Cathy's review
Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas Novel, Book 1)
by Dean Koontz
Cathy's review
Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas Novel, Book 1) by Dean Koontz
Cathy's review
rating:
recommended for: anyone
Dean Koontz is a great writer of meaningful fiction that keeps you at the edge of the seat at the same time it sends you out to the edges of the universe and way down into the depths of what makes humanity. This particular character, Odd Thomas, has three books now, including Forever Odd, which I read right after this one, and Brother Odd, which I'm reading now. This is just three weeks later, folks, and I work full time and play full time, so what happened? I got caught!!!! Odd Thomas has me riveted, and whenever I get a chance, I'm back in the book again.
Odd Thomas sees dead people who don't talk back but have something to say to him. He sees inky specters he calls Bodachs that wait with anticipatory glee over the beds of sleeping future victims of terrible trauma. He has psychomagnetism which draws him toward whomever he seeks, and, often unfortunately, vice versa. Put that together with the fact he's a fry cook in a podunk desert town and would rather have a simple life with...more
Odd Thomas sees dead people who don't talk back but have something to say to him. He sees inky specters he calls Bodachs that wait with anticipatory glee over the beds of sleeping future victims of terrible trauma. He has psychomagnetism which draws him toward whomever he seeks, and, often unfortunately, vice versa. Put that together with the fact he's a fry cook in a podunk desert town and would rather have a simple life with...more
