Prodigal Son is the first book in the Frankenstein series by Dean Koontz. The premise of the story, at first glance, does look promising. Frankenstein, the scientist who created life in Mary Shelley's novel is actually based on an actual scientist. Now, more than two hundred years later, both him and his first creation are still alive. Victor is now scheming to take over the world, and his first creation, who now calls himself Deucalion, is opposing him. And to be honest, the book itself isn't a bad read.
However, given what Dean Koontz has to work with, it kind of comes across as a disappointment to me that I found it merely satisfying. It's not bad, but it's certainly not something that I'm gushing over either.
Character development-wise. Wait. What character development? There's none. Despite having a monster who murdered his creater's wife turn into a mystic, and a scientist who turned into a power-hungry egomaniac. Over two hundred years. There's no character development. There's such a wonderful angle for Dean Koontz to explore, and he just skips over them. It's pretty much a lost cause to expect him to develop the other characters.
Plot-wise, it's meh. Dean Koontz does work in a few surprises, and there'll likely be a few twists that you didn't see coming, but I was left with the feeling that it could have been better.
Overall, I would say that it's a good read, but it's not a good buy.
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