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Title: Hideaway
Author: Dean Koontz
Narrator: Michael Hanson, Carol Cowan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-10-08
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 473 votes
Genres: Fiction, Horror
Publisher's Summary:
But something has come back with Hatch from the other side: a terrible presence that links his mind to a psychotic's, so that a force of murderous rage courses through him.
Critic Reviews:
"Fiercely exciting...a slam-bang finale." (Kirkus Reviews)
"A dual reading by Michael Hanson and Carol Cowan heightens the drama in a way the written word could never achieve. With this narrative choice, readers receive a clear, strong and effective audio horror story which is just about impossible to stop listening to." (The Bookwatch)
Members Reviews:
NEW AGE MUSIC IS FOR THOSE WHO FIND ELEVATOR MUSIC
TOO COMPLICATED.
ONE OF THE VIRTUES OF THE DEAD WAS PATIENCE.
I am Mr. Impatience and I almost gave out during the first two hours. The first two hours describes a car accident, but it is described in poetry form. The colorful, flowery words, served mostly to draw out a 15 minute event into two hours. After that things got a lot better. The story got more interesting with a very unusual bad guy and the poetry stopped. The bad guy is the star of the show and you want to stay long enough to hear about his childhood and how he started killing.
THE DEAD STAY DEAD AND THE LIVING ONLY WANT TO JOIN THEM
I am a Koontz fan and some of his books will live in my mind forever. I enjoyed this book as I listened to it, but I guarantee you that a month from now, I will not, without some help, remember the story line of this book. It has been a couple of days and I had to read my notes to remember what it was about. This was written in 1992, as Koontz was coming out of his boring, preachy books and moving more into suspense. There is some preaching in this and some interesting questions about death. If you can get this on sale, I would say go ahead, but I would not waste a credit.
Kramer and Read have been around for a while, but before them there was Hanson and Cowen. They have done a lot of books together and most of them are on tape. Anytime you get a chance to hear them, you should take it, they make all books better.
Hideaway
Vassago (I heard Massago?) is the most singularly evil character I have encountered in a long while. Delicious. Carol Cowen's Regina was perfect. Last quarter of the book seemed to drag on a bit, and I was hoping for a more painful end for the villain.
First Knootz
THis is my first of Mr. Knootz books. I enjoyed it, although it did drag in some areas. However, that aside, I look forward to hearing more of his works.
Another nail-biter from Koontz
If you could sum up Hideaway in three words, what would they be?
Hang on tight.
What did you like best about this story?
The complete development of the characters.
What about Michael Hanson and Carol Cowan s performance did you like?
The ability to pronounce words most of us would trip on. They never missed a beat as their pacing was excellent.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The pre-adoption meeting.
Any additional comments?
As always, Koontz is a master of suspense and you never know what's around the next corner.
A Wild Ride: From Hell to Eternity
Would you consider the audio edition of Hideaway to be better than the print version?
Yes. Great readers. I was really drawn in by the narrators as well as the story itself.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Hideaway?
Hatch & Lindsey's meeting with Regina - and their breakfast afterward in which they discussed the meeting - was amazing.
