Type of bind: Hardcover
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Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: December 09, 2003
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The new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Face Another distinctive, original and thought-provoking work of fiction from Dean Koontz, one of the best-loved and biggest-selling authors in the world.
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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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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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Reading Koontz has become much like swatting through the sticky dense web of mongering relics of words ready to be plucked through the darkness into some form of sense. In short, just like that ridiculous sentence. Now I see why he does it. That was fun.
But, I go back to the DK hole and get more, because Koontz keeps coming up with interesting tales. In this case the now literary machine that is Odd Thomas is introduced. It has been five years since this book was published, but I speculate thousands more will come crawling back to Amazon and pluck or download it just shy of a major motion picture release.
How would I speculate on such a thing when none of Koontz's other novels have provided enough mustard to interest the MAJOR Hollywood hotdogs? This story is that good.
Minus the miles of skimming past useless description - I get it, the sky is orange - the characters, setting, and story are all winners. Cheers to you, Mr. Koontz.
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Man do I hate Odd Thomas...This is a winding ride of a read that takes you through highs and lows ins and outs only to drop you to a depressingly dead thud in the end. All that work and expectation to be left deadly dissapointed in the end is not worth the read or your precious time on this earth. I know for certain I would have dropped this book as quickly as a rattle snake if I could have for saw it's downer of an ending. This book definitely falls in the DO NOT BOTHER AND DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME category of books I have read.
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This is Koontz' most interesting book to date. The sequels all lose some of the fun of the original. I still have hope for the series, though, with the introduction of a possible melding of this storyline with that of his second most interesting character, Chris Snow.
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