{"id":879,"date":"2016-04-23T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T16:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=879"},"modified":"2016-04-23T12:11:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T16:11:56","slug":"dean-koontz-tick-tock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/23\/dean-koontz-tick-tock\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Koontz “Tick Tock”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20160420_133439\"I have read a fair amount of Dean Koontz by now; he’s one of my favourite authors. Tick Tock<\/em> is a short novel following a crazy night of events for Tommy Phan. Tommy Phan returns to his home one night, after turning down his mother’s invitation to eat a traditional Vietnamese dinner. Upon returning to his house, he finds a rag doll with black stitches for eyes and mouth, and an X over the heart; he brings the doll inside.<\/p>\n

Tommy’s night from that point on changes as a terrifying entity emerges from the doll, determined to kill Tommy. Tommy has until dawn to survive. If he reaches dawn, the entity will disappear.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the book was not my favourite Dean Koontz book. (Maybe I’m just too engrossed by Odd Thomas’ life to move on to other characters?) The ending was a tad anti-climatic, and to be honest, left me unsatisfied. Sure, it made sense, but I thought and was expecting more from Dean Koontz.<\/p>\n

“Reality is perception. Perceptions change. Reality is fluid.” pg. 126<\/p>\n

“Whatever you expect is what will be, so simply change your expectations.” pg. 176<\/p>\n

“Because reality is what we carry in our hearts, and my heart is full of beauty just for you.” pg. 335<\/p>\n

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