Un libro con una historia super adictiva, el autor combina el terror y la ciencia ficción dándonos unas aterradoras creaturas, y una historia brutal.Los personajes de Medianoche me parecieron excelentes, unos personajes que te van a hacer vivir y sentir la pérdida de alguien y la emoción de sobrevivir a aquella perdida. Les recomiendo mucho este libro por su historias por sus personajes, por esas creaturas aterradoras, esas creaturas que solo quieren comer y matar.

The only Dean Koontz book I ever read. I don't remember a thing about this book, but I do remember that reading it turned me off of ever wanting to try another Dean Koontz book.

Warning this review contains spoilersI read this book as part of a group read for the month of April, for the Koontzland group. I found this book really enjoyable, it's a typical Koontz book that mixes science fiction and horror with a hint of conspiracy theory fiction. If I was asked who would I recommend this book to it would be fans of the x files.The book starts off with strange deaths, murders and suicides, but what's even stranger is the way in which the bodies are disposed of by the authorities. This is brought to the attention of the FBI by a disabled Vietnam vet, also a woman appears in the town to find out what really happened to her sister and a young girl comes home early from school and notices something is very wrong with her parents and a chase ensues. Finally we are introduced to the books bad guy a genius who is basically a crazed lunatic who wants to speed up evolution. Things start to go horribly wrong and unforeseen side effects completely destroy the plan.

This is yet another wonderful Koontz read.I say this with most of my Koontz reads: my views are probably somewhat bias, considering how he is my favourite author. Oh, he is far from perfect. There are times when I have disliked (never hated, merely disliked) what he has written. But as a whole, he has rarely done me wrong. Thus, whenever I see a Koontz book I have yet to read I grab it. Such being the case with Midnight. Im not sure when or why, but as of late Ive been noticing that Koontzs older books are being released with new covers. Due to this, they are often ending up in stores that sell the recent releases at a discounted price. As Im not one to turn down a good bargain, I have been jumping upon theses finds as they come about. With Midnight, my excitement was somewhat more than it has been with some of his other books. Midnight had, after all, spent quite some time sitting on my to-read list. I would have worked my way around to it in the end there was no doubt of that yet finding it going cheap pushed it up my list.Unfortunately, my reading of the story was not as straightforward as it should have been. If anything, it was a lesson in why I shouldnt read books Im excited about whilst travelling. Oh, I had plenty of time. My journey home is about ten hours, after all. Sadly, the journey turned into a nightmare. Whilst it gave me more time to read added hours onto a journey have tiny benefits, even if we do not see them at the time the fact that it was the middle of the night and the reading lights stopped working meant I couldnt read as much as this as I wanted to.Thus, my start to the story was not what it should have been.Oh, I was pulled in but I was unable to work through as much of it as I wanted to. As always when my journey turns into a nightmare, I really wasnt up for reading the next couple of days. I wanted to catch up on sleep. Then there was family to see, and a birthday to have. All of it amounted to be book being read in fits and starts. Much to my dismay, every time something good was happening I was pulled away. It seemed as though I was destined never to finish the story.In the end, however, I put my foot down. I couldnt take it anymore. How dare people stop me from reading my favourite author! How dare people interrupt a truly engaging story! Thus, I locked myself away until I had finished the couple of hundreds of pages I had left.Oh how glad I was!As always, Koontz weaves a wonderful tale. With his usual proses and twists and turns, the tale is a wonderful one even when read across days with just a chapter or two here and there, as I was forced to experience it. Youre pulled into the world, and you cannot help but want the best for the characters. There are the odd Koontz cliché to be seen here and there but overall, its a wonderful read. Whilst not my favourite, I did enjoy it.More than worth it if youre a Koontz fan.

This is classic Koontz. Strong heroine/ female protagonist, super smart dog, sociopathic/megalomaniacal antagonist, science gone horribly wrong, a group of people have to save the day, blossoming romance between seemingly opposite characters, a small town, California setting and a good yet, corny ending lol. The blending of horror and science fiction is superb. Koontz is so good at mixing the two genres with a dash of thriller/suspense to tie it all together. The creatures that are in this book are cool and I like the fictional scientific explanation for their existence. They give this book a monster movie type of vibe. This book reminded me a little of Invasion of the Body Snatchers which is a great thing seeing as how I love the original film and its idea. The storyline is interesting and Koontz makes the terror and science behind the danger seem feasible especially in today's highly technological society. There is an abundance of social commentary being made here. What really makes us human? Is it our emotions? Intellect? Or is it something else entirely? How far would we go to achieve a sense of perfection? If we lack all emotions, are we even human anymore? Are we too reliant on technology? Can this reliance eventually come back to haunt us? What is the true meaning and purpose of life? These are all very relevant, thought provoking questions and I feel that they are even more prevalent now in this current technology heavy and dependent world than ever before and especially more than when this book was written. I feel like Koontz might have been able to see into the future a bit and see how much technology would play a major role in our lives and livelihoods. The characters are good. My favorite character was the disabled Vietnam vet, Harry. Koontz does a good job of making empathetic characters that you want to root for and helps us to see from the twisted perspective of the antagonist and at least see where they are coming from or why they think they have to do what they're doing even if it seems completely wrong or insane to us as the readers. Koontz throws in several horror and science fiction movie references that a die hard fan like myself really appreciated. It even feels a little like a B movie at times. The small town setting in horror fiction is one of my favorite literary tropes and the town of Moonlight Cove is crafted well. I immediately got to know the town and what it was all about as well as a little about the places it contained and some of the people that lived there. The pace is good, it ramps us when it needs to but otherwise it is very steady and moves along well for an almost 500 page book. I love Koontz's writing style. It's very descriptive in parts and it has a stylized nature to it that lends itself to some speculation and thought provocation as to the picture he is painting for us and the story he is telling and simply put, it just works. Having read quite a few of his books, I have come to appreciate his writing style very much and I greatly enjoy pointing out and/or noticing the various Koontzisms located within his works. The third part/act of the book is a thrill ride and thunders along as soon as shit starts to hit the fan. The conclusion was a nice way to end the novel although it was corny but that's Koontz's style so I was cool with it.