Odd Hours
Ratings31
Average rating3.6
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Ratings31
Average rating3.6
Odd Thomas lives always between two worlds.
He can see the lingering dead and knows that even in the chaos, there is order, purpose, and strange meaning that invites our understanding - but often thwarts it.
Intuition has brought Odd Thomas to the quaint town of Magic Beach on the California coast. As he waits to learn why he has been drawn here, he finds work as cook and assistant to a once-famous film actor who, at eighty, has become an eccentric with as long a list of fears as he has stories about Hollywood's golden days.
Odd is having dreams of a red tide, vague but worrisome. By day he senses a free-floating fear in the air of the town, as if unleashed by the crashing waves. But nothing prepares him for the hard truth of what he will discover as he comes face to face with a form of evil that will test him as never before...
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A Fine Read
While it doesn't particularly capitalize on the grand scale and strange abilities of such a wonderful character as Odd Thomas that came in previous entries in the series, it is still a cleverly written tale that leverages Koontz and his wry tongue.
A lot is left to be explained as you reach the end of this novel. It seems there are more supernatural powers at work but no answers as to what they are or why. This left me a bit flustered. I also am tired of the dialogue being repetitive. I love Odd Thomas as a character, but the dialogue and story need to step up with the next book.
I continue to love Odd Thomas and the books about him. Also, I love Koontz's Catholicism.
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7 primary books11 released booksOdd Thomas is a 11-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Dean Koontz.
