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Summary: Odd Is Good
Comment: Odd Thomas is a basic run of the mill person with a slight wrinkle, like Melinda in the show Ghost Whisperer, he can see ghosts and unlike times when ghosts can redeem themselves, the ones here are not ones you want to see around since they mean things will go awry.
And awry they go for Odd Thomas. During the way Koontz introduces his friends and mother, each with their quirks who fit into his life and pull him in different directions and he is always working to make sure he please others. A very likable character that you want to succeed on many levels - including the ultimate showdown when the ghosts convene and a standard surburbia location becomes the focus of attention.
I enjoyed the narrative and found myself reading this one quickly. The end was in fact Odd, as it were, and I am still on the fence about the conclusion, perhpas because it was not what I expected or wanted.
But overall an interesting ride.
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Summary: A little Odd in all of us....
Comment: Book was very good, my second time reading it. I thought the second time better than the first. The ending was still very sad had forgotten about the end made me want to cry. And im a man...
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Summary: A Fun Read
Comment: Odd Thomas is a 20 year-old short-order cook who can see dead people. I won't summarize much of the plot because I don't want to be a spoiler, but I will tell you that the book's conceit is that it's written by Odd himself. He explains how his supernatural powers helped him save his small town of Pico Mundo over the course of two days.
This is the first book I've read by Koontz, and I must say that I rather enjoyed it. I'm not a diehard suspense fan, but the book appealed to me because it was genuinely funny as well as suspenseful. Even more than that, I liked the book because Koontz populates Pico Mundo with genuinely likable characters. Odd isn't the oddest person in this book, but he and all his quirky friends make the reader care about them.
The book is well written, and Koontz maintains a relatively brisk pace. The action sometimes slows as Odd makes personal observations about his peculiar circumstances, but these pauses are still fun to read. Koontz keeps his chapters very short in this book, which makes the book seem to race by and is convenient for folks with kids, since we have to stop more frequently.
Some people who don't like mixing humor with suspense might not like this book. Also, the villains of the book are a little cliche, but I think Koontz made them that way purposefully. Odd himself seems to think his nemeses are cliche. These cliche villians sort of detract from the narrative, but I think Koontz is trying to use cliche to imply something else. What that something else is, I'll leave up to you to decide.
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Summary: Good but could have been better
Comment: I read "Brother Odd" (which I think is better) first, so going into this one I already knew what the result of the bodach-attracting event would be. Even so, it still emotionally affected me.
I think this is a good book but it has a lot of faults, too. It's unbelievable to me that Odd's mother could still be walking around free. The excuse is that she isolates herself to keep from feeling suicidal/homicidal, but I still don't buy it.
As others have mentioned, the action sometimes gets bogged down. I found the coyote scene boring and just too much on top of all the other stuff Odd is dealing with at that moment.
I appreciated the twist as to the killer's identity but at the same time did not find it interesting or shocking.
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Summary: The book that brought me back to Mr. Koontz...
Comment: A wonderful new young character with quirks, a witty r'epertoire and of course...special powers. The banter alone is a reason to buy these books. (or audio, my favorite) A conscientious and humble hero that appeals to my own sense of justice, love and honor. I could say more but you really need to get to the Amazon site and get UPS rolling with this puppy! Time's a wastin'!
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