While this is not my first Koontz read, it was certainly the longest. For fans of his more speedy, but still thorough reads, I offer you “Velocity” or “Intensity” instead. “Strangers” was uniquely dense, and I found myself putting it down a lot as opposed to obsessively finishing other Koontz books. You’re really reading about 600 pages of character creation before the final 100 pages of closure, and even that closure is relatively open-ended. I do understand the importance of taking the time to really build the relationships between reader and characters, of which the list seemed endless. But, simultaneously we are also reading about how those characters all come to relationships with each other, so the effect can seem dizzying at times. Koontz is still a mastermind at painting exemplar, quizzical settings and scenarios, and “Strangers” is a huge example of that. Much less of a horror read than some of his other more popular books, but there were definitely veins of unsettling depictions throughout, I.e, Dom’s descriptions of his late night wandering and the thorough descriptions of such intense fear from several characters. If you can spare a little more time to really deep dive into a pretty philosophical jaunt from Mr. Koontz, I’d say give this one a whirl.