Fun read for Odd fans, but really lacks the thrill of the novels. ( )

This manga-style graphic novel features Odd Thomas as a 19-year-old fry cook, working in a pancake parlour, and is apparently the prequel to the later books in the Odd Thomas series.
Nothing to qwrite home about but a decent enough story, with pistol-packing girlfriend Stormy [who suffered a traumatic past at the hands of sadistic foster parents] helping Thomas and the police chief gusard Cindy, a girl Stormy has known since their orphanage days together. Cindy, a housekeeper, is being stalked but the police do not take her seriously until she is a few minutes late for work one day and the little boy in her care is found stabbed to death.
A pleasant - well, given all the murders pleasant is probablyy not the right word- but unimpressive read. ( )

I found this disappointing. Odd Thomas is such a unique character - smart, sweet, caring, talented, modest and devoted - and I've loved him since I first began _Odd Thomas_, the first in Koontz's series.

As this story occurs prior to _Odd Thomas_, I looked forward to learning a little bit more about Odd, before the terrifying events of the novel change him. However, this was incredibly disappointing. We learn *nothing* new, and this portrayal, both in story, dialog and illustrations, feels completely generic. ( )

In Odd We Trust is the prequel to the Odd Thomas series. It starts right before the first book, with Odd being nineteen and a fry cook at a local diner in Pico Mundo, California. Odd already has the ability to literally see dead people at the opening of the book and he is sought out by a murdered young boy to prevent any further murders in their home town.

If I had read this as my first graphic novel, I would have not liked the genre as much as I do. While I did not think all the plots in the Odd Thomas series were great, I loved Odd in all of them. In this book, Odd was just okay. Some of the verbiage was right on, but some of it was not, making Odd . . . well, odd.

The reasons for the occasional awkwardness, I'm assuming, is from Koontz's collaborative writing with the illustrator, Queenie Chan. Another reason for my disappointment is that the depth was missing. I have now read many graphic novels where depth has been accomplished in spades. I know it can be done. So, this graphic novel resides below just okay, because I know Koontz is capable of much more - especially with Odd. He's proved it over and over. (2.75/5)

Originally posted on: "Thoughts of Joy..." ( )

In Odd We Trust is a stand-alone prequel to the Odd Thomas series in Manga format. The artwork was very simply drawn (honestly too simple for my taste) but I did enjoy the way Odd & Stormy looked. Stormy Llewellyn is in this book where it was a prequel and it's both nice & sad to see her again. The story is also very quick & simple- this may serve as a good introduction to the series for those who haven't read any of the series (by Dean Koontz ). The book was very faithful to the series. ( )