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Original Title:	The Taking
ISBN:	0553584502 (ISBN13: 9780553584509)
Edition Language:	English

The Taking

Dean Koontz

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 410 pages

Rating: 3.78 | 35091 Users | 1705 Reviews

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Title	:	The Taking
Author	:	Dean Koontz
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 410 pages
Published	:	April 26th 2005 by Bantam (first published May 2004)
Categories	:	Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Suspense. Science Fiction. Mystery. Fantasy

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In one of the most dazzling books of his celebrated career, Dean Koontz delivers a masterwork of page-turning suspense that surpasses even his own inimitable reputation as a chronicler of our worst fears-and best dreams. In The Taking he tells the story of a community cut off from a world under siege, and the terrifying battle for survival waged by a young couple and their neighbors as familiar streets become fog-shrouded death traps. Gripping, heartbreaking, and triumphant in the face of mankind's darkest hour, here is a small-town slice-of-doomsday thriller that strikes to the core of each of us to ask: What would you do in the midst of The Taking.

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Ratings: 3.78 From 35091 Users | 1705 Reviews

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This book is on the weird side. I felt like it had this great middle part but no real beginning and no real end. He dives right into the action in the first chapter. But never provides much back story for the main characters, even though Molly's father and past are somewhat essential to the plot. Kootnz hinted at some important sub points with her mother that never got developed either (like the quasi visions of her protective mother later).The book is a straight up sci fi with lots of alien

I'm torn on what rating to give this book. On one hand, I found the premise engaging, the pacing perfect (for the most part), the underlying concept interesting, and the horror very well executed. On the other hand, the ending felt a little bit rushed to me, and there were one or two details that I felt came across as a little too leading. I can also see why the story may have a polarizing effect on its readers; I quite liked it, but I see why some won't (I don't count that as a point against

"The Taking" is Dean Koontz's version of the end of the world. It focuses on a young couple, Molly and Neil Sloan, who wake up early one morning to a strange rainfall. Turning on their television, they soon realize that the whole world is under attack and they head into town to find other survivors. Along the way they encounter zombies, unnaturally large bugs, other unknown creatures lurking in trees, dolls that self-mutilate, UFO's, and a fungus that threatens to overtake everything. Molly

This is easily one of Koontz's "scariest" novels, in that it is packed full of dark suspense. In that regard, it is along the lines of Winter Moon and Phantoms (two of my other Koontz favorites). The action in the book picks up very early, which is unlike many of his novels, and continues to the very end. Overall, I thought it was a very enjoyable read and I would highly recommend it, as it is one of my favorite books of his that I have read so far.**SPOILER ALERT**My major qualm with the book

This was a bubbling cesspool meandering mess. The apocalypse has hit the world. Unexplained phenomena crop up everywhere. Coyotes-that-weren't-quite-coyotes, people coming back to the dead and a sudden invasion of creatures that were altogether unsettling. Molly and her husband feel a pull to the city and set off - to save their town or die trying.Enter the blandest main character I have met in a long, long while: Molly Sloan. I disliked her from start to finish. I can't really pinpoint why I

The last Koontz book I'll read. It's all dogs all the time. It's a tired motif. And Space Alien Satan didn't do it for me either.

**Some mild spoilers**Well, I don't want to give too much away as a book such as this relies heavily upon suspense. Simply put, it was okay. The basic premise: it begins raining one night, but this is no ordinary rain--it's one bad mamma-jamma: torrential, luminous, and occurring at precisely the exact same time all over the world. Defense satellites are out of commission, strange alien creatures run amok, and people begin to go insane. And that's all before the crap really hits the proverbial