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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
As with any Odd book, this was an interesting read. I love Odd Thomas and his adventures. The only real reason I didn't give this five stars is because it wasn't long enough. ;) Jolie was an interesting character, but I think my favorite (other than Odd) was Ed, the AI. It was a nice side step from Odd's travels to see what happens along the way.
"She says that each of us has his or her role in life, and if we know ourselves well enough to understand what that role is, we will be happy doing nothing else but what we can do best...She tells Jolie that I am one of those wanderers of legend, who goes where he feels he must and, in the going, finds those who need him, and in finding those who need him, fulfills his destiny. This sounds more grand to me than the truth of my life, but this touch of myth enchants the girl and mellows her sadness with mystery."
Koontz's writing is excellent, and I love reading Odd Thomas' perspective. It always inspires me to be more hopeful than I feel.
Koontz's writing is excellent, and I love reading Odd Thomas' perspective. It always inspires me to be more hopeful than I feel.
I thought Barnes & Noble had e-books 1,2, and 3 of "Odd Interlude" because they were three short stories. I thought, it's Halloween. I'll read some Koontz! Book 1 was $2. Then I discovered the evil duplicity. The Interlude was one story in 3 books. Hey! I would've bought it anyway, but that was just mean.
Good plot, no brain strain, no complaints. I liked it well enough to check out the e-book of the first Odd Thomas from the public library. So far, I'm really liking Book 1 of the Odd Thomas series and if I read all of them, I will have saved $50 by not buying them from B&N. Love my local library e-book collection.
Good plot, no brain strain, no complaints. I liked it well enough to check out the e-book of the first Odd Thomas from the public library. So far, I'm really liking Book 1 of the Odd Thomas series and if I read all of them, I will have saved $50 by not buying them from B&N. Love my local library e-book collection.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The premise is very different from the rest of the odd Thomas novels. Less paranormal & more sci-fi. The story progressed slowly and the ending was anti climactic. Josie’s chapter about being in love with Odd made me very uncomfortable and proved to be entirely unnecessary to the plot. There were lots of ideas that are outdated and made it hard to read. Disappointed
Ah, I see now. I first marked it as one book, not the three sections. Well, it's a fun, quick read and adds to my books for 2019.
More than makes up for the previous book. Filled with sci-fi and explosions and goes back to the darker themes.
If you like the Odd Thomas books Odd Interlude is a very satisfying continuation.
I'd say this installment of Odd Thomas falls firmly in the category of "guilty pleasure." It's a bit of a mess in terms of conception and plot, but I still enjoyed it because I'm charmed by the main narrator and hero, Odd Thomas. The "Odd one" remains the embodiment of the most orthodox Christian values: humility, self-sacrifice, and love (the kind of love that leads to gracious compassion and faithfulness). Not only that, he's got a wonderful wit and is the master of deep rumination and tangential theology. Odd's sense of humor clearly helps him cope with the insanity of his experiences. And the theological contemplations give his life or death, good vs evil adventures a meaningfulness and weight.
The wacky thing is Koontz has placed this admirable (even Christ-like) character in a B-movie plot. Odd has paranormal abilities: sees dead people, has strong intuition, and the ability to locate people. He's committed his life to using those gifts to combat evil. In this installment, the evil is a localized dictator who has mind-control over an isolated neighborhood. For the sake of avoiding spoilers, I won't go into the details of the villain's backstory or Odd's assault against him. I will mention that Koontz is experimenting here by introducing a 12 year old girl who serves as a secondary narrator in the later half of the book. During her narration, I shook my head wondering why Koontz apparently couldn't see that her voice was way too similar to Odd's. She was completely unbelievable as a 12 year old girl, although Koontz did attempt to give her backstory enough reasons for her high vocabulary and adult observational skills. And at the end of the book, there is a further attempt to explain the similarity of her narrative voice to Odd's, which improved my opinion of her sections but was not entirely satisfying. (At least I felt better knowing that Kootntz was in fact aware of the similarity between her narration and Odd's.) So in a nutshell, I'd say this is a likeable read, but only for those who are diehard Odd Thomas fans.
The wacky thing is Koontz has placed this admirable (even Christ-like) character in a B-movie plot. Odd has paranormal abilities: sees dead people, has strong intuition, and the ability to locate people. He's committed his life to using those gifts to combat evil. In this installment, the evil is a localized dictator who has mind-control over an isolated neighborhood. For the sake of avoiding spoilers, I won't go into the details of the villain's backstory or Odd's assault against him. I will mention that Koontz is experimenting here by introducing a 12 year old girl who serves as a secondary narrator in the later half of the book. During her narration, I shook my head wondering why Koontz apparently couldn't see that her voice was way too similar to Odd's. She was completely unbelievable as a 12 year old girl, although Koontz did attempt to give her backstory enough reasons for her high vocabulary and adult observational skills. And at the end of the book, there is a further attempt to explain the similarity of her narrative voice to Odd's, which improved my opinion of her sections but was not entirely satisfying. (At least I felt better knowing that Kootntz was in fact aware of the similarity between her narration and Odd's.) So in a nutshell, I'd say this is a likeable read, but only for those who are diehard Odd Thomas fans.
I can't help but think that in places he was referencing one of his other books - the one about the AI that goes mad and imprisons a woman in her own house. A lot of what Ed warns about is what happens in that book. I liked that. I also liked Jolie. I kind of want to read a book about her when she's grown up.
