Brother Odd
2006 • 364 pages
Ratings28
Average rating3.6
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Ratings28
Average rating3.6
The third Odd Thomas novel from Dean Koontz, following 'Odd Thomas' and 'Forever Odd'. Odd Thomas is looking for peace. But in the silence and snow of the mountains, danger and desperation haunt him still ! Odd, a charismatic young man with a sense for the otherworldly and the downright strange, is in self-imposed exile. The tragic events that took the love of his life have led Odd from his sun-bleached desert home of Pico Mundo to a monastery in the High Sierra. It's December and the remote abbey is besieged by icy winds and snow. As ever where Odd Thomas goes strangeness goes too. A white dog named Boo befriends him -- as does the ghost of Elvis. And a world-famous physicist is conducting experiments in the catacombs of the abbey. Could this be why Odd can once again see bodachs, shadowy harbingers of violence? They prowl the halls, suggesting terror to come. But what form will it take? And how will Odd defeat an enemy that eclipses any he has met before?
Series
7 primary books11 released booksOdd Thomas is a 11-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Dean Koontz.
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I decided to read Brother Odd since I liked the first two from the series. But it didn't convince me - the plot, the characters. I didn't feel the mood. After several attempts, I eased up.
This was another story of Odd Thomas a young man who can see and communicate with spirits or ghosts. He can also see demon-like beings that are intent on harming others. Odd is staying at a monastery where he seeking quiet reflection time. Of course there is no rest for him. He needs to find a way to help the young students in the school attached to the monastery who are all in some way damaged, either mentally or physically. Odd shows his capacity for love and caring with these children and they love and care for him back.
Love this series. It keeps getting better with each book.
The Odd Thomas world is not quite real, but close. However this book veers away from reality, turning it into a sci-fi universe.
The first book was great, the second book was still pretty good, but this third book didn't work for me. The story itself was ok, the writing was good, but it just felt out of place with what was established for the world in the first two books.
I don't know if I'll bother with the 4th book or the rest of the series.
The first book is the best one, maybe Koontz should have quit while he was ahead.
Odd Thomas is a character hard to dislike. He cares for every person he meets and never fails to help people even at the risk of his own life. This book did become a bit over zealous with scientific explanations. They went right over my head despite how many times I reread paragraphs to grasp what was going on. Unfortunately, it's the reason this book is receiving 3 stars despite my enjoyment of the banter back and forth between Odd and Romanovich, which was sarcastic and entertaining, and the creepiness of the big bad. Odd certainly attracts situations and people to him that reflect his namesake.
