[The_Return]

Here's a testament to how much actual work my job entails (and how fucking long my shifts usualy are). I finished 2 books that Id been working on today:

- Ticktock by Dean Koontz
- Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman


Ticktock was very good until the ending, as with most of Koontz books. Id even go so far as to say this is one of his worst endings to date, surpassing the even muddled mess that Cold Fire sunk into. He always builds up alot of questions in the plot, but I dont think he even knows the answers himself. It always results in the plot completly unravelling at the end, no exceptions here.

As awful as the ending was, I actually would consider this one of his better novels, solely due to the great characters. Deliverence Payne is, IMO, the greatest human chanacter the man has ever came up with (I say "human" because he will never surpass Einstein the dog from Watchers). Absolutly hilarious, and contrasted with Tommy (the "hero")'s seriousness, I found myself laughing out loud more than I would care to admit.

The monster was also damn good for most of the book....as I say, unravelled badly at the end though.

^ Wow, that wound up alot longer than I was intending. Sorry...


As for Smoke and Mirrors, I liked it. Ive been reading it on and off for close to (over?) a year now, but I read over half of it today. It's a collection of short stories and poems, so as can be expected not eveything is great. The majority are very well written though, I highly recomend checking this out.