This was a BOTM selection. Koontz is a hit and a miss for me sometimes. I often feel that he is too close to King, but since King's writing in my mind has fallen off since his accident, Koontz becomes more enjoyable. I really liked this book. Odd Thomas is a young man that sees ghosts. I know, I know not a new concept, but just because Koontz isn't the first person to come up with story line doesn't make it any less enjoyable. Odd determines that a horrible massacre is about to happen in his home town and he is trying to stop it. There are these black creatures called Bodach's which I visualize as the heartless from the game Kingdom Hearts, an epic love story, and the King! It is a super easy read and it was really hard for me to stick to the BOTM reading schedule. I didn't take very many notes while reading this book, mainly because the story line seemed to flow so easily. It wasn't a deep thought book, it was a settle in with a cup of tea and enjoy yourself type of book. Nothing too serious, but not completely frivolous either. I admit the end had a twist I didn't see coming, I of course am not going to share with you, because I would hate to ruin the same surprise for you.
This seems like a really short review to me, but as I said this wasn't a meaty book that required a ton of dissection.
Koontz wrapped things up really well in the final chapter, I don't think that it was intended to be a series. I know that it will be a while before I can get to the remaining books in the series, BOTM has voted to continue them in like a year. Don't get me started on the voting, I lost. But anyways, I'm ok with that because the book ended in a nice tidy way. Anybody out there have any thoughts as to if you think Koontz intended this to be a stand alone book or a series?
(Read 11/4/13 through 11/30/13)
