Forever Odd (Odd Thomas Novels)
by Dean Koontz
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Author: Dean KoontzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-27
ISBN: 0553384511
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Bantam
Book Reviews of Forever Odd (Odd Thomas Novels)
Book Review: A Disappointing Sequel
Summary: 3 Stars
As a sequel to the original "Odd Thomas" & second in the series, this story just plain misses. It starts off pretty well, then spirals downward.
Dean Koontz is one of the most prolific writers out there with a huge following. One has to wonder what happened here.
Koontz has created one of the most likable characters anywhere in the original book. In this book, all the characters are thin. The book suffers from spreading it's main characters too thinly.
We have almost none of the bodachs Odd normally sees since there is no mayhem on a large scale.
Odd has a best friend Danny with a disease of extremely brittle bones. Firstly, how is Danny Odd's best friend? Where did he come from? He's Dr. Jessup's son, but a dear best friend to Odd? That's a new one on the reader. Danny, with his affliction survives a kidnapping to the upper reaches of a burned out hotel by three brutal kidnappers. Pretty much nonsense.
The main villain, Datura, meets her demise in a most ridiculous way.
The saving graces are the writer's description of the surroundings much of the book takes place in. That's very nicely done.
The weakest point should be the books strong point. It's characters. They just don't make it here. Not even Elvis
The last chapter sets the reader up very well for the next in the series, "Brother Odd." Mercifully "Brother Odd" is much better
Given Koontz's history of some excellent work, I'll cut him a bit of slack & go with 3 stars. As a stand alone book, only 2 stars
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