The Crooked Staircase Book Reviews

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The Crooked Staircase. This book did not have a satisfactory ending. I was left disappointed and kept looking for another chapter to wrap things up. Will not be reading more of this author.

The Crooked Stairway. Very interesting but too much description of areas. I like a little but this went with pages of describing. Just finished this book and there was no happy ending or ending . Story just stopped.

Great Book. I couldn’t put it down. So many twists and turns.

The crooked stair. Hello, I am a big fan of your books. I have read all three and I am very much anticipating your new book and the Jane Hawk series. This is a book that I could not put down until I get to the end .Mr. Koontz you are an incredible writer and I’m so glad for your work. Thank you. Now I’d like to say something about the series your books are so rich with all of the senses. When I read I am lucky enough to visualize your writing and be in the book as an observer. Jane Hawk series is thrilling beyond words. I was moved to tears and so much more. Thank you for your work please keep writing. Your devoted fan Vickie Tackett

Next!. This series is as good as Koontz’s Nameless series.

Blah blah blah. Lame ending. I don’t think I’m going to finish the series. Sorry

Beautiful prose....slow and predictable plot. This one disappointed ...after all these years reading Koontz. The plot line took a long time to develop, and was completely predictable by the middle of the book. What motivated me to continue to read it was Koontz’s writing style, but I found that that was far from satisfying when I finally finished

Books need an ending. Ok....so Dean has found a new character to write about and it’s a dandy but don’t be one of those desperate writers who never end a book. Maybe just maybe you can conjure up a new character to write about AND GIVE US AN ENDING TO THIS ONE! Trust me I won’t buy the next one until I read a review about an ENDING. I’m not a sucker that will keep buying an unending story.

AWFUL!!!. I always buy Dean Koontz books as soon as they are out. This one made me vow to stop. Bounced from one awful violent murder to another. I’m done.

Crooked Jane. I hated to see it end. It was great. Everything that could have gone wrong did. I wonder if there’s going to be any coming back from this threat to humanity.

Nail Biting. I am a long time Dean Koontz fan. I am very impressed by the Jane Hawk novels. I read the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd books over a 1 week period with little sleep. I absolutely could not put them down and had many drowsy days at work because of them. 😬. It was worth the sleepless nights. The Crooked Staircase was action packed from beginning to end. Jane Hawk is a riveting character and I cannot wait until The Forbidden Door is released!

My last Koontz book!!. I can't believe what a jumbled mess this book is. I can't believe that when the final showdown is near the book just ends. I paid for a book expecting a beginning middle and end. I don't want to read a serial novel. I have read all of his books but this will be my last.

Absolute rubbish. Author uses 1000 pages to tell a 250 page story. Worst book ever read

Intense. The Crooked Staircase is a dark, riveting and intense thriller, crafted with numerous twists and surprises. I was delighted to find that even though, I hadn’t read the first two books in the series, the plot was easy to follow. Jane Hawk and her five-year-old son, Travis, were in grave danger of being caught, by corrupt government agents. These agents were known as Techno Arcadians. They were capturing and injecting the people on their list, with a mind-altering drug, which not only took away free-will but permanently changed their brain. The Arcadian’s goal was to accomplish World Utopia, through mind-control. Former FBI agent, Jane Hawk, lost her husband, because of these evil-doers, and she was ready to have her revenge. As much as it pained Jane to leave her son with Gavin and Jessie, it was better than giving the Arcadians a chance to kidnap him. But, what if these corrupt men were to find Gavin and Jessie, and therefore, Travis, before Jane could bring them down? Like many readers, I’m not a fan of cliff-hangers. I like to know before starting a book if the story ends in one. Be warned. This book does. All and all, though, I found The Crooked Staircase to be an entertaining, dark, creepy, and fast-paced read. Thank you, Ballantine Publishing and NetGalley, for my advanced review copy.

Couldn’t finish. For the first time ever I couldn’t finish a Dean Koontz book. The writing was the same, maybe a little drawn out and overly dramatic in the beginning, but non-stop after awhile with his fast paced short chapters. Still, I started to dread picking it up to read a little more. I read for entertainment, education, and escape. This hit too close to home for any of that …too close to real life, or what some folks think is real life today. Too much conspiracy, too much gratuitous violence, too many totally unloveable characters, too much death among the good ones, too much sadness and loss. Maybe, hopefully, in a few years I’ll be able to finish it. Until then, I need something a bit less like watching the news.

Rainy day Read. As an avid Dean Koontz fan, I have read 75% of his work. The suspense and story line in this epic kept me engaged but the descriptive writing rambled. The spellbinding thrall I have come to associate with his books was scattered and frustrated.

Addictive but reminiscent of FoxNews….. As usual, Koontz mesmerizes with beautifully drawn characters and thrilling plot twists. But halfway through this series, I can’t get over the channeling of QAnon and FoxNews. It’s uncanny how the entire series is based first on a premise that eerily echoes conspiracy theories about Bill Gates and other “elites” enslaving us with microchips. Then the books hammer home the philosophy that all “elites” (and Koontz repeatedly uses that word), especially those who attended Ivy League universities, are evil overlords trying to rule the world. The bad guys are always federal government “elites”, including two laughably improbable hit men who graduated Harvard and Princeton; The “good” people are always local cops, rebels, cowboys, and ex war heroes. I’m beginning to wonder if Koontz was part of the January 6 insurrection, because he is peddling all the propaganda we hear from those people. It’s a shame, given his immense talent….

The crooked staircase. Worst book oh Dean’s I hav3 3ver read. Really hav3 been avid fan over the tears. Too much non- interesting details for my taste.quit on page261. Never have done that in my reading of reading hundreds of books

Jane Hawk series. Wow! Excellent! This whole series so far is great, thanks Dean.

The Crooked Staircase. Simply outstanding! Just bought books 4 & 5 to finish this enthralling series.

One of Koontz’s best. Excellent and gripping novel. Jane Hawk lives up to her fierceness again!

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Hard to follow. His usual great writing but there were two stories in one. Could not follow the other thread so had to skip every other chapter! Did not Ike this!

Unique concept/story, but strains credulity, is often mawkishly patriotic, and MUCH too long .... Though fiction often out of necessity (or design) will/must employ some degree of sensationalism, the books in this series to this point - far too frequently - strains credulity. Combine the books’ none-too-subtle mawkishness position on “true patriotism” and obvious moralizing, along with a lack of editing and concision (likely due to the publisher kowtowing to the author’s fame and prominence), and the reader just gets tired. Clearly the publisher is intending to drag out this series as long as possible thus maximizing revenues This series is not really five, six, or whatever number of books it eventually ends up being, but maybe two or three smaller books; at most!