I stopped reading Koontz books because he never finished the Snow trilogy
I was a proud voracious reader as a child... it was easily my favourite way to spend time, a classic escapism from my otherwise dull childhood. I started properly getting into Koontz books around the age of 9 or 10, and before long, reading became a constant in my life. By the time I was about 13, Fear Nothing had just been released, and it immediately became my favourite book. There was something about it that completely pulled me in.
When the sequel came out not long after (which I saw in a local book shop), I remember placing a request through my local library system and checking for it constantly. The day it finally arrived felt like an event... I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. I devoured it in no time.
As the years passed, life started to shift. I still read, but less frequently. By around 19, my attention had wandered elsewhere, girls mainly, and books slowly took a back seat. My degree was also in maths and took up all my mental effort.
To cut a long story short, I never quite returned to reading in the same way. And because of that, I never really committed to starting Koontz’s later works, like the Odd Thomas series. Part of me was hesitant - I didn’t want to get invested only to be left with unanswered questions or loose ends. So I left it, always meaning to come back, but never quite doing so.
I'm quite old now now and haven't read a Koontz book in almost 20 years. Barely read fiction at all actually.
I thought today to check about that Snow trilogy, thinking surely it's been written now, also it crossed my mind is that Koontz guy still alive. How I loved his books as a child. But as pleased as I was to see he's still alive and kicking what a disappointment it's still just a series of cryptic and confusing statements about the Snow trilogy. Seems like it really will get taken to the grave with him.
Not sure why I wrote all this out! My son will be the age I was when I started Koontz soon, maybe I'll get him a book...