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Critique of Winter MoonIn Winter Moon by Dean Koontz a muddy Los Angeles, California day is shattered when a hot Hollywood director turns a city street into a fiery abyss. A heroic law ships officer, Jack McGarvey, is badly wounded in the inferno and will not be able to walk for months. Little does Jack know that a serial publication of events will lead him and his family to a ranch in Montana. On that isolated ranch they discover their destiny in a horrific encounter with a ruthless and puzzling enemy from which neither the living nor dead argon safe.&9Koontzs novels seem to have one thing in common. Their themes are about how the human mind and spirit relate to things in life. He doesnt stray from that commonality in Winter Moon. Koontzs purpose in writing the book was to show that the power of the mind is yet an unmatched force. Both my mother and I agree that he accomplished this very well. &9His use of guinea pigs also fits a pattern that has developed in his writing. Koont z uses the same two characters in many of his novels the heroic, faithful male and the strong female. Koontzs piece of work of indirect characterization is impeccable, and makes the reader feel as though they really know the characters. At the beginning, the book dismiss seem confusing, whereas Koontz jumps back and forth from character to character. I feel that after the reader has become accustomed to it, the switching between characters creates good stopping points. However, my mom found it annoying and didnt uniform the switching. &9Koontz explodes into action during the first chapter, which grips the reader and holds their attention throughout the rest of the book. The novel starts out as two separate stories a police officers family living in L.A. and an old retired man living in Montana. As the book progresses the two stories become more(prenominal) connected, and finally intertwined. The book can seem confusing at the start. However, the confusion of the reader is used b y Koontz to make the ending more intense. Koontz certainly unleashes his vivid imagination in this novel, whereas some of the details and occurrences can leave a weak stomached reader feeling nauseous. My mom said that she couldnt sleep after reading one of the more disturbing sequences of events. &9The setting of Winter Moon occurs in two different places. Two places that are complete opposites Los Angeles, California and a ranch in Montana.