Critic's Views

Many critics believe that Koontz's book Breathless is not up to the same quality level as his previous novels. Although the story has multiple plots that all eventually connect, many people who read the book believed that they were not connected enough and that it was confusing. Also, many of the critics thought that the book was dull, using too much imagery. One critic said, "...he starts to create a mystery but quickly falls back into colorful description of scenery, people and moods. Count how often he uses color related words such as copper, gold, silver, blue, etc etc etc to describe the sky, the grass, the road, the twilight, a meadow, yadda, yadda, yadda. Koontz must get royalties from Crayola." However some critics liked the novel, but this may be because it was their first time reading Koontz. One of the critics said, "Reapeat the mantra, 'I will suspend my sense of disbelief,' to yourself as you read Breathless, as, let's admit, one must do to really get into and appreciate much of Sci Fi and Fantasy novels. If you do, you will probably find yourself enjoying Breathless quite a bit."