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The House of Thunder
The House of Thunder
Author: Dean R. Koontz
ISBN-13: 9780913165348
ISBN-10: 0913165344
Publication Date: 9/1988
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Dark Harvest
Book Type: Hardcover
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TiTo avatar reviewed The House of Thunder on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
A slow drawn out read. The ending was brilliant and worth the effort. I think this would have been a better short story.
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Helpful Score: 4
Excellent Koontz book, I have actually read this book twice and it was even better the second time around. Hope you enjoy.
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Helpful Score: 3
A young woman came to in a hospital in a town she had never heard of and was told she was in a bad car accident. She can't remember anything about where they told her they worked. And dead men from a terrible incident in her youth are everywhere in this hospital and are threatening her......very good and with a completely surprise ending.
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Helpful Score: 3
Dean Koontz is a master of his trade. This little gem of a book was memorable to me. The protagonist is a woman who wakes up in a hospital with amnesia, and she (with us along for the ride) must unravel what happened to her. Great!
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Helpful Score: 2
A page turner that will keep you guessing until the end.
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Helpful Score: 2
I completely loved this book and I reccomend it to anyone.
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Helpful Score: 2
Early and classic Koontz.
A terrified woman wakes up in a hospital, with only shadowy memories of 4 strangers. Good mystery by a brilliant storyteller.
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Helpful Score: 2
Typical Koontz, if you like his writing, they're all entertaining and usually thought provoking.
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Helpful Score: 2
This was a good book, however I wasn't able to get into like his others. The ending is really strange, you definitly don't see it coming.
Susan wakes up in a hospital room unable to remember her name. What accident brought her here? Why can't she remember anything and why is she sure someone is lying to her? Who are the 4 shadowy strangers waiting in the corridors. Step by step she unlocks her mind, and step by step she approaches the single most frightening night of her life...waged by 4 men in the House of Thunder.
euphoria avatar reviewed The House of Thunder on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
One of Koontz's earlier novels, from back when he used to write powerful suspense thrillers with realistic characters that weren't perfect and didn't always have sickly-sweet happy endings (unlike the crap he writes nowadays).
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Helpful Score: 1
Another good Dean Koontz novel
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Helpful Score: 1
This is absolutely one of his best books. The title is fitting too- House of Thunder.
The house in this book is not one I've forgotten- even though I read this book years ago. And the characters, the ones that aren't on the good side, have left lasting impressions. I know I'll read the book again, I'm betting it will freak me out as much as the first time around.

The best part of this book was the ending- it gave me a bit of a surprise.
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Helpful Score: 1
Quite a twist at the end of this one.
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Helpful Score: 1
An exceptional novelist...top-notch!
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Helpful Score: 1
Another scary thriller by Koontz a master of mystery and mayhem.
Paul-RLT avatar reviewed The House of Thunder on + 176 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Beginning is exciting, mid-part drags a little, ending is clever but somewhat unbelievable. All in all, better than average suspense thriller.
beccarae1 avatar reviewed The House of Thunder on + 11 more book reviews
This is a book written during the cold war era. Intriguing plot, but not terribly believable today.
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Another page turner by that master of suspense and horror. All these terrible, mysterious events take place, and Susan Thorton gradually learns that NO ONE is on her side . . .
I'm extremely glad that I didn't pick up this novel to read during my hospital stay a few months back. I'd never have slept again!

From inside cover: She woke up in a hospital room, barely able to remember her own name. What secrets lay hidden within Susan Thorton's mind? What terrible accident brought her here? And who were the four shadowy strangers--waiting, like death--in the darkened corridors? One by one, Susan unlocked these mysteries. And step by step, she approached the torment of her past--a single night of violence, waged by four young men in THE HOUSE OF THUNDER.
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She woke up in a hospital room, barely able to remember her own name. What secrets lay hidden within Susan Throton's mind? What terrible accident borught her here? And who were the four shadowy strangers- waiting, like death- in the darkened corridors? One by one, Susan unlocked these mysteries. And step by step she approached the torment of her past- a single night of violence, waged by four young men in The House of Thunder. Good read, twist at the end.
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Read it a few years back and loved it. Im thinking about reading it again.
Czarmike avatar reviewed The House of Thunder on + 10 more book reviews
Not close to being the best effort of Dean Koontz. It was an amusing read, but not up to the quality of other titles.
goldilocks2005 avatar reviewed The House of Thunder on + 104 more book reviews
A great read!
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I read this book into deep hours of the night, it was hard to put down. The ending was very surprising! Not a guesser at all.
Nightcrawler avatar reviewed The House of Thunder on + 207 more book reviews
A great storyteller
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From the inside cover:
She woke up in a hospital room, barely able to remember her own name. What secrets lay hidden within Susan Thornton's mind? What terrible accident brought her here? And who were the four shadowy strangers - waiting, like death - in the darkened corridors? One by one, Susan unlocked these mysteries. And step by step she approached the torment of her past - a single night of violence, waged by four young men in ...the house of thunder.
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A great storyteller
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Susan Thorton woke up in a hospital room, barely able to remember her own name. What secrets lay hidden within her mind? What terrible accident brought her here? Who were the 4 shadowy strangers--waiting, like death--in the darkened corridors? One by one, Susan unlocked these mysteries. And step by step, she approached the torment of her past--a single night of violence, waged by 4 young men in the House of Thunder.
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In a cavern called The House of Thunder, Susan Thornton watched in horror as her lover was beaten to death in a college hazing. During the next several years, the four young men involved in the fraternity rite also died violently. Or did they?
Marcia avatar reviewed The House of Thunder on + 378 more book reviews
She woke up in a hospital room, barely ale to remember her own name. What terrible accident had brought her here? And who were the four shadowy strangers-waiting like death? One by one she approached the torment of her past.--- a single night of violence, waged by four young men in a house of Thunder...
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She woke up in a hospital room barely able to remember her own name. What secrets lay hidden within Susan Thortons mind? What terrible accident brought her here? And who were the four shadowy strangers waiting like death, in the darkend corridors? One by one, Susan unlocked these mysteries. And step by step she appoached the torment of her past, a single night of violence, waged by four young men.
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She woke up in a hospital room, barley able to remember her own name. What secrets lay hidden within Susan Thorton's mind? What terrible accident brought her here? And who were the four shadowy strangers- waiting, like death- in the darkened corridors? One by one, Susan unlocked these mysteries. And step by step, she approached the torment of her past- a single night of violence, waged by four young men in The House of Thunder.
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She woke up in a hospital room, barely able to remember her own name. What secrets lay hidden within Susan Thortons mind? What terrible accident brought her here? And who were the four shadowy strangers-waiting, like death-in the darkened corridors? One by one, Susan unlocked these mysteries. And step by step, she approached the torment of her past-a single night of violence, waged by four young men in the house of thunder.
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A Small tear at end of binding. It doesn't affect the binding at all.