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A review by thequeenoftoads
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
Insufferable.
That would be how I would describe this series.
Odd Thomas is insufferable. "I'm just a fry cook" modest from beginning to end. I stuck with the whole series because:
1) It was cheaper to buy the box set than the first three books in the series.
2) I wanted some explanation for the bodachs and the black rooms.
3) I'm stubbornly optimistic. Or just stubborn.
Every character speaks in the same cadence.
Koontz seems to think that speaking in riddles is the only character trait so much that multiple character in the series talk like that. Its... Insufferable.
Everyone, especially Odd is glib even in the face of horror.
It's repetitive.
He doesn't even try to mask his own opinions and philosophies.
So much of the stories after book one is Odd running around. It's all action.
So much potential that I wish that younger Koontz had written this. Pre-Seize the Night Koontz. Or maybe another author who would have ignored his fat friend's advice to keep it light and gone dark. (Did you know that Ozzy is fat? Or did you miss the hundredth mention of that? How great is Odd that he loves these people who are "ugly"?!).
And then it all just kind of ends.
The only answer you get is to who Annamaria is and it is... underwhelming.
That would be how I would describe this series.
Odd Thomas is insufferable. "I'm just a fry cook" modest from beginning to end. I stuck with the whole series because:
1) It was cheaper to buy the box set than the first three books in the series.
2) I wanted some explanation for the bodachs and the black rooms.
3) I'm stubbornly optimistic. Or just stubborn.
Every character speaks in the same cadence.
Koontz seems to think that speaking in riddles is the only character trait so much that multiple character in the series talk like that. Its... Insufferable.
Everyone, especially Odd is glib even in the face of horror.
It's repetitive.
He doesn't even try to mask his own opinions and philosophies.
So much of the stories after book one is Odd running around. It's all action.
So much potential that I wish that younger Koontz had written this. Pre-Seize the Night Koontz. Or maybe another author who would have ignored his fat friend's advice to keep it light and gone dark. (Did you know that Ozzy is fat? Or did you miss the hundredth mention of that? How great is Odd that he loves these people who are "ugly"?!).
And then it all just kind of ends.
The only answer you get is to who Annamaria is and it is... underwhelming.