Two book reviews in one!

I have been doing pretty well on my reading and have managed to get through two more books. Here is a mini-review of each one.

Ticktock by Dean Koontz was the first book by Koontz I had read and I must say his writing style is a bit cheesy. It’s overwritten I think. I’m not saying I’ll never read another Koontz but it will be awhile. As for the storyline, it was alright too. I did like the characters though and that is worth something. I think characters are the hardest part of the story to develop and Koontz seems to do well with his characterizations. I really don’t have much else to say about the book though.

The most recent book I finished was David Sedaris’ Naked. This is one of his earliest books and I really enjoyed it although I had a different impression of Sedaris coming into the book. His more recent writing, although still having a delightfully dark side is not as dark as the stories in this collection of autobiographical short stories. You see what a loser he was and what a dysfunctional background he had as he grew up and entered his college years. Voyeuristically fascinating and difficult to put down. Recommended reading for those of us who enjoy the dark side of humor and laugh at things we know we shouldn’t.