Forever Odd - Dean Koontz

Ok so after the last book I HAD to read this one I had never picked up a Dean Koontz book before and the ending to the first in this series (Odd Thomas) had effected me in a way no other book had done before. I have to say I was disappointed. It was a good book and enjoyable but compared to the first I was expecting more. It was a bit of a nothing story really, felt like it was written for the sake of it lacked the fast pace and the twists like the first and I didn't feel the sense of urgency to get to the next page! Quick update for those that have not read the first: Odd Thomas can see the dead, he has a companion in the form of the spirit of ...  Read the complete review

Odd Thomas is back in the second book in this series and this time he faces an adversary that proves to be much harder, physically and mentally than any he has faced before. His best friend, Danny, who is crippled with a brittle bone disease, has been kidnapped and his step-father brutally murdered in the process. Dr Jessup, Danny's step-father, visits Odd Thomas in the night as a spirit and leads him to the house so he can find his body and the realisation that Danny has been kidnapped. Odd true to form, cannot let this go and using his "physic magnetism" ends up tracking Danny down to an abandoned hotel room. He is tied to a chair, ...  Read the complete review

FOREVER ODD takes Koontz's best-loved character, from his self-titled debut novel, and gives him a second outing set in the sleepy town of Pico Mundo. It is unusual for Koontz to write a sequel as normally his collected works stand alone but it is not without precedent; previously Koontz has written two back-to-back novels about another character named Jonathan Snow who suffers a rare skin condition that means he can only come out at night. Odd has his own peculiarity as fans of Koontz will recall; Odd Thomas sees dead people- namely those spirits who linger with something left unresolved, normally their untimely death at the hands of another. Following the ...  Read the complete review

After reading the brilliant Odd Thomas, I had to buy this when it came out. I was so excited about reading it but I felt really disappointed with this second of the series. I thought it was good to begin with with Odd having to find his friend and the story leading him to an old run down casino on the edge of Pico Mundo. I was looking forward to what was going to happen when he arrived at his destination but the story didn't really go anywhere at all. In the end Odd rescued his friend and that was all really. I thought that Dean Koontz could have done a lot better than this and he really let Odd down. I am just reading the third book, Brother Odd and so far it is back ...  Read the complete review

Having read the immensely enjoyable Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz you simply have to read the rest of the series, next up is Forever Odd. I have been a little surprised by the mixed reviews this book has received, because I found it very enjoyable. It is written in Koontz's traditional style, not too taxing, flowing and vivid. Here we return to Pico Mundo with Odd utilising his famous powers to rescue his friend from a ruined Casino on the outskitrs of town. Towards the end of the book, when the action really speeds up, I was completly unable to put the book down, it is a complete page turner. It is true that perhaps it is somewhat predictable, it is not ...  Read the complete review