Absorbing, Inspiring, Brilliant! - Rated 
It has been four years or more since I read this story and it still has power over me. This book is the measuring stick by which other Koontz stories are judged.
The characters, their lives are so real at times you would swear you could touch them.
I am a fan of time travel stories, after all time holds the key to any 'what if' question. The inversion of the typical time travel archetype is a masterclass in creativity.
This has the hallmark of any great story; you forget you are reading. Years later the characters are vivid and their story, their world seems as real as ever.
Few novels come near the standard of this masterpiece.
Any Koontz fan will enjoy. Fans of Stephen King will love it too. If you want a good story with adventure, romance and the slightest dash of sci-fi, look no further, you have found your book.
Lightning Sizzles - Rated
This is Koontz at his best.A time travel bonanza with twist after twist.A Donnie Darko type mind bender that keeps you reading page after page after page.A classic Koontz tale which is up there with his other great works,Watchers,Midnight and Mr.Murder to name a few.
fantastic! - Rated
Totally absorbing and such an imaginative premice to start from! I read this book a while ago and have read many more since but it remains of my favourites from Koontz. It goes fom weird to bizarre to incredible but so totally gripping...
Cotton candy - Rated 
Like a handful of other reviewers here, I'm puzzled at folk proclaiming this the best Koontz they've ever read. It completely lacks the edgy intelligence and pacing of his best works like Phantoms, Cold Fire, or Fear Nothing.
Lightning is so cloying and saccharine in its constant declarations of the wonder of people and life that it becomes like eating a constant course of desert, great for a little while but pretty soon you'll want some meat. The main character lacks any faults, making her feel like a characature rather than a real person, which as someone else mentioned is a recurring problem in Koontz's work.
The main storyline just pointed out to me that the author must really have enjoyed Terminator, out a few years before, as it feels very similar with themes of a saviour moving through time - albeit this version has a 'twist' which feels right out of a B-Movie.
I am being harsh with this review but only because I think Lightning is Koontz at his self-indulgent worst, and to encourage it could stifle his very real strengths.
A Brilliant Book - Rated
I love this book, wasn't sure what to expect when I picked it up off my dads bookshelf, but was I glad I did!! I was instantly hooked and could not put it down. It possibly spoiled my holiday because I wouldn't put it down long enough to go out and do holiday stuff, had to be practically dragged away. Luckily I only started reading it halfway through the holiday. In fact, just writing this review now is making me want to drop the book I'm reading(James Bond-Live And Let Die) and start reading it again. Buy it, read it, love it!!
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