Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz is a thriller about Chris Snow, a young man with XP. This disease prevents him from going outside during the day and being around bright lights. The reader often overlooks his restrictions because Chris is a strong character that gets caught up in a huge mess in his small town. Taking place over a couple of days, many horrific things continue to happen to Chris and he finds out things that he later wished to have left alone (very vague, yeah?).
This book was very suspenseful, as are most of Koontz's works, and had a really engrossing plot. I had kind of ruined a bit of the story for myself by reading the sequel first, Seize the Night, but in my defense, it was not clearly labelled. It had been a few years since I read the second one, so not much was ruined, but I remembered things as I read the book. Overall, I don't think it mattered much so if you did the same, go ahead and read the first one second.
Although in this book it fit, one thing that irritates me about Koontz's more recent novels is his incessant inclusion of dogs. I know he loves his retrievers and all, but good gravy(!) I'm sick of him preaching about how awesome dogs are. To be clear, the dog in this book was well placed and had some purpose. If this is your first Dean Koontz book, you will not be bothered by the dogs at all (or if you have a similar passion for dogs), but trust me when I say the more books you read, the more you will shake the book in frustration and wish it were Koontz's shoulders when you read how soulful a dumb dog's eyes appear.
Enough of that rant...
This novel also has some sci-fi lurking in it, and a touch of mystery, but it is mainly a thriller or suspense. I would definitely read this book again and urge you to read it too. If not this one, another of Koontz's earlier, dog-less books like Strangers or Odd Thomas.
This book was very suspenseful, as are most of Koontz's works, and had a really engrossing plot. I had kind of ruined a bit of the story for myself by reading the sequel first, Seize the Night, but in my defense, it was not clearly labelled. It had been a few years since I read the second one, so not much was ruined, but I remembered things as I read the book. Overall, I don't think it mattered much so if you did the same, go ahead and read the first one second.Although in this book it fit, one thing that irritates me about Koontz's more recent novels is his incessant inclusion of dogs. I know he loves his retrievers and all, but good gravy(!) I'm sick of him preaching about how awesome dogs are. To be clear, the dog in this book was well placed and had some purpose. If this is your first Dean Koontz book, you will not be bothered by the dogs at all (or if you have a similar passion for dogs), but trust me when I say the more books you read, the more you will shake the book in frustration and wish it were Koontz's shoulders when you read how soulful a dumb dog's eyes appear.
Enough of that rant...
This novel also has some sci-fi lurking in it, and a touch of mystery, but it is mainly a thriller or suspense. I would definitely read this book again and urge you to read it too. If not this one, another of Koontz's earlier, dog-less books like Strangers or Odd Thomas.
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