Odd Hours

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Author : Dean Koontz
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780007267538
Number of Pages : 400
Product Group : Book
Publication Date : 2008-07-01
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

ASIN : 0007267533

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Customer Reviews

Boring (2008-08-07)

I really liked Odd Thomas, and eventhough book three may have been slightly entertaining, I'm more or less disappointed with the series, including this fourth installment. Put Odd out of his misery now, please.

Be Odd for a day! (2008-07-29)

I loved this book, which has reached the heights of "Odd Thomas" in a way that that the second and third books in the series, although enjoyable, did not quite manage. Again we have a conflict between the humble and wryly self-deprecating goodness of Odd's character and enemies which personify arrogant evil. Odd's character has become more mature and willing to accept the need for desperate measures; his new enemies have reached a new level of depravity that, while it beggars belief in its detail, may be taken to represent the greatest evils that exist on this planet in their abuse of trust and power and their utter lack of conscience.I felt entirely immersed in the storyline, despite reading this over more than a week. The atmosphere and the descriptions of the many scenes with varied and rich atmosphere are in some way more important than the almost cartoon-like, but satisfyingly crisp action. The more minor characters including Hutch and Birdie, not to mention Sinatra's ghost, provide some wry smiles. The villains never cause any confused feelings by exposing a vestige of humanity. If you require sympathetic villains, don't buy this book!The role of the intriguing character of Annamaria was one of the strong points of this book, and a factor which gave it form and a satisfying framework. As in previous Odd Thomas books, some things are not entirely explained, but enough is made clear to reveal the bigger picture.This is a book I was sorry to have to come to the end of, and felt my life had been a little enriched by having read.

Odd The Fourth (2008-07-18)

Unusually for Dean Koontz he has created a series of books with the same character. "Odd Hours" is the fourth in the "Odd Thomas" series. It possibly the weakest but still a great read nevertheless. "Odd Thomas", the first in the series, is one of Koontz's greatest works and all the followups have been strong but haven't quite matched it.This time Odd is in a coastal town and after a encounter with a heavily pregnant girl Annamaria he gets thrown into a deadly pursuit of nuclear weapons. The story takes place over one evening.There's no Elvis in this book. However, Frank Sinatra is onboard to add an element of humour. There are no evil Bodachs anymore and in a way their presence is missed. The character of Annamaria was nowhere near developed enough. At first she was intriguing but her character wasn't expanded upon.You could quite happily read "Odd Hours" as a standalone book. However, if you're new to Dean Koontz start off with "Odd Thomas" instead.Odd Thomas is a brilliant character and hopefully there'll be more in the series.7/10

Disappointing (2008-07-15)

I am a long time fan of Dean Koontz and particularly enjoyed a lot of his earlier books. In more recent years, although I have tended to get his books as soon as they are issued, I have been very disappointed. This is no exception. I believe great things could be done with the character of Odd (or should that be with the Odd Character?) but in this book he just rambles and ambles through a story which did not make a lot of sense throughout. It may be that Mr Koontz was using the book as his "rant" at terrorism or as the latest in his love for dogs slant, but I feel he has lost his way.I suppose I will continue to read him in the hope that he finds his way back to writing books like Lightning, Sole Survivor, Intensity and others.

An odd disapointment (2008-07-13)

I think I'm with the other reviewers on this one. This certainly wasn't Dean Koontz's finest Odd Thomas book, certainly not as good as the previous book. I kind of felt he'd returned a little bit to some of his darker days, where a swirling mist seemed de riguer in regards to adding some form of suspense.I think Koontz has mellowed over time, he doesn't create the spin tingling suspense novels he used to. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but when he dips back into his previous form, it just doesn't seem as frightening.The story followed Odd Thomas again, which is great, it's nice to see that he writes books in a series, which so many authors do these days. However, the previous stories all written well, to say, they had a good plot. I got to the end of the book and I thought the plot was a little light and I still didn't really get who Annamaria was. A good idea to add a little conspiracy whereby, Koontz brings in Terrorists and Nuclear bombs into the country. Perhaps because it was written from the view point of Odd, who is light at heart, despite so much tragedy. Maybe if it were told from another view point it would be filled with violence and destruction.Still, I hope there is another Odd Thomas book, and that it's form is closer to the first three.

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