Search - Forever Odd (Odd Thomas, Bk 2)

Not long after Odd Thomas became a hero in the town of Pico Mundo by taking down a sniper at the local mall with plans of blowing it sky-high, Odd finds himself once again helping out both the living and dead.

His best friend, Danny, who suffers from brittle bone disease, is missing from his home where he lived with his adoptive father, Dr. Wilbur Jessup. Dr. Jessup had only minutes before arrived at Odd's apartment seeming to appeal for help--he was, like so many people who drift in and out of Odd's life--no longer alive in the real world. He had been murdered, and now Danny is missing.

Odd sets off to find his missing friend, using his "physic magnetism", as he calls it, and finds a woman who is so desperate to experience supernatural activities that she'll use Danny as a pawn to get what she wants.

With the same cast of characters from ODD THOMAS--Ollie, the overweight novelist; Terri, Odd's employer and friend; Chief Porter, the town's police head; Terrible Chester, Ollie's cat; and the ghost of Elvis--Odd is set upon another adventure that contains murder, mayhem, and one bad-a** evil woman.

This continuation of one of Koontz's best characters is a true winner. I read the book in one day, and I'm left with wanting to know where Odd will go from here. After the death of his beloved fiancee, Stormy, the previous August, Odd has been slightly adrift--and at the end of FOREVER ODD, we get some indication of where his life is leading, but not a clear-cut picture.

Definitely another winner by the incomparable Mr. Koontz, FOREVER ODD is not a story to be missed.

This had to be one of the dullest books I’ve read from start to finish in a long time. Normally, I’d have quit after 100 pages, but because it had such good reviews, I really thought it would be more interesting. At first I thought it was the first-person narrative, but since I’ve enjoyed many other series written from this point-of-view, I knew that wasn’t it. I’m not sure exactly what made it so slow, but I’m sure that the many pages of drawn-out chase scenes didn’t help any. Then, when it finally did get good, it didn’t last for very long, and by then I was so close to the end, I just finished it with hopes of a great ending. However, that just didn’t pan out either, and I won’t be rushing to read the next book in the series any time soon.

One can’t help but fall in love with Odd. He is the kind of guy whose simple honesty and humility grips your heart. The character of Odd Thomas is an enigma to most who know him, but his unusual ability to see the walking dead gives such depth to the person of Odd that your heart will ache for him sometimes. He’d like to help them move on and leave this world. In this story, Koontz takes Odd’s gift and, unlike the first book, uses it to his disadvantage, or so it seems. He is pursued by a maniacal cultist who wants the power to conjure up the dead for her own gain. A gripping story of friendship and trust that leads to hours of suspense-filled reading. You won’t put it down. “Heartfelt and provocative…a wonderfully rich and entertaining story.”—Chicago Sun-Times

Keep 'em coming Koontz

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I'm on the 3rd of the series. This 2nd one was a very entertaining read!