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A dead-on performance by narrator Baker brings Koontz's supernatural thriller to life. Odd Thomas, the psychic protagonist of Koontz's 2003 novel of the same name, is blessed, or cursed, with the ability to see the dead. Thomas is summoned to the house of his best friend, Danny Jessup, by Danny's murdered father. Danny is missing and it is up to Thomas to find him. His search leads him to an old, abandoned casino and into the clutches of the frightening Datura, who plans to use Thomas and his powers to further her own demented and deadly exploration of the supernatural. Baker excellently keeps the suspense as taunt as Koontz's prose. He gives Thomas an appropriately youthful vocalization while at the same time capturing the "old soul" weariness of someone who has seen and endured too much sorrow and tragedy, for his age. With Datura, Baker offers a perfect interpretation as he bounces effectively from seductive through menacing to just plain insane. Baker hits all the right thrills in this enjoyable melding of reader and writer. Simultaneous release with the Bantam hardcover (Reviews, Nov. 7). (Nov.)
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Grieving the loss of his fiancee, killed during the climax of his eponymous debut despite anything he and his supernatural intuition could do, Odd Thomas returns in a more suspenseful but less piquant adventure. Only a year older (21), he feels almost ancient and more rueful than ever about his gift for seeing ghosts, Dr. Wilbur Jessup's in particular. The loving stepfather of Odd's brittle-boned friend Danny was alive yesterday, so Odd investigates, as the "psychic magnetism" that attends his ghost-seeing compels him to, and finds the physician brutally murdered and Danny missing. Odd tracks Danny and his abductors to an abandoned casino-hotel, closed by an earthquake that killed dozens five years ago. It's a trap. Danny is bait to draw Odd to Datura, a spookily self-absorbed, wealthy porn entrepreneur and New Age nut, who, obsessed with violent death, wants Odd to make ghosts visible to her. He can't, but there are eight ghosts in the casino, one of whom comes in handy when Odd escapes Datura and her two gorillas, rescues and hides Danny, and engages in the protracted, lethal game of cat-and-mouse that makes the novel good-to-the-last-page enthralling. Quite apart from Odd's moroseness (understandable given his circumstances and endearing youthfulness), the tale's stranglehold suspense allows for less of the offbeat humor that lightened Odd Thomas (2003). Datura is a creation that allows Koontz some sledgehammer polemicizing against alternative religion and spirituality, which additionally darkens things. Not to complain, though. This is only slightly less than top-drawer Koontz. Ray Olson
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a fan of this installment,
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This review is from: Forever Odd (Mass Market Paperback)
I love generally enjoy Dean Koontz's writing, but this didn't seem to be of the same calibre as his normal offerings. I found this installment of Odd's story dark and actually a little boring. Don't get me wrong, I eagerly anticipate reading the next sequel, but this one doesn't get much of a nod from me.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good read,
By Jojos "Jojos" (Quebec, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forever Odd (Hardcover)
I'm trying to figure out how to put it. I like suspense. I like on the edge book. I started being on the hedge about 3 quarters of the book. The suspense before that is mostly in the head of the character. It's not real. It's his imagination playing tricks. It's well witten. I like the story and the end. But, finally, it's not my kind of reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Koontz's masterpiece,
By Paul Keller (Alberta) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forever Odd (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved Odd Thomas and this sequel outdoes that. Koontz is on his A game with this novel, a wonderfully told thriller that will have you turning its pages until the very end. I also recommend Odd Thomas and Speak No Evil and Dead Scare by David Demello, three other great reads to enjoy.
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