"Book three a disappointment"

The third and final book of his Frankenstein series, "Dead and Alive" has received mostly negative or lukewarm reviews from those who read and enjoyed the first two novels ("Prodigal Son" and "City of Night"). The average rating the novel received on goodreads.com from 108 readers was a 3.6 out of five possible points.

Readers, having waited four years for Koontz to complete the trilogy set in New Orleans, were by mostly disappointed by this final, updated installment of the famous classic.

Adjectives like "superficial", "underwhelming", "disappointing", "poi n tless", "boring", and "predictable" were used to describe the novel by quite a few individuals, including those who gave the book a 3 rating.

With Victor Helios' "creations" spinning out of control at the same time as a devastating hurricane approaches the Crescent City, you have an interesting backdrop for this final confrontation between the damned creature (Deucalion) and his mad creator. But, unfortunately, the story fizzles, unlike the storm that races in from the Gulf!

Reviewed by Bob Walch
Posted October 10, 2009