Elsewhere is awesome, awesome, awesome. It is a five star novel.

Elsewhere is the latest thriller from the masterful Dean Koontz and it was every bit as thrilling as we've come to expect. His 78th book to date, it centres around a father and his young daughter who gain the ability to time hop to parallel universes. Jeffy Coltrane and his spirited eleven year old daughter, Amity, live a quiet life in the town of Suavidad Beach, California, with single father Jeffy bringing up his daughter as best he can since her mother, Michelle, left them seven years ago nev...

Jeffy and his 11 year old daughter Amity live in California. Their wife and mother Michelle left them 7 years ago and hasnt been seen since.When a homeless man befriends Jeffy, it turns out he is a famous scientist who is on the run from hidden forces. He has invented a device to travel to other universes in their multi universe world, "the key to everything. Realizing the damage the devices can do, he destroys all but one and leaves it with Jeffy, telling him to never use it and after a year, i...

I very much enjoyed my last reads of Dean Koontz's novels, the Jane Hawk series, and this was an entertaining and enjoyable read too. Jeffy and his 11 year old feisty daughter, Amity, live the quiet life in the Californian town of Suavidad Beach. Jeffy's wife, Michelle, walked out and disappeared from their lives 7 years ago, with Amity barely able to remember her, although she is conscious of a hole in her life, the impact having a myriad of effects on her, like her inability to trust that she

With ELSEWHERE, Dean Koontz is at the top of his game. A riveting page-turner of a thriller with a touch of sci-fi, Koontz builds a complex world filled with love, hope, and faith. A recent change in publishers may have stoked his creative fires. he’s clearly having fun. This is one of his best.

3.5 Stars rounded upCheckout my video review of Elsewhere HEREMr. Koontz and I don’t always get along. In fact, I have probably put down more of his work than I have picked up. A few of his books were entertaining enough. I tried Odd Thomas but it just wasn’t for me. So happily surprised when I found this one at my door and I read the back. Absolutely up my alley!Jeffy and his 11-year-old daughter Amity are still grieving after Jeffy’s wife Michelle walked out on them 7 years ago. Amity never go...

big concept, small execution. what’s funny about elsewhere is it features such a gripping synopsis, maybe the most gripping of any koontz book in a while: father and daughter are given the “key to everything” which opens doors on parallel universes. the reader is promised high-action adventure, horror, twists and turns. this is “meh” koontz. not good koontz, not ridiculously bad koontz. just pumping-‘em-out-for-moola koontz. this mode of koontz makes for entertaining albeit effectively forgettab...

Actual rating is 3.5 stars.In this one, Jeffy had his wife walk out on him seven years ago. They had a child Amity and both Jeffy and Amity still hope that she will return. They are given a device that allows them to travel to parallel dimensions and hopefully find a version where she is a doting mother and loving wife.I enjoyed this book and I was interested throughout. The problem is that there really is nothing new here. The travelling to multiple dimensions reminded me a lot of the televisio...

Like a ghastly rapid riverThrough the pale doorA hideous throng rush out foreverAnd laugh - but smile no more.-Edgar Allan PoeI had some initial thoughts upon starting this epic novel of alternate realities - and let me in full disclosure state that alternate realities are really my thing and thus my opinion is certainly biased. First, the stars are a nice touch. The hardcover features a nice gold embossed design underneath the dust jacket. Inside the cover and throughout the novel are diagrams

I've sat here for at least an hour, trying to discern what I was feeling upon finishing the novel, and the only thing that I came up with is: "It's not the Dean Koontz I know". (Though it's keeping with the Koontz of at least the last decade or so, as his novels has, IMHO, deteriorated in quality and never came close to his earlier works). In some ways, it is: absolute good guys- Jefferey, Amity, Michelle, ad absolute hellish, psychotic bad guys- Fallkirk. The good guys are thrust into impossibl...

What an incredible listening experience! I strongly recommend this book (either print or audio). Definitely a page turner. Dean Koontz does suspense so well. I love his books and the formula he follows. Elsewhere has the expected shadow agency and pure evil villain as well as the innocent person or family having to overcome dark and deadly circumstances that they've been thrust into. I continued to listen after reaching my destination and would stay up late into the night as well. A high complem...

Too much violence. End not clear. Don't care for unfinished stories. 5 of 10 stars

Spooky Ed …a man that is eccentric to put it mildly… gives Jeffy a package to hold for him and tells him not to open it. The main theme of the story becomes obvious that it resolves around the age old concept of good vs. evil and so we all know where this is going to go from here. Of course Jeffy can’t resist the urge to open it…and then we can just sit back…turn the pages… and let the fun begin. Large portions of the story are told from the point of the view of 11 years old, Amity. Amity is rat...

Dean Koontz is back --- not that he ever left. I am referring to the fact that his latest effort is a technothriller, which for me fondly recalls Koontz in his early days. If you've been reading his work since the early 1970s, as I have, you will recognize that he made his name initially with outstanding science fiction and suspense/horror. ELSEWHERE is a clear shout-out to those days, and it thrilled me as I eagerly turned each page.A subject like parallel universes would be a plot element of o...

Koontzland Group Read - October- November - 2020 Forbes Magazine ‘universe’ picture - the book’s cover & inside picture could be the ‘universes’ described & traveled to in the Elsewhere book - does it represent Earth Prime, Earth 1.10, Earth 1.13 & others - separated by timelines? Time travel? Star speed? Does 7 years between missing Michelle Coltrane (wife) existence in another world? How does it effect Michelle overall existence? The theme is fast/excellent. My favorite yearly Christ

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through a Goodreads giveaway. Thank you to both.Finally! A Dean Koontz book that hearkens back to the earlier years when his books were fast-paced, had characters you cared about, and got to the meat and potatoes of the story without 200 extra pages of unnecessary filler!I have to confess that I had become quite disappointed in this author that I once considered a "go to" for a good book, because his more recent books just seemed to be so long-wi...

5 stars.I will be rereading this book down the road. 🇺🇸💀🐼💞

This book was just as fun as I had thought it would be; a very quick read with smooth flowing words and an engaging story. Plus the cover is very beautiful too. I admit I love the silhouettes against the bright colors. It's those colors that attracted me first plus the fact I've read many books by this author over the years.So when I started this one I had no idea what it was about, which is how I start most of the books I read. I do that so I won't have any preconceived notions about the book.