Odd Hours by Dean Koontz Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Odd Hours
Book Review: Bigger Bones for a Growing Dog
Summary: 5 Stars
Just as big dogs need big bones, a hero of Odd Thomas's caliber requires bigger and bigger challenges. Odd Hours (the fourth in a planned series of seven) answers the call, thrusting our increasingly formidable young hero into a plot worthy of a Bond flick.
Odd has taken up residence in the small seaside town of Magic Beach, serving as personal chef to octogenarian Hutch, a once-famous movie star whose eccentricity is a good match for Odd's oddness. But when Odd begins having nightmares in which the sea turns red, he suspects he's been drawn to this town to interdict another horrible threat. Odd's fears are soon confirmed, when he and Annamaria, a mysteriously charismatic pregnant woman he has recently befriended, are accosted by a trio of thugs whom Odd's clairvoyant powers reveal to be associated with the red-tide threat.
Promising, quite impulsively, to serve as Annamaria's protector and even to die for her if necessary, Odd roams the fog enshrouded beach town in a desperate attempt to thwart the pending bloodshed, discovering that our entire nation's future hangs in the balance. (The lack of hard evidence and Odd's realization that the harbor police are implicated in the plot provide a just-good-enough rationale for Odd to fly solo.) Based on Annamaria's enigmatic ramblings and a series of happenings that are undefined even in Odd's supernatural playbook, it appears that an even more epic struggle between good and evil is also afoot, a set-up for the remaining three installments in the series.
Lest this all seem too heavy and humorless for an Odd Thomas book, I assure you that there are still plenty of lighthearted moments. Frank Sinatra's spirit plays a prominent role, and Koontz is able to work in his love of canines, Shakespeare and philosophy along the way. While some readers may feel shortchanged by Koontz's sequestration of Annamaria during most of the story and by the multitude of unanswered questions, these hooks will keep readers coming back for more. I'm looking forward to seeing where Koontz goes next in the series, crossing my fingers that someone in Hollywood is savvy enough to turn this into a movie or television franchise.
Book Review: Book purchase
Summary: 5 Stars
product received was as advertised, and in great condition. Would buy from this vendor again.Book Review: Boring
Summary: 2 Stars
Let me start by saying that Odd Thomas is one of my favorite books. Top ten easily. I average about 2 books a week, so making that statement is a big deal. While the others in this series were ok, this book falls very short. I won't rehash the story, but I will say it's very slow and boring and went splat at the end. It was painful to read and i was glad when I finished. But like most series, once you start you HAVE to read them all.
I still look forward to the next one, though, as i truly love this character. Read it if you are an Odd fan, because you must, just don't expect anything from it and you won't be disappointed.
Book Review: Can not go wrong with Koontz...
Summary: 4 Stars
This was my first "Odd" book by Koontz, but I enjoyed it just the same. Dean was able to capture my imagination and weave a rich story that was so colorful, yet somewhat dark that kept me turning the pages. Dean knows how to really make characters come to life and ones that can touch your life, which is what he did so magically in this story. Throughout this story I could almost feel the damp ocean air as "Odd" won you over.Book Review: Continuing the Odd journey
Summary: 5 Stars
Yet another master work of Dean Koontz. Koontz takes Odd Thomas on a different journey with this book, but does not let us down. There may even be a connection between two of his series. That could be a good book!