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Forever Odd (Odd Thomas, Bk 2)
Author: Dean Koontz

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Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780553384512 - ISBN-10: 0553384511
Publication Date: 11/27/2007
Pages: 352

Book Description:
We're all a little odd beneath the surface. He's the most unlikely hero you'€™ll ever meet -- an ordinary guy with a modest job you might never look at twice. But there's so much more to any of us than meets the eye -- and that goes triple for Odd Thomas. For Odd lives always between two worlds in the small desert town of Pico Mundo, where the heroic and the harrowing are everyday events. Odd never asked to communicate with the dead -- it's something that just happened. But as the unofficial goodwill ambassador between our world and theirs, he'€™s got a duty to do the right thing. That's the way Odd sees it and that'€™s why he'€™s won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death.

A childhood friend of Odd's has disappeared. The worst is feared. But as Odd applies his unique talents to the task of finding the missing person, he discovers something worse than a dead body, encounters an enemy of exceptional cunning, and spirals into a vortex of terror. Once again Odd will stand against our worst fears. Around him will gather new allies and old, some living and some not. For in the battle to come, there can be no innocent bystanders, and every sacrifice can tip the balance between despair and hope.

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Dana (daedelys) wrote on 5/5/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

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.


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Jennifer W. (GeniusJen) wrote on 9/14/2009...


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.

Janet C. (JanneyChan) - Plano, TX wrote on 9/7/2009...


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

Ryan K. wrote on 3/2/2009...


Second book in the series. Not nearly good as the first one or the third one, but worth it to complete the series.

Kay C. (KaysCMAlbums) wrote on 11/26/2008...


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

Michele R. (mishreilly) wrote on 4/4/2008...


Loved this book..Koontz out does him self in the Odd Thomas series..Odd Thomas, Brother Odd, and Forever Odd..not in exactly that order..Odd Thomas is book one.You won't be dissappointed.


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