Odd Hours | Dean Koontz | Intro to Odd Thomas

Odd Hours | Dean Koontz | Not a "Page Turner"

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Odd Hours

	Odd Hours Dean Koontz Bantam, 2008 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 135 reviews view larger image
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Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz?s Odd Thomas is one of those rare literary heroes who have come alive in readers? imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is irresistibly drawn onward to a destiny he cannot imagine and to undreamed of places where the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights will eclipse all that he has known.

The legend began in the obscure little town of Pico Mundo. A fry cook named Odd was rumored to have the extraordinary ability to communicate with the dead. Through tragedy and triumph, exhilaration and heartbreak, word of Odd Thomas?s gifts filtered far beyond Pico Mundo, attracting unforgettable new friends?and enemies of implacable evil. With great gifts comes the responsibility to meet great challenges. But no mere human being was ever meant to face the darkness that now stalks the world?not even one as oddly special as Odd Thomas.

After grappling with the very essence of reality itself, after finding the veil that separates him from his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, tantalizingly thin yet impenetrable, Odd longed only to return to a life of quiet anonymity with his two otherworldly sidekicks?his dog Boo and a new companion, one of the few who might rival his old pal Elvis. But a true hero, however humble, must persevere. Haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide, Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems. Now the forces arrayed against him have both official sanction and an infinitely more sinister authority?and in this dark night of the soul dawn will come only after the most shattering revelations of all.

Burnishing Dean Koontz?s stature as a master of suspense and one of our most innovative and gifted storytellers, Odd Hours illuminates a legacy of mystery and hope that will shine on long after the final page.

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Intro to Odd Thomas

This first book of four in this series introduces the reader to a man whose real legal name is Odd Thomas. Coming from a dysfunctional family supreme, Odd is gifted with the ability to see the dead, including the late great Elvis Presley.

Along with girlfriend, Stormy, Odd uses his talents to try to solve a mass murder before it takes place.

Not a "Page Turner"

Odd HoursThe first three books in the "Odd" series were real "page turners". I could hardly wait to see what was coming next. I really like the series, but, "Odd Hours" didn't pack the same punch. In fact, I read two other books while only sporadically reading "Odd Hours". I will say that the character "Annamaria" has me very intrigued...she was my main motivation to continue reading this book. If another "Odd" book comes out, I will buy it with the hope it rises to the occasion as did the first three.

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Koontz Lite

I feel a little depressed about this, but to be truthful, it is only my loyalty to the Dean Koontz who has given me many hours of pleasurable reading, and my fondness for weird, sweet Odd Thomas (not to mention Frank Sinatra), that bring my stars up from two to three. Lots of attempts at humor and many off-the-wall analogies at inappropriate times - all in good fun, while suddenly shooting people dead. No focus, apparently little plan - as Odd said of himself, it seems Koontz made it up as he went along. So many unexplained loose ends that another sequel obviously is in order. I may or may not read it. Depends on whether Martin Cruz Smith has a new volume out at the time.

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