A blurb about Your Heart Belongs to Me

Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Dean Koontz always moves quickly up my 'to read' list in the summertime. I went to the beach, sat in my folding chair, ate trail mix, sipped bottled water and read YHBTM as sea gulls flew over head. It fit right in with the surfing motif of the story. The rapid pace and movement of the story kept me reading, even when at times I didn't like what was happening. Ryan Perry is a damaged protagonist, both physically and psychologically. Really, I thought he was an a**hole most of the time. I never understood why he didn't go the authorities at some point. Even if the police thought he was delusional, it would have added an element of common sense to his behavior to which the reader could relate. Perhaps the fact that Koontz didn't get bogged down in so many details is what made it such a quick, easy read. 
     I remember when YHBTM came out. I was working part time at Borders, before it went bankrupt. Somehow, I always felt personally responsible for that, as if I weren't selling enough books. I thought the cover of the hardcover edition was eye catching, almost lurid. I forgot about it until recently I was browsing my local used book store and found the paperback edition and remembered that I hadn't read it yet so I picked it up.
     I'm a fan of the Odd Thomas series and Odd Apocalypse is also on my summer reading list , although I think I will read something else before I dive into another Koontz novel.

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