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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Kearsten says: Odd Thomas can see dead people, among other things, but when he discovers a disturbing plot, it's all he can do to keep himself from becoming one of the dead. Fast-paced, with a scary ending. Odd is a wonderfully compelling and sympathetic character. (  ) 59Square | Dec 14, 2009 |  Personally, I loved this book. Dean Koontz is my favorite author. This novel was full of action, erie events, heart felt moments, love and suspence. I hated reading before i read a Dean Koontz book. I believe that out of all the books i have read by him so far, this is the best one. I plan to read all of the books that Dean Koontz writes. (  ) SamT-M | Dec 10, 2009 | An Odd Encounter, Dean Koontz was definitely firing on all cylinders when he wrote Odd Thomas. Stepping outside his usual multiple viewpoint, third person style, Koontz keeps this first person narrative lively by allowing the story to unfold through the eyes of the quirky but likeable character of Odd Thomas. In the beginning, I thought Koontz's actually naming the character "Odd" Odd Thomasa bit much, but as the plot pulled me in that didn't seem to matter. If you're a Koontz fan, you'll love this one. ( ) BobAvey | Oct 26, 2009 | I'm new to Dean Koontz, and this is the first novel of his that I have read. I don't know about the quality of his other books, but this one did not disappoint by any stretch of the imagination. It tells the story of a man named Odd Thomas who can see the dead. This is told from the first-person narrative of Odd Thomas himself, and this is excellent because Odd is a very likeable, funny character. The way Koontz narrates things from Odd's point of view allows a good deal of witty and amusing dialogue. That said, before I opened this book and began to read it, there was the thought lingering in the back of my mind that this was going to be an unoriginal copy of M. Night Shyamalan's film The Sixth Sense, as it uses the same concept. I was wrong. Yes, it does use the same concept as Sixth Sense, but it takes the seed that Shyamalan planted, and makes an entirely different tree, to use an analogy. The dead that Odd sees can't talk. So naturally, communicating with them causes some difficulties for Odd throughout the novel. And hey, you didn't see the ghost of Elvis Presley in Sixth Sense, did you? All-in-all, this book is not perfect. I'm not a big fan of Koontz's overall writing style and I much prefer Stephen King, but that tiny flaw should not stop you from reading this. It's a fun, good-paced, and entertaining novel that everyone can enjoy, no matter their age or tastes. ( )1  Assassin13 | Oct 10, 2009 | Odd Thomas sees dead people and has strange psychic abilities. He might be odd but apparantly his girlfriend, Stormy, is gorgeous. His home town is inundated with evil shadows (bodocks) which spike his weird meter and sets Odd on a mission to find out what is going on. This is typical Dean Koontz - way out there but enjoyable nonetheless. I usually like Koontz's writing and this was no exception. Odd is a quirky guy but also loveable, caring and kind. There is a few murders in it but no really graphic details. Even the squeamish should be able to read this one. The ending is very sad and unexpected. Looking forward to the next book in the series. ( ) dianestm | Oct 1, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553384287, Paperback)“The dead don't talk. I don't know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn. Maybe he has a gift, maybe it’s a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd’s otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo's sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it's different.A mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet stuffed with information on the world's worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following him wherever he goes. Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd’s deceased informants can tell him. His most ominous clue is a page ripped from a day-by-day calendar for August 15. Today is August 14. In less than twenty-four hours, Pico Mundo will awaken to a day of catastrophe. As evil coils under the searing desert sun, Odd travels through the shifting prisms of his world, struggling to avert a looming cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll. His account of two shattering days when past and present, fate and destiny converge is the stuff of our worst nightmares—and a testament by which to live: sanely if not safely, with courage, humor, and a full heart that even in the darkness must persevere. From the Hardcover edition. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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