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Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz

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Author:	Dean Koontz
Hardcover:	352 pages
Publisher:	Bantam
Publication Date:	November 25, 2008
Language:	English
ISBN:	0553807137
Product Length:	6.42 inches
Product Width:	1.26 inches
Product Height:	9.52 inches
Product Weight:	1.33 pounds
Package Length:	9.0 inches
Package Width:	5.6 inches
Package Height:	1.4 inches
Package Weight:	0.95 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 246 reviews

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43 of 50 found the following review helpful:

Skip this one Jan 03, 2009 By azgrad
I'm a big Dean Koontz fan but this one just doesn't work. The premise was a great one and I looked forward to reading the story. But it drags from the start (this is the first time I've actually skimmed over paragraphs in a Koontz novel) and the intertwining of supernatural with reality just doesn't fit together this time. The story picked up a bit post-transplant (more than half-way through the book though) but the ending is a major disappointment. No spoilers here - but there are certain events that just don't make sense, the supernatural seemed out of place and the ending itself is extremely unrealistic and unfulfilling. Koontz can do much better and hopefully next time he will.

25 of 29 found the following review helpful:

I guess I'm weird...I loved it! Jan 09, 2009 By Jake Chism
Ryan Perry made a fortune after he created the internet's largest social networking website. Only thirty-four years old, Ryan is one of the wealthiest men in the country and has everything a man could want. Even his love life is better than he could have hoped, and he has no doubt Samantha is the one he will spend the rest of his life with.

One fateful day while Ryan is surfing he feels an intense pain in his chest, scaring him enough to visit the doctor. His worst fears are confirmed when he discovers he needs a heart transplant to live. As Ryan waits for a donor his world is torn apart by strange events and suspicions that he has no answer for. He begins to believe that those who are closest to him may be responsible for his medical condition. His search for the truth will lead him down a dark road that could destroy him in ways he never imagined.

Your Heart Belongs to Me might be one of the most unique novels of Koontz's career. Depending on your perspective, that can be good or bad. It's hard to fit this story into one clear cut genre. While there are terrifying moments, this is not a horror novel. Much of the story is full of drama, emotion, and romance, yet this is not a typical love story. This novel is very suspenseful, but driven at a much slower pace than Koontz's previous works.

Much of Koontz's early career was highlighted by suspenseful stories with both supernatural and horror elements. Many of his die hard fans still want that from him, and subsequently are quick to turn on his later works that are full of powerful explorations of light overcoming the darkness. While I enjoy many of the vintage Koontz novels, I have also thoroughly enjoyed his more recent approach to storytelling. This latest offering is certainly no exception.

In my book, no one equals Koontz when it comes to prose and dialogue. Those strengths shine here, but what carries this story is the character of Ryan Perry. His journey is full of struggle, hope, torment, and redemption. Koontz gives us a rich guy that has everything, and he still makes us care for and hurt alongside him at every turn. We're able to see through the riches and security Ryan has built up around him and look into the heart of a person who is frightened by the realities of life and death. As we're drawn deeper into the story, we are effectively drawn deeper into Ryan's life, making this a more profound, heartfelt tale.

While the pacing of this story is slower than we've come to expect from Koontz, in no way does it take away from the suspense. Ryan's paranoia about his situation and his search for truth amidst a world of confusion makes for a very addictive read. This is also one of the most spiritual themed novels Koontz has written and maybe one of the most poignant. In the end, Koontz delivers a great little twist that is both powerful and sobering. Even if you are aching for some classic Koontz give this one a chance and enjoy yet another wondrously crafted tale from the master.

59 of 74 found the following review helpful:

Another great read, for me at least. Nov 25, 2008 By Robert Busko
I look forward every spring and fall to the two Koontz books that I know will come as surely as the seasons change. I have yet to be disappointed in any of his books and I can also say that for Your Heart Belongs to Me. I know that some Dean Koontz fans are disappointed when a new book doesn't resemble each and every book he has already written. It is a matter of perspective. I enjoy the variety that Koontz serves up.

Your Heart Belongs to Me fits nicely with books such as The Husband and The Good Guy; stories that deal with psychological stress on the protagonist and by extension the reader.

The story here is strong and certainly plausible. Ryan Perry, a self made millionaire is living the life most of us would do anything to have. Bright, rich, popular, Perry is living the American dream though he is just a little paranoid in my opinion. Then, like so many of us have experienced, that charmed life is threatened by a medical crisis, in this case, cardiomyopathy, a condition that can't be corrected without a heart transplant. Short of that, the condition is a death sentence. Since Ryan is young and vibrant, and has the money, a viable heart is found and life is once again becomes good. Well, maybe. In no time Ryan's life turns creepy; perhaps the transplant won't work out. This is where Koontz excels, finding the weird in the normal everyday things we all take for granted. Then, of course, who is really behind it all?

Dean Koontz does a wonderful job developing the story though some may feel it is just a bit contrived. I don't! The characters are certainly believable, the story is well developed, and in classic Koontz style, wastes no time in grabbing your attention and moving you along.

I highly recommend.

Peace to all.

15 of 17 found the following review helpful:

. Does not even deserve 1 star. Trixie would have done a better job with this one. Dec 03, 2008 By Dawnann
WARNING SPOILERS BELOW!

I have a hard time believing a lead could be so stupid and shallow as Ryan. He supposedly researched transplants so how could he have believed he was on an international donor list and not be suspicious when he gets a heart after 1 month in SHANGHAI? His security firm supposedly researched Dr Hobb and did not mention anything fishy?

Also, too may loose ends. What about Dr Death and justice for Ismay whom Koontz strongly implied was murdered?

Lastly is running an orphanage really supposed to make up for buying a heart from a murdered political prisoner?

8 of 8 found the following review helpful:

A thinker, like it the more I think about it Jan 12, 2009 By E. Baxter
I'm a huge Dean Koontz fan. I've read 50+ of his works and look forward to many more. I got this book for Christmas and plowed through it pretty quickly. I'm not sure I let everything sink in the first time. This is a very interesting Koontz and a little different from a lot of his. The protagonist, Ryan, is a complex character and the story is told with a very tight focus around him. Many things go on in the beginning to middle of the book that really aren't understood until the end and even then you should not be expecting the answers to slap you in the face. The understanding of these things is more deep and subtle than a cursory reading will at first reveal. It is there and readers should dwell on the meaning of this one a bit.
Overall this would not be my first recommendation to someone new to Koontz but a good read for someone looking for something worthy of deeper consideration than the typical industry thriller. There's not a ton of action but more psychologically taut scenes that flow one to another. Thank you very much, Dean, for another top-notch novel for thinking readers.

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