Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas Novel (Odd Thomas, #1)

by Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz is available for the first time on audio. The new bestselling thriller from Dean Koontz, one of the most acclaimed and popular authors of modern times. In Odd Thomas he has created a character whose unique voice will live for generations to come. Odd Thomas takes pride in his work as a fry cook. His fame has spread, bringing strangers to the restaurant in Pico Mundo. Odd cannot say what it is that disturbs him about this particular stranger, but his sixth sense is alert ...This is a man with an appetite for operatic terror. The violence he craves is of the most extreme variety: multiple untimely deaths spiced with protracted horror. Tomorrow. Odd's fears are first for Stormy Llewellyn, his one true love. Stormy believes that our passage through this world is intended to toughen us for the next life -- that the many terrors we know here are an inoculation against worse in the world to come. But Odd Thomas knows more than Stormy about this world. Many people in Pico Mundo think he is some sort of psychic, perhaps a clairvoyant, a seer, something. None but a handful know that he sees the restless dead, those with unfinished business and, sometimes, plenty of postmortem

• ISBN10: 0553584499
• ISBN13: 9780553584493
• Publish Date: 26 October 2004 (first published 1 January 1989)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Bantam Books
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 446
• Language: English

Reviews

[chymerra]

https://readwithme2018.com/2019/03/07/throwback-thursday-march-7th-2019/

[violetpeanut]

I was very disappointed in this book. I had heard a lot of good things about it from friends and family and the idea of the book sounded intriguing. Unfortunately, things just did not come together in a way that held my interest.

I liked Odd and Stormy and really the entire cast of characters. I loved that they were all a little (or a lot) quirky and had distinct personalities. I liked the paranormal aspect of the book as well.

What I did not like was the pacing. This book has some short scenes of action or at least plot progress followed by some very looooong scenes of nothing happening. I was so bored in some parts that I had to really force myself to keep going. If I did not need this book for a challenge I would have abandoned it.

[mitabird]

Re-read: 5/9/2014: 4.5 stars

4.5 stars