Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas

Pros: Interesting plot. Suspenseful at times.

Cons: Sad and depressing in a few places.

The Bottom Line: Odd Thomas is another good book by Dean Koontz, but it is more emotional and depressing than his other books.

Review: I started to read Dean Koontz books several years ago after a friend suggested I try them. Now I get his new books as soon as they come out. I have also been getting his books that were already out when I started to read his books. I now have almost...

Pros: A great story with character depth that invokes an unbelievable range of emotions.

Cons: NONE

The Bottom Line: If you read just one book this year, read this book!

Review: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Published December 9, 2003 by Bantam
416 page hardcover
list price $26.95 (Walmart price 16.97)
ISBN: 0553802496

Dean Koontz is one of my all time favorite authors, just behind Stephen...

Pros: Odd is a great character developed throughout a good story

Cons: Made me stay up past my bedtime

The Bottom Line: The bottom line has a crush on Odd Thomas.

Review: Stephen King and Dean Koontz share a number of traits. They both write in my beloved supernatural-horror-thriller genre, they both have the ability to create truly wonderful characters, they re both prolific and they both have a strong tendency...

Pros: It's Koontz!

Cons: Could have been longer.

The Bottom Line: Koontz fans rejoice! It's his second book this year!

Review: **Preface and background: I am a huge Dean Koontz fan. By huge I do not mean that I weigh in excess of 400 pounds, though after the holidays I may be closing on it. By huge, I mean that Koontz has had an incredible effect on my life through his many...

Pros: Great narration, fast paced, memorable characters

Cons: Touches (lightly) on some ugly subjects, the last two pages

The Bottom Line: It's a quick, fun read with great characters, definitely worth reading

Review: By far, my favorite Dean Koontz books are Fear Nothing and Seize the Night, stories about a very likeable, charismatic, unlikely hero, Christopher Snow. In my latest foray into the worlds created by Koontz, I have found another hero...

Pros: Dead Koontz has created a book that is flawless in every way

Cons: You wanna be depressed? Some sub-plots had holes

The Bottom Line: If you're a fan of John Saul then you would probably like this Koontz novel.

Review: I pretty much filtered my Dean Koontz reading because I had a hard time reading The Face Of Fear as well as the Fear Nothing and Seize The Night series and I was disappointed in the author. Shattered was the most recent...

Pros: quirky humor. interesting 1st person perspective. stirs many emotions.

Cons: slow in a few places. the ending.

The Bottom Line: Looking four a book two read thats a little odd and different? Give Odd Thomas your attention - I guarantee you won't eight it and give it the deep

This reviewer recommends this product.

Review: The Top Line

Odd Thomas brings to mind two immediate thoughts firstly it is quirky, and secondly the movie The Sixth Sense. It is a B+ of a book from Koontz, with a good helping of offbeat humor, an all-too-human hero who...

Pros: Interesting townfolk and main character.

Cons: Slow moving and predictable.

The Bottom Line: Isn't The Bottom Line usually "The End" in a novel?

Review: I suppose if your parents gave you the first name of "Odd", you can expect to be a little different. Odd Thomas, his real name, is probably as different as they get.

Rather like The Sixth Sense, Odd sees dead people. They...

Pros: Dean Koontz, interesting story, fantastic characters

Cons: Story idea has been done, which may turn some people away

The Bottom Line: What is wrong with our world when any number dead can be considered a miracle?

Review: My mother has a tendency to laugh aloud when reading books, and when you say, "What?" she usually ends up reading selections from books to you. She did this to me one day recently, and the things she would read to me were quite funny, but...

Pros: Fairly interesting, good narration.

Cons: Not really scary or really exciting.

The Bottom Line: I liked Odd Thomas, but overall I found the story to be quite average.

Review: I always thought Dean Koontz was a master of horror, so I picked up Odd Thomas as a book on tape to keep me entertained whenever I was in my car. I've listened to a lot of books on tape or cd in my car, it lets me get more out of my day.
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