The Husband
- 415
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Dean Koontz’s “The Husband” is an entertaining kidnapping thriller with a strong premise, told in turn from the husband’s side and his wife’s. The book keeps its reader guessing as the two of them try to get the better of the kidnappers. Some feel that the second half loses the drive of the first, action scenes notwithstanding, and judge the execution weaker than the idea. It is fairly dark, with torture among its violence.
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About the book
The Husband is a novel by the best-selling author Dean Koontz, released in 2006. Focus Features, in conjunction with Random House Films, has announced that a film adaptation has been greenlit.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 109 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 43% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 18 | 17% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 28 | 26% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 63 | 58% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Husband?
It has 415 pages — shorter than 61% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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