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Book Review! Odd Thomas

November 19th 2009 in Book Reviews & Literature

Dean Koontz is my go-to guy when it comes to easy, suspenseful reading. Ever since I discovered my love for thriller novels, he has been my favorite writer. And par for the course, Dean Koontz’s ‘Odd Thomas’ doesn’t disappoint! Meet Odd. He’s a charming young man with a gift from God: he can see, speak, and commune with dead people (including Elvis) AND he can see demons who flock to people who will have violent (or entertaining) deaths. In the first of the Odd Thomas series, Odd stumbles upon Fungus Man and his humble house complete with a gateway to hell. Somehow, Fungus man is at the butt end of an evil plot to mass murder many citizens in this small California city. Being a vigilante of sorts, Odd is destined to do anything he can in order to save the city. Luckily, and with several uncertain twists and turns, Odd saves the day.

The ending is shocking– and I almost wept. I didn’t, of course, because this was just an easy-reading Koontz thriller. But I considered it thoroughly.

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