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Frankenstein: Dead and Alive
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Frankenstein: Dead and Alive
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Publisher's Summary
From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Now the mesmerizing saga concludes....
As a devastating hurricane approaches, as the benighted creations of Victor Helios begin to spin out of control, as New Orleans descends into chaos and the future of humanity hangs in the balance, the only hope rests with Victor's first, failed attempt to build the perfect human. Deucalion's centuries-old history began as the original manifestation of a soulless vision - and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first they must face a monstrosity not even Victor's malignant mind could have conceived - an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind's collective nightmare with powers, and a purpose, beyond imagining.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Bill
- 2020-09-17
excellent
Thoroughly enjoying this series and the narator is able to give the characters individual voices.I will have to buy credits to get the next 2 books.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Cynthia Toker
- 2021-04-16
Wonderfully dark
I love the humour. Absolutely enjoyed every second of this. The humour had me laughing most of the way through the book.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2023-01-21
Oddly Satisfying Quirky Violence
Let's be honest.. sometimes Dean Koontz betrays a pretty Eff'd Up imagination. The underlying premise for this series is that Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein has survived for 200 years and has fully embraced the "mad scientist" persona.. megalomaniacally designing/developing a "New Race" of obedient humanoids that will violently overthrow humanity (the "Old Race") to create a New World Order. Frankenstein's first monster (now self-named 'Deucalion') has teamed up with a pair of NOPD Homicide Detectives to stop him.
Koontz colors in that clever "What If.." scenario with laugh-out-loud dialogue between characters, unsurpassed horrifying visceral description, and a twisty-turny plot populated with Frankenstein's genuine monsters ('New Race' creations either mindlessly doing their maker's sadistic will or rebelling against him.. unexpectedly morphing into insectile, cannibalistic, or overwhelmingly grotesque forms).
Less fortunately, some of Koontz's characters are so bizarre that it's hard to swallow (like a six-fingered hairless midget "troll" named 'Jocko' that begs for nothing more than the opportunity to dismember his creator alive - and obtain a "funny hat"). The sarcastic/humorous/tongue-in-cheek dialogue is also occasionally so incongruous to the gory imagery that it shocks readers/listeners out of the illusion of reality.
Reader Christopher Lane once again turns in a remarkable performance (clear, emotive, and professional) - Brillance Audio cast this project beautifully - but utilizes often cartoonish voice-acting that contributes to the impression of unreality given by this weird book.
This third installment in a captivating Fantasy series is a relatively weak entry, but still merits 7 stars out of 10. Anyone interested in losing themselves in a Koontz-worthy oddball reality is justified in spending the Credit on 'Dead and Alive'. As for me, the writing is approaching a little too close to crossing the line between "eccentric" and "stupid" for me. I personally won't be continuing with the series (not least because major plot threads are resolved in this episode).
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