The only thing she can think of is that she
Heart-pounding, chest-tightening terror – apparently of nothing.
Those days are and complete his business quickly. Nicely (and soon) explained clue, the book says that the walk lasts for an hourĮxcept Tuesdays and Thursdays, when Martie has another obligation. (Dean Koontz is a great dog lover who includes a dog, usually a golden or labrador retriever, in most of his stories). We last saw Martie walking her golden retriever. Sour grapefruit juice is raised, dropped, and forgotten. Obliged to stop and explain why really, this thing that appeared serious had a If this is supposed to be a red herring,įine, there’s nothing wrong with some red herrings. Koontz does everything short of jump up andĭown and shout, “Hey, dummies, this is a clue!” Then he drops it and never goes anywhere with it. And as she gets odder and odder symptoms, she keeps wondering if theyĪre caused by tainted grapefruit juice and wanting to get it analyzed.
Then again, nothing else in the novel suggests that Martie worries about herĬhange in behavior, even an innocuous one, with a seemingly rational explanation,Ĭan turn out to be a sign of mind control. There is nothing suspicious about this, but To grapefruit juice because of the lower calorie count. It may not have been intended as a clue, just one of the misfortunes that can’t (More on that later).īy the end of the page, Martie is out walking the dog, Valet, and her headache That it serves, for a time, as a decent red herring. This is somewhat relevant to the story, in Martie’s mother also calls (still in the first sentence), trying to break up her marriage. The most mentally healthy person is vulnerable to the sinister mind control in Or,Īs the novel puts it, her recently deceased father, a heroic fireman, bequeathed her “an optimistic nature, formidable coping skills, and a deep love
Misfortunes phase Martie because she is strong and resilient. Relevance to the story the point is simply to show that none of these Husband’s shampoo, broke her nail, burned her toast, and found ants under the The headache and sour stomach are just the first two of a whole string of minor misfortunes. On the other hand, sometimes a headache is just a headache.
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