Deborah B. (
njdeb) from NEWTON, NJ wrote on 11/1/2008...
For fans and followers of Odd Thomas, this book will delight and captivate. If it is your first Odd T book, prepare to fall in love with the title character. I can't wait for the next in this series to come out!
Sean C. (
tsc081) from BRYANT, AR wrote on 8/2/2008...
Though, Forever Odd is not as good as the first book. I still enjoyed it very much. I will say the last chapter made the book and I am looking forward to reading Brother Odd now. Odd is a very unique and funny individual, he makes me laugh at the drop of a hat
Jo Lynn E. from READING, PA wrote on 7/15/2008...
Second of the trilogy, worth reading, keeps your attention, you don't want to put it down.
Doris W. (
dlwidder) from YORK, PA wrote on 7/1/2008...
Though not as good as the first book, Odd Thomas, Forever Odd is still worth the read.
Odd Thomas is eternal. Koontz's character is so well developed you feel you know Odd Thomas. He's the boy next door, the friendly, easy-going guy at the supermarket...with a twist. Odd didn't ask for his extraordinary gift...aspires to have a quiet life free from the inner turmoil he faces daily, but the humble fry cook once again swallows his own desires and does what he knows he must do - face his fears and battle the evil that has come to Pico Mundo and threatens his friend. Well worth reading, even if it is just to capture another glimpse into the life of Odd Thomas.
Kathleen M. from SCHENECTADY, NY wrote on 5/2/2008...
another great book in the 3-book series. If you haven't read the first book, you will still understand this one, but you will get some background info that will explain more. beside, the first book ODD THOMAS was great!! I really like this one too, but I think i liked the first one better.
Jennifer W. (
GeniusJen) from BLOOMINGTON, IL wrote on 10/27/2007...
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.