Book · 1986
Strangers
A Dean Koontz horror novel from 1986 that mixes horror with science fiction, for nights when you want your unease with a strange edge.
- Year
- 1986
- Kind of horror
- Sci fi, Psychological
Strangers is a Dean Koontz novel from 1986, and it sits with one foot in horror and the other in science fiction. That is about all I will say about the set-up, because this is a book that works best when you go in knowing very little.
The title does a lot of the work. Strangers can mean the people you pass in the street, or it can mean something more uncomfortable, and I like a title that lets your imagination get there before the author does. In my head it belongs with the sort of horror that unsettles rather than jolts, and that is a personal read, not a promise.
I would put it at a three for scares. Enough to make you glance at the dark window, not enough to wreck your sleep. That is my own rating, so take it with a pinch of salt and a strong coffee.
It suits a rainy evening, a lamp, the sofa and a phone put well out of reach. If you like your cosy horror with a bit of science fiction in the mix, it is worth a slot on the reading pile.
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