“Meet a young man named Odd . . . who helps the dead get even."
From the infinite imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the suspenseful graphic-novel debut of a natural-born hero with a supernatural twist.
Odd Thomas is a regular nineteen-year-old with an unusual gift: the ability to see the lingering spirits of the dead. To Odd, it’s not such a big deal. And most folks in sleepy Pico Mundo, California, are much more interested in the irresistible pancakes Odd whips up at the local diner. Still, communing with the dead can be useful. Because while some spirits only want a little company . . . others want justice.
When the sad specter of a very frightened boy finds its way to him, Odd vows to root out the evil suddenly infecting the sunny streets of Pico Mundo. But even with his exceptional ability–plus the local police and his pistol-packing girlfriend, Stormy, backing him–is Odd any match for a faceless stalker who’s always a step ahead . . . and determined to kill again? |
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 This Odd Thomas Fan Was Very Disappointed |
| Review Date: July 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: HTBK, San Francisco, CA USA |
I loved Odd Thomas #1, had mixed but mostly positive feelings about the others, and am a fan of graphic novels and manga, so I thought this would be at least decent. I was wrong. What I experienced was unnatural dialogue, lazy plot, and stupid and unbelievable character reactions and attitudes.
I'll change some plot details slightly to avoid anything beyond mild spoilers:
1) Let's say there's a teenage character whose father comes home. The father says, "Hey, how was your day?" The teenager responds, "Hello father. I had a satisfying day. I think that I may compose a letter to my aunt this evening." If that teenager is supposed to be an alien or robot, then nicely done! If he's supposed to be a normal teenager, that's absurdly bad dialogue writing. And I don't think any of the characters in this book are supposed to be aliens or robots.
2) If both the characters and the police know who a child killer is, are on the lookout for him, and are aware that he plans to kill again . . . and then the characters find him sitting in the backseat of a car in front of a house, unarmed, with the ignition off and manage to get him at gunpoint, what do you think would happen next? If you answered, "They have some awkward dialogue and then inexplicably let him climb into the front seat and drive away before calling or yelling for the police (who, by the way, are already at that very house)," you're a winner!
3) When the characters arrive at a scene where a kid was just stabbed to death in order to comfort the babysitter who found his body, it's a little out of place for them to drawn as randomly smiling, laughing, and grinning.
4) Here is a rough outline of the plot itself: Bad guy is stalking good guy's friend. Good guy chases bad guy a few times, but bad guy gets away. Bad guy kidnaps friend. Good guy finds bad guy, beats him up, and saves the day. The end. That's it.
I'm just going to pretend this book doesn't exist, and hope the series gets back on track with the next Odd installment. |
COMIC
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| Review Date: July 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Gary King, Burns,Ore. |
| I really enjoyed your first 3 novels with Odd Thomas but this is nothing more than a short story in a comic, Please bring back Odd Thomas novels no more comics! |
It's a comic book
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| Review Date: April 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: David A. Weddell, Chicago, IL |
| It's a comic book......I got it for my wife since she likes the ODD book series. he thought it was some kind of joke. |
Not as good as you would think
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| Review Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Amy D. Dunn, austin, tx |
| YOu go to open open the book, thinking your about to read another wonderful, amazing book by Koontz, then you open it and its in comic book form!! I had no previous warning about it being in comic book form!! So I thought I would give it a try but the block style pages is really distracting; even though the story and plot is excellent. So basically if you dont mind comic style reading for a suspense thriller then you'll probably enjoy it! |
In Odd we trust by queenie chan
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| Review Date: February 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Gregory S. Newman, OWENSBORO, KY, US |
Would rather it have been what Dean Koontz writes.
Queenie Chan ruined it with her comic look. |
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