77 Shadow Street

Yes, there were parts that were formulaic. Sure, there were bits of a curmudgeonly conspiracy theorist.

But in the end, it was quintessential Koontz. A menagerie of characters brought together by circumstances larger than themselves, the divine war of good and evil with man at its root.

I enjoyed it. Provided with characters like Winny and Bailey Hawks to follow and root for, I was swept up by the story, hanging on the events and on who would make it through. And there were bits of beautiful prose in there, some haunting and some terrifying and some life-affirming that will stay with me long after I put the book back on the shelf.