel
    Intensity: A Novel
    Intensity: A Novel
    Audiobook13 hours

    Intensity: A Novel

    Written by Dean Koontz

    Narrated by Frankie Corzo

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    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse, or limits, to live with intensity. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.

    Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first her sole aim is to get out alive—until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess’s next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl . . . as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 22, 2018
    ISBN9781543698688
    Intensity: A Novel
    Author

    Dean Koontz

    Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York Times No. 1 bestsellers. His books have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, and his work is published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in southern California.

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    • 1/5
      I listened to about half the book. It was so awful, I just stopped. I wasted precious hours. Awful.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      This is one of the most boring books I’ve ever listened to. I’m on chapter 7 and still waiting for something intense and exciting to happen. Maybe it’s because I’ve listened to so many other Dean Koontz and Stephen King books this just isn’t scary or intense enough for me.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Very boring and repetitive (yes we get it, she’s scared and hiding). Gave up after the 4th chapter.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      This left me a little flat. Great characters, but the ending could have been developed more. I wanted more interaction between the wonderfully creepy bad-guy and the girls. Amd if I hear "untouched and alive" again, I'll scream. Did the audiobook, and wasn't a fan of the reader... too flat.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      Not his best but moved along well. Too much inner guilt.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I found this book a bit long winded the first 2/3 of the novel. I got through it fine and liked the characters and story. I wanted in-depth details in the last chapters about the youngest Sherif aka killer. Also about Ariel's healing. I wanted more in the last two chapters.

      Something was off about the narration production.
    • 5/5
      It was riveting- the unknowns creeping in and out. The heroine’s ability to come back and never give up was positively what kept me reading. That said the bad guy deserved a worse death - but to have him gone for good felt great. And the follow-on between the girls was sweet to know. Thank you Mr. Koontz - you always deliver!
      It might make a good movie if some of the killers thoughts and dreams perhaps not shared on film. Creepiest man ever born. Mr. sicko.
    • 5/5
      Amazing read! It's really riveting! Very intense! Highly recommended! Nail-biting suspense! My favourite thriller novel that I've ever read.
    • 5/5
      It’s the perfect cat and mouse game between two people who are complete opposites, yet not so different. If it’s your first time reading it, it keeps you tensed up. I haven’t seen the movie for it, but High Tension is almost identical to it, with that infamous twist. Truly a great read.
    • 5/5
      Grippingly intense! I appreciated that the author didn’t describe different events and efforts unrealistically easy. It gave the story believability .
    • 5/5
      The title of this book was perfect. The events were intense.
    • 5/5
      This book is aptly named. There was not a time in this book where I didn't feel at least uneasy. It was a page turner. There were a couple of issues that I had with the way that one character speaks to the other (trying not to spoil anything!), but other than that pretty minor critique it was an intense, well written book
    • 5/5
      Perfect title that’s all I’ll say. You’ll just have to read it yourself
    • 5/5
      The book was great because it was written by a great author. I have read the great majority of his Nov rek is snd I still love his work. I have read this novel several times over the years . I enjoy listening to the novel as well as reading the authors works. Thank you for being such a prolific author.
    • 2/5
      This book was boring. It felt so superficial and processed.
    • 4/5
      Pretty graphically violent for my taste, but still good enough to finish
    • 5/5
      I've always loved Dean Koontz and this audiobook was riveting and at the end touching. It's an older title but if you haven't read it I highly recommend it.
    • 2/5
      Boring!!!!!!! I read this because it was highly recommended by a group I belong to. People said it was extremely scary. Not only was it not scary, there was very little action. The book is so long only because every move someone made was about 5 pages of details.
    • 4/5
      Kinda drags and gets boring in the middle. Otherwise okay.
    • 5/5
      Frightening and gobsmacking. Vivid. It refreshed my attention to the present moment. Frankie is amazing.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book couldn’t put it down. Highly recommend.
    • 3/5
      Decent story with many intense moments. I found it to be quite long winded and predictable. Not a fan of the narrator. Give it a try though.
    • 5/5
      My favorite book ever! I did the audio version. Got pulled over since I got so into it I started speeding... Just be careful and enjoy!
    • 4/5
      First book I’ve read by this author. Crazy story. I like it.
    • 4/5
      I find Koontz's books can be hit or miss at times, but when it's a hit, it's a grand slam.
    • 5/5
      Kept me interested and was so descriptive. Would recommend this.
    • 3/5
      I’m glad I finished it, but I’m just as glad that it’s over. I was annoyed at how wordy it was. It took 5 minutes to say the trees were blowing in the wind. I was tempted to skip forward several times. Other than that, the actual story was good.
    • 4/5
      It's been years since I have read Dean Kountz. This was a good story, but geez! ... it was so freaking wordy! I don't even know how to explain how UNNECESSARY ALOT of the monolog, dialog was. Someone said it was like he was trying to fulfill a certain number of words - I agree!
    • 5/5
      Definitely kept me on the edge of my seat!
    • 5/5
      So suspenseful I couldn’t stop listening. Great great great!