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A review by sjsnowden
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz
3.0
I am a huge Odd Thomas fan, so why did it take me so long to pick this up and read it and then had a hard time getting into the story?
Odd picked up Annamaria in Odd Hours and from there everything has became increasingly vague and has an almost dream like nature to it. The end of Odd Hours wasn't my favorite and I get it is setting it up for the bigger picture of Odd's destiny. And it's not that I don't like Annamaria, I do...I think. I just feel like the stories have become increasingly vague since she showed up. It also seems she's been the substitute of his usual celebrity ghost companion. I know she's more than that and has her part to play, but the lack of Elvis and/or Sinatra seems to leave out some much needed wit and banter. I missed humor in this one. He even describes himself as being 'in a mood' and lacks his usual characteristic buoyancy. Once you get over half way through the book, he meets more characters and it feels a little more like Odd. I don't even mind him being down and dark, I just wish his voice was a little bit stronger in the first half of the book.
Roseland was a wonderfully creepy estate. The idea of the place and the people and creatures who inhabit it was unnerving.
Maybe I was the one 'in a mood' in the beginning, but I really enjoyed the second half of the book.
Odd picked up Annamaria in Odd Hours and from there everything has became increasingly vague and has an almost dream like nature to it. The end of Odd Hours wasn't my favorite and I get it is setting it up for the bigger picture of Odd's destiny. And it's not that I don't like Annamaria, I do...I think. I just feel like the stories have become increasingly vague since she showed up. It also seems she's been the substitute of his usual celebrity ghost companion. I know she's more than that and has her part to play, but the lack of Elvis and/or Sinatra seems to leave out some much needed wit and banter. I missed humor in this one. He even describes himself as being 'in a mood' and lacks his usual characteristic buoyancy. Once you get over half way through the book, he meets more characters and it feels a little more like Odd. I don't even mind him being down and dark, I just wish his voice was a little bit stronger in the first half of the book.
Roseland was a wonderfully creepy estate. The idea of the place and the people and creatures who inhabit it was unnerving.
Maybe I was the one 'in a mood' in the beginning, but I really enjoyed the second half of the book.