Review: Pretentious storyline, though the writing was magical as always.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2014
I wasn't really impressed with this short story by Koontz.  It told the story of an eight year old who was physically deformed (I think), and how his mother kept him isolated from society out in the woods.  While the story used this as a basis, the story never quite went anywhere.  I liked his writing style as usual, and there was a touch of suspense, but the story read more like the prologue to a book, rather than a short story or novelette of its own.  Perhaps the story does continue in another book, and this is a glimpse into the same storyline, but the odd use of foreshadowing in Wilderness did more to confuse me than to tantalize me.