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Bantam (2015), Edition: Reprint, 480 pages
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Fantasy. Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER � NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SUSPENSE MAGAZINE � Includes Dean Koontz�s short story �You Are Destined to Be Together Forever� From �one of the master storytellers of this or any age� (The Tampa Tribune) comes the stunning final adventure of �one of the most remarkable and appealing characters in current fiction�(The Virginian-Pilot)�as Dean Koontz brings the unforgettable odyssey of Odd Thomas to its dazzling conclusion. Odd Thomas is back where it all started . . . because the time has come to finish it. Since he left his simple life in the small town of Pico Mundo, California, his journey has taken him to places strange and wonderful, mysterious and terrifying. Across the land, in the company of mortals and spirits alike, he has known kindness and cruelty, felt love and loss, saved lives and taken them�as he�s borne witness to humanity�s greatest good and darkest evil. Again and again, he has gone where he must and done what he had to do�for better or worse�with his courage and devotion sorely tested, and his soul forever changed. Every triumph has been hard won. Each sacrifice has taken its toll. Now, whatever destiny drives him has finally steered his steps home, where those he cares for most surround him, the memory of his tragically lost true love haunts him, and one last challenge�vast and dreadful�awaits him. For Odd Thomas, born to serve a purpose far greater than himself, the wandering is done. Only the reckoning remains. Praise for Saint Odd �Equal parts supernatural thriller, cultural satire, character study, bildungsroman, offbeat love story, road trip, spiritual meditation, and apocalyptic adventure, the Odd Thomas books . . . are more than irresistible page-turners. They are intimate, haunting, often heartrending, exhilarating, and beautifully composed.��Biography.com �Odd Thomas is such an endearing and likable character and, more than anything else, has been the reason for the success of the series. . . . For readers who have been with Odd all along, Saint Odd will satisfy.��Bookreporter Acclaim for Dean Koontz and his Odd Thomas novels �Odd�s strange gifts, coupled with his intelligence and self-effacing humor, make him one of the most quietly authoritative characters in recent popular fiction.��Publishers Weekly �Koontz gives his character wit, good humor, a familiarity with the dark side of humanity�and moral outrage.��USA Today �The ultimate Everyman . . . an avatar of hope and honor and courage for all of us�the linchpin of a rollicking good tale . . . Odd evokes the homespun wisdom of Forrest Gump amid the mind-spinning adventures of a Jack Bauer.��BookPage �There�s never anything predictable about an Odd Thomas adventure.��Booklist �The nice young fry cook with the occult powers is [Koontz�s] most likable creation . . . candid, upright, amusing and sometimes withering.��The New York Times �An inventive . . . mix of suspense, whimsy and uplift.��The Washington Post �Heartfelt and provocative . . . a wonderfully...… (more)
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2015-01-13
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LibraryThing member PopeyeTa2
In this, the final edition of the Odd Thomas saga, we learn all the mysteries for which Odd, himself, has been searching. The mild-mannered fry cook has returned home to Pico Mundo, his hometown and the site of the beginning of his search for meaning. Again, Odd is up against the
This volume is a masterful ending to an eight-part collection of beloved stories. The unforgettable group of characters, led by the inimitable Odd Thomas, receive an exciting and heart-touching send-off in a novel full of Dean Koontz’s unequaled suspense and sentiment. To be safe, one may want to wait to begin the book until one has enough time to read the entire novel in one sitting. The action begins on page one and doesn’t let up until the final “exclamation point.” We can only hope that Koontz creates another character as endearing as Odd Thomas.
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Cult-To-End-All-Cults, the epitome and embodiment of Evil, this time with their sights set on bringing about destruction on a global scale. Their intention is to not only kill many people, but destroy Odd’s spirit in the course. On the other hand, Odd has come home, along with his entourage of mystical companions, to find the truth behind his carnival-gypsy’s prediction of: “You are destined to be together forever.”This volume is a masterful ending to an eight-part collection of beloved stories. The unforgettable group of characters, led by the inimitable Odd Thomas, receive an exciting and heart-touching send-off in a novel full of Dean Koontz’s unequaled suspense and sentiment. To be safe, one may want to wait to begin the book until one has enough time to read the entire novel in one sitting. The action begins on page one and doesn’t let up until the final “exclamation point.” We can only hope that Koontz creates another character as endearing as Odd Thomas.
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LibraryThing member Kimmyd76
Well that concludes a great series. I thoroughly enjoyed reading (and listening to this last book) about Odd Thomas. Mr Koontz has a way of making the character of Odd Thomas really come to life for me. I love the way he describes his world and how the books are written as Odd Thomas' journals.
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I listened to this book on Audible.com app. I am pretty new to the world of audio books this only being my third book listened to but I am becoming a big fan. And this books narration was great easy listening that really fit Odd Thomas.
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only thing I found lacking was the finale and not knowing if the fortune card has come true and if Oddy and Stormy are together forever.I listened to this book on Audible.com app. I am pretty new to the world of audio books this only being my third book listened to but I am becoming a big fan. And this books narration was great easy listening that really fit Odd Thomas.
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LibraryThing member NeedMoreShelves
A pretty mixed bag for me on this one - on an emotional level, it was satisfying, and I did cry for the last 15 pages or so. It's been a long investment in this character, and saying goodbye was bittersweet. As far as plot goes, however, the whole novel felt convoluted and rushed - there seemed to
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be a lack of motive, a lot of confusing detail, and a general sense that the actual story of the novel wasn't the author's top priority. It made me feel sad, a bit, because the characters that Koontz has created over the course of the series really deserved a better send-off. I would say if you are not already invested in Odd, I would probably pass on this novel. Show Less
LibraryThing member jpporter
Okay. I've read everything (so far) done by Dean Koontz in his Odd Thomas series. It started out very nicely, but somewhere along the way it seemed to get lost. Unfortunate.
Saint Odd is the end of the series. It should be no shocker, and it should be no spoiler, to say that Odd dies at the end of
Yeah, Odd Thomas dies.
The series died two or three volumes ago, however. In fact, I think the death knell was the arrival of the Annamaria character, and the end of the celebrity "ghosts" that followed Odd around. At this point, things seemed to turn into Koontz churning out so-so story after so-so story.
The series began with a supernatural theme with a humorous edge to it. That was great, but the humor died after the fourth volume, and the supernatural theme pretty much ended in the penultimate volume. Little of the original feel of the series is here in the end - just another terrorist-run-amok story. Some of the old familiar characters turn up, but only as an afterthought.
The Annamaria storyline is never really dealt with in any way that gives it closure.
And contrary to what another reviewer (who apparently didn't really finish the book) writes, Yes - Odd and Stormy are together at the end of the book. It would have constituted a huge faux pas had Koontz dropped the ball on that one.
From beginning to end the story has the feel of "Odd's going to die, so let's just get it over with, so Koontz can go back to writing other stuff." There is one good sequence where Koontz is in top form, and another where he seems to make a last ditch effort to create some enthusiasm, but on the whole, this is a perfunctory story.
A sad ending to what started out as an excellent series. Followers of the series will want to read this volume just because it is the end. I don't see any reason why anyone else would even bother.
Saint Odd is the end of the series. It should be no shocker, and it should be no spoiler, to say that Odd dies at the end of
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the book. Koontz began the series admitting to seven novels in the series, and that the "journal" it represented would not be published until after Odd Thomas died. So ...Yeah, Odd Thomas dies.
The series died two or three volumes ago, however. In fact, I think the death knell was the arrival of the Annamaria character, and the end of the celebrity "ghosts" that followed Odd around. At this point, things seemed to turn into Koontz churning out so-so story after so-so story.
The series began with a supernatural theme with a humorous edge to it. That was great, but the humor died after the fourth volume, and the supernatural theme pretty much ended in the penultimate volume. Little of the original feel of the series is here in the end - just another terrorist-run-amok story. Some of the old familiar characters turn up, but only as an afterthought.
The Annamaria storyline is never really dealt with in any way that gives it closure.
And contrary to what another reviewer (who apparently didn't really finish the book) writes, Yes - Odd and Stormy are together at the end of the book. It would have constituted a huge faux pas had Koontz dropped the ball on that one.
From beginning to end the story has the feel of "Odd's going to die, so let's just get it over with, so Koontz can go back to writing other stuff." There is one good sequence where Koontz is in top form, and another where he seems to make a last ditch effort to create some enthusiasm, but on the whole, this is a perfunctory story.
A sad ending to what started out as an excellent series. Followers of the series will want to read this volume just because it is the end. I don't see any reason why anyone else would even bother.
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LibraryThing member Virginia51
Great ending for a great series. I wish it did not end but I loved the ending. I hope that they still can keep going with some of the other characters. I look forward to all of Dean Koontz books.
LibraryThing member dawest58
Great ending! So sad to see the series end but was very pleased Odd got his fortune seen to fulfillment!!!!!
LibraryThing member revslick
Fast paced bullet train to the final conclusion in the series. It reminded me of eating the last Girl Scout cookie in the box...you know what is coming but you are still wanting more when it is gone.
LibraryThing member agarcia85257
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz is the conclusion to the fan favorite Odd Thomas books. Odd Thomas is one of my all time favorite fictional characters and I count the first two books in the series as my favorite novels of the last decade. But lately, it has seemed that Odd has somewhat lost his way so it
Odd Thomas is not like other young men. He has a gift. A curse. He can see the dead and it is often left to him to help them cross to the other side. He also must help the living, the innocent and often the dead will help him in this as well. Because Odd has been drafted into a war against forces much more powerful than himself. Into a war against great evil. This war began for Odd in his hometown of Pico Mundo and a great bloody massacre in the town mall. A murder spree that took the life of his beloved Stormy. Now he is back and those that killed all the innocents so long ago are looking to bring about even greater death. It is up to Odd, to finish it, here where it all began.
Odd Thomas has always been a likable character, the sad sack tossed into the fray who now has the responsibilities of world salvation on his shoulders. He does not become omnipotent or arrogant with his success, he only sees the loss. The greatest of these is of course the loss of his love, Stormy. In a great many ways Odd has been journeying all this time to get back to her. To get to that place where they can finally be together again.
Odd's conclusion is slow, a last gasp and then the welcome relief that it is over. You sort of expect this, Odd has given up so much and gotten so little in return. As the reader, we are left with a great many questions, much as Odd is left with them. Which leaves one to wonder if somehow, the journey of Odd Thomas will continue on in his afterlife.
I hope not. I do love this character and quite honestly, he deserves to rest in peace.
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is fitting that Odd Thomas' journey ends where it began. In Pico Mundo.Odd Thomas is not like other young men. He has a gift. A curse. He can see the dead and it is often left to him to help them cross to the other side. He also must help the living, the innocent and often the dead will help him in this as well. Because Odd has been drafted into a war against forces much more powerful than himself. Into a war against great evil. This war began for Odd in his hometown of Pico Mundo and a great bloody massacre in the town mall. A murder spree that took the life of his beloved Stormy. Now he is back and those that killed all the innocents so long ago are looking to bring about even greater death. It is up to Odd, to finish it, here where it all began.
Odd Thomas has always been a likable character, the sad sack tossed into the fray who now has the responsibilities of world salvation on his shoulders. He does not become omnipotent or arrogant with his success, he only sees the loss. The greatest of these is of course the loss of his love, Stormy. In a great many ways Odd has been journeying all this time to get back to her. To get to that place where they can finally be together again.
Odd's conclusion is slow, a last gasp and then the welcome relief that it is over. You sort of expect this, Odd has given up so much and gotten so little in return. As the reader, we are left with a great many questions, much as Odd is left with them. Which leaves one to wonder if somehow, the journey of Odd Thomas will continue on in his afterlife.
I hope not. I do love this character and quite honestly, he deserves to rest in peace.
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LibraryThing member lauriebrown54
“Saint Odd” is (supposedly) the last volume in the Odd Thomas saga. In it, Oddie is back in his hometown of Pico Mundo in the California desert. He knows that it is here that he has to make what will probably be his last stand. He doesn’t mind if it’s his last stand; a fortune telling
Odd doesn’t see himself as a hero. He is humble, helpful, always polite, and only wants to do the right thing. But he has certain gifts- he sees the dead, has certain intuitions, and can home in on people unerringly- that have put him on the path of saving Pico Mundo and possibly the world.
There is a lot of action in this story; it’s the most violent of the series. The satanic cult is not made up of nice people; they glory in their killing. Odd just does what he needs to do to save innocents. And he has a lot of help- a lot of people from earlier in the series show up. There are false leads and dead ends and lots of running about. It’s a good story.. but… not perfect. There are a lot of things left unexplained- who is Annamarie the eternally 8 months pregnant 18 year old? Who are, really, the group that Edie Fischer belongs to? What are the horrible things that must be fought in the next world after this? (and why weren’t there bodachs around? Damn things are always around when death is apt to occur). These things lead me to believe that this might not be the last in the series- which would please me a great deal, as well as allowing these loose ends to be tied up.
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machine told his girlfriend and him that they would be together forever- and she’s dead now. The satanic cult he’s battled before is after him, as well as planning something horrible for the citizens of Pico Mundo. Odd doesn’t see himself as a hero. He is humble, helpful, always polite, and only wants to do the right thing. But he has certain gifts- he sees the dead, has certain intuitions, and can home in on people unerringly- that have put him on the path of saving Pico Mundo and possibly the world.
There is a lot of action in this story; it’s the most violent of the series. The satanic cult is not made up of nice people; they glory in their killing. Odd just does what he needs to do to save innocents. And he has a lot of help- a lot of people from earlier in the series show up. There are false leads and dead ends and lots of running about. It’s a good story.. but… not perfect. There are a lot of things left unexplained- who is Annamarie the eternally 8 months pregnant 18 year old? Who are, really, the group that Edie Fischer belongs to? What are the horrible things that must be fought in the next world after this? (and why weren’t there bodachs around? Damn things are always around when death is apt to occur). These things lead me to believe that this might not be the last in the series- which would please me a great deal, as well as allowing these loose ends to be tied up.
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LibraryThing member glade1
If it weren't for the last few chapters (the last disk in the audio version I listened to), I likely would have given this more stars. Koontz had a daunting task to finish up the Odd Thomas series with the same combination of suspense, action, and tenderness that characterize all the other volumes
On the other hand, the first 75% of the book is solid gold Odd Thomas entertainment! Fast-paced, with Odd's trademark humor and humility and that touch of the supernatural, it kept me riveted.
Overall, I love this series and recommend it highly, even with the slightly disappointing ending. Koontz gives us a hero who is grounded and yet responds willingly to a higher calling. Although Odd is not portrayed as having any particular faith, the themes of the stories speak to me as a Christian, and Odd's attitude (and even some of his experiences) are somewhat Christ-like. But whatever your faith, or lack thereof, I think any reader can appreciate the grand good versus evil themes in these books.
I'm sad to see this series end, and am glad I have the "interim" volume, Odd Interlude, still to read. I will miss Oddie.
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of this collection, and I think he hit a bit shy of the mark. It is difficult to explain my disappointment without giving spoilers, but the ending to me seemed rushed and almost too corny (even given Odd's tradition of sentimentality and spiritualism). Koontz backed himself into a corner by setting up Odd's "memoirs" so that they would be published posthumously and it was a bit awkward writing himself out of that corner. In addition, I feel the author left a number of questions and mysteries unanswered, or at least not satisfactorily answered (what's the deal with Anna Maria? Tim? Edie Fisher and her organization?).On the other hand, the first 75% of the book is solid gold Odd Thomas entertainment! Fast-paced, with Odd's trademark humor and humility and that touch of the supernatural, it kept me riveted.
Overall, I love this series and recommend it highly, even with the slightly disappointing ending. Koontz gives us a hero who is grounded and yet responds willingly to a higher calling. Although Odd is not portrayed as having any particular faith, the themes of the stories speak to me as a Christian, and Odd's attitude (and even some of his experiences) are somewhat Christ-like. But whatever your faith, or lack thereof, I think any reader can appreciate the grand good versus evil themes in these books.
I'm sad to see this series end, and am glad I have the "interim" volume, Odd Interlude, still to read. I will miss Oddie.
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LibraryThing member ChristineEllei
Odd Thomas is back where it all started, Pico Mundo where his quiet, happy life was turned upside down by a group of cultists blowing up a mall and killing his girlfriend. Since that happened Odd has traveled to some interesting places, sometimes alone and sometimes in the company of the spirits
Coincidentally the Carnival is back in Pico Mundo as well, but of course Odd knows there is no such thing as coincidence. He makes his way back to the gypsy fortune telling machine where he and Stormy received their first fortune card, but this time, no matter how many quarters he inserts into the slot all the cards come out blank. Odd understands that this does not bode well for his personal future, but does it foretell the town’s future as well?
I’m sure I don’t have to include a spoiler alert when I say that this is the final installment in the Odd Thomas series. With that being said, as expected, all the familiar Pico Mundo faces are present and accounted for. If anyone is considering this book I would strongly suggest starting at the beginning of the series, as this entry would definitely not be considered a stand-alone. For a fan of the books I can admit that it was nice to revisit with the Sheriff and Ozzie Boone again. Also reappearing were some of the more recent additions to the series such as Annamaria and Edie Fisher. Mr. Koontz even gave his readers a few new and quite captivating characters. I don’t know what it says about me but I missed the Bodochs – they should have been back for this installment too – despite Odd’s quite satisfactory explanation as to why they were absent.
Once it was clearly established exactly why Odd was drawn back to town the story took off and became a real page-turner. Odd was as delightfully odd as I have come to expect (or to hope for as that trait was weak in some of the other installments) but with a bit of a harder edge to him. He was definitely a man on a mission in this one. We know that Odd “wrote” these books as a personal diary and entrusted them to Ozzie Boone (the resident Pico Mundo writer) to publish them. Ozzie titled them as well. As fitting as Saint Odd is it could just as easily have been called Commando Odd. Nothing like finishing up in a blaze of glory!
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only he can see. He has had some strange adventures and made some good, if equally strange, friends. Odd knows that this trip home is not simply a homecoming. He has been drawn back to Pico Mundo because the cultists are coming back to finish what they started with the mall. They want to reek havoc on the little town and Odd is the only one who can stop them. Coincidentally the Carnival is back in Pico Mundo as well, but of course Odd knows there is no such thing as coincidence. He makes his way back to the gypsy fortune telling machine where he and Stormy received their first fortune card, but this time, no matter how many quarters he inserts into the slot all the cards come out blank. Odd understands that this does not bode well for his personal future, but does it foretell the town’s future as well?
I’m sure I don’t have to include a spoiler alert when I say that this is the final installment in the Odd Thomas series. With that being said, as expected, all the familiar Pico Mundo faces are present and accounted for. If anyone is considering this book I would strongly suggest starting at the beginning of the series, as this entry would definitely not be considered a stand-alone. For a fan of the books I can admit that it was nice to revisit with the Sheriff and Ozzie Boone again. Also reappearing were some of the more recent additions to the series such as Annamaria and Edie Fisher. Mr. Koontz even gave his readers a few new and quite captivating characters. I don’t know what it says about me but I missed the Bodochs – they should have been back for this installment too – despite Odd’s quite satisfactory explanation as to why they were absent.
Once it was clearly established exactly why Odd was drawn back to town the story took off and became a real page-turner. Odd was as delightfully odd as I have come to expect (or to hope for as that trait was weak in some of the other installments) but with a bit of a harder edge to him. He was definitely a man on a mission in this one. We know that Odd “wrote” these books as a personal diary and entrusted them to Ozzie Boone (the resident Pico Mundo writer) to publish them. Ozzie titled them as well. As fitting as Saint Odd is it could just as easily have been called Commando Odd. Nothing like finishing up in a blaze of glory!
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LibraryThing member gpangel
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz is a 2015 Bantam publication.
Oddie has had such a melancholy life, and is such a sweet guy, I fell in love with him right away. Every time I read an Odd Thomas novel , I just wanted to reach through the pages and hold him. But, after the the third or fourth book in the
I noticed this one in the overdrive library, and it's obvious from the title and cover which way the series was headed. So, with no patience for hunting up the fifth and sixth books, I decided not to go back and catch up with the series, opting to dive right in with this, the seventh and last book in the series.
While I am sure I missed a few harrowing adventures by passing on the last two books, I had no problems understanding what was happening with this story.
Odd has returned home knowing it's his time and that Pico Mundo needs him as it is about to face yet another major crisis. Odd is plagued by nightmares and vivid dreams as he tries to figure out a way to keep his hometown from being lost forever.
But, for most of us the burning question is whether or not Odd and Stormy's future will unfold as it was foretold in the first book of the series. Will they be together forever?
The truth is, I didn't go into this book with super high expectations. The reason I had lost track of the series in the first place was because it had gotten way off track, so I was more cautiously optimistic than anything else.
I was happy to see Odd touching base with old familiar faces, but once more he has a big job to do. However, for the bulk of the book Odd discusses dreams, reflects upon the past, shares his rambling musings and then from time to time gets down and dirty and serious about figuring out what he needs to do next. It wasn't until the last quarter of the book that the pacing begin to pick up. Once it got rolling the story began to move along too quickly and the really big finale was pretty anti-climatic.
My heart quickened at once spot toward the end, and I thought a lump might actually be forming in the back of my throat, but, when I saw nothing more was going to come from it, I was pretty let down. It goes without saying that Oddie will have a quirky and unconventional happy ever after, which fits in with Odd and his experiences up to this point.
But, for me the conclusion was pretty weak and what should have been a huge emotional, pull on the heart strings, grab that box of tissues, as the credits start to roll kind of ending fell horribly flat. I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. It was disappointing to see the conclusion turn out like this when Oddie deserved a much bigger send off. Overall, two starts is the best I can give this one.
Oddie has had such a melancholy life, and is such a sweet guy, I fell in love with him right away. Every time I read an Odd Thomas novel , I just wanted to reach through the pages and hold him. But, after the the third or fourth book in the
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series, I stopped making an effort to pick it back up again. I noticed this one in the overdrive library, and it's obvious from the title and cover which way the series was headed. So, with no patience for hunting up the fifth and sixth books, I decided not to go back and catch up with the series, opting to dive right in with this, the seventh and last book in the series.
While I am sure I missed a few harrowing adventures by passing on the last two books, I had no problems understanding what was happening with this story.
Odd has returned home knowing it's his time and that Pico Mundo needs him as it is about to face yet another major crisis. Odd is plagued by nightmares and vivid dreams as he tries to figure out a way to keep his hometown from being lost forever.
But, for most of us the burning question is whether or not Odd and Stormy's future will unfold as it was foretold in the first book of the series. Will they be together forever?
The truth is, I didn't go into this book with super high expectations. The reason I had lost track of the series in the first place was because it had gotten way off track, so I was more cautiously optimistic than anything else.
I was happy to see Odd touching base with old familiar faces, but once more he has a big job to do. However, for the bulk of the book Odd discusses dreams, reflects upon the past, shares his rambling musings and then from time to time gets down and dirty and serious about figuring out what he needs to do next. It wasn't until the last quarter of the book that the pacing begin to pick up. Once it got rolling the story began to move along too quickly and the really big finale was pretty anti-climatic.
My heart quickened at once spot toward the end, and I thought a lump might actually be forming in the back of my throat, but, when I saw nothing more was going to come from it, I was pretty let down. It goes without saying that Oddie will have a quirky and unconventional happy ever after, which fits in with Odd and his experiences up to this point.
But, for me the conclusion was pretty weak and what should have been a huge emotional, pull on the heart strings, grab that box of tissues, as the credits start to roll kind of ending fell horribly flat. I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. It was disappointing to see the conclusion turn out like this when Oddie deserved a much bigger send off. Overall, two starts is the best I can give this one.
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LibraryThing member ronnbren
Classic Koontz. A great way to end the series. I enjoyed it very much.
LibraryThing member gpangel
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz is a 2015 Bantam publication.
Oddie has had such a melancholy life, and is such a sweet guy, I fell in love with him right away. Every time I read an Odd Thomas novel , I just wanted to reach through the pages and hold him. But, after the the third or fourth book in the
I noticed this one in the overdrive library, and it's obvious from the title and cover which way the series was headed. So, with no patience for hunting up the fifth and sixth books, I decided not to go back and catch up with the series, opting to dive right in with this, the seventh and last book in the series.
While I am sure I missed a few harrowing adventures by passing on the last two books, I had no problems understanding what was happening with this story.
Odd has returned home knowing it's his time and that Pico Mundo needs him as it is about to face yet another major crisis. Odd is plagued by nightmares and vivid dreams as he tries to figure out a way to keep his hometown from being lost forever.
But, for most of us the burning question is whether or not Odd and Stormy's future will unfold as it was foretold in the first book of the series. Will they be together forever?
The truth is, I didn't go into this book with super high expectations. The reason I had lost track of the series in the first place was because it had gotten way off track, so I was more cautiously optimistic than anything else.
I was happy to see Odd touching base with old familiar faces, but once more he has a big job to do. However, for the bulk of the book Odd discusses dreams, reflects upon the past, shares his rambling musings and then from time to time gets down and dirty and serious about figuring out what he needs to do next. It wasn't until the last quarter of the book that the pacing begin to pick up. Once it got rolling the story began to move along too quickly and the really big finale was pretty anti-climatic.
My heart quickened at once spot toward the end, and I thought a lump might actually be forming in the back of my throat, but, when I saw nothing more was going to come from it, I was pretty let down. It goes without saying that Oddie will have a quirky and unconventional happy ever after, which fits in with Odd and his experiences up to this point.
But, for me the conclusion was pretty weak and what should have been a huge emotional, pull on the heart strings, grab that box of tissues, as the credits start to roll kind of ending fell horribly flat. I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. It was disappointing to see the conclusion turn out like this when Oddie deserved a much bigger send off. Overall, two starts is the best I can give this one.
Oddie has had such a melancholy life, and is such a sweet guy, I fell in love with him right away. Every time I read an Odd Thomas novel , I just wanted to reach through the pages and hold him. But, after the the third or fourth book in the
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series, I stopped making an effort to pick it back up again. I noticed this one in the overdrive library, and it's obvious from the title and cover which way the series was headed. So, with no patience for hunting up the fifth and sixth books, I decided not to go back and catch up with the series, opting to dive right in with this, the seventh and last book in the series.
While I am sure I missed a few harrowing adventures by passing on the last two books, I had no problems understanding what was happening with this story.
Odd has returned home knowing it's his time and that Pico Mundo needs him as it is about to face yet another major crisis. Odd is plagued by nightmares and vivid dreams as he tries to figure out a way to keep his hometown from being lost forever.
But, for most of us the burning question is whether or not Odd and Stormy's future will unfold as it was foretold in the first book of the series. Will they be together forever?
The truth is, I didn't go into this book with super high expectations. The reason I had lost track of the series in the first place was because it had gotten way off track, so I was more cautiously optimistic than anything else.
I was happy to see Odd touching base with old familiar faces, but once more he has a big job to do. However, for the bulk of the book Odd discusses dreams, reflects upon the past, shares his rambling musings and then from time to time gets down and dirty and serious about figuring out what he needs to do next. It wasn't until the last quarter of the book that the pacing begin to pick up. Once it got rolling the story began to move along too quickly and the really big finale was pretty anti-climatic.
My heart quickened at once spot toward the end, and I thought a lump might actually be forming in the back of my throat, but, when I saw nothing more was going to come from it, I was pretty let down. It goes without saying that Oddie will have a quirky and unconventional happy ever after, which fits in with Odd and his experiences up to this point.
But, for me the conclusion was pretty weak and what should have been a huge emotional, pull on the heart strings, grab that box of tissues, as the credits start to roll kind of ending fell horribly flat. I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. It was disappointing to see the conclusion turn out like this when Oddie deserved a much bigger send off. Overall, two starts is the best I can give this one.
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LibraryThing member ronnbren
Classic Koontz. A great way to end the series. I enjoyed it very much.
LibraryThing member mmoj
SPOILER ALERT. There's a few things to love about Dean Koontz's novels, the first is his wonderful storytelling abilities, second is his abilities to make the everyday person be of central importance to the story and finally that in his stories (which I think has really come out in his novels since
In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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"From the Corner of His Eye") there's hope because those ordinary people do what needs to be done. Saint Odd just adds to the list of books you'll want to read again for all these reasons. In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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LibraryThing member mmoj
SPOILER ALERT. There's a few things to love about Dean Koontz's novels, the first is his wonderful storytelling abilities, second is his abilities to make the everyday person be of central importance to the story and finally that in his stories (which I think has really come out in his novels since
In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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"From the Corner of His Eye") there's hope because those ordinary people do what needs to be done. Saint Odd just adds to the list of books you'll want to read again for all these reasons. In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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LibraryThing member mmoj
SPOILER ALERT. There's a few things to love about Dean Koontz's novels, the first is his wonderful storytelling abilities, second is his abilities to make the everyday person be of central importance to the story and finally that in his stories (which I think has really come out in his novels since
In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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"From the Corner of His Eye") there's hope because those ordinary people do what needs to be done. Saint Odd just adds to the list of books you'll want to read again for all these reasons. In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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LibraryThing member mmoj
SPOILER ALERT. There's a few things to love about Dean Koontz's novels, the first is his wonderful storytelling abilities, second is his abilities to make the everyday person be of central importance to the story and finally that in his stories (which I think has really come out in his novels since
In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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"From the Corner of His Eye") there's hope because those ordinary people do what needs to be done. Saint Odd just adds to the list of books you'll want to read again for all these reasons. In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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LibraryThing member mmoj
SPOILER ALERT. There's a few things to love about Dean Koontz's novels, the first is his wonderful storytelling abilities, second is his abilities to make the everyday person be of central importance to the story and finally that in his stories (which I think has really come out in his novels since
In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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"From the Corner of His Eye") there's hope because those ordinary people do what needs to be done. Saint Odd just adds to the list of books you'll want to read again for all these reasons. In this conclusion to the Odd Thomas series Odd is going back to where it started - Pico Mundo. It's here that he's supposed to die and to save many. With his other-worldly senses working he soon finds trouble, or rather trouble finds him. As you read your moved with Odd as he questions whether he's any better than the people he's had to kill and why he's been chosen for this role. You'll sit on the edge of your seat as you read to find out if Connie and Lou will be saved. And you will hold your breath as you wait for the hundreds of bodach to pop out waiting to feast on the carnage. But it doesn't come because Koontz has come up with a brilliant plan to avoid the shooting, killing and other violent deaths that the cult needs. I never saw it coming.
Now the reason for the spoiler alert STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END! And only four stars. I still don't know what Annamaria and Edie are and I don't know what all blue and smoothed out means. I have some guesses but I'm one of those people who wants to get rewarded at the end of a series with all the answers clearly defined. I'm hoping this means somehow there will be a continuation of the Edie Fischer line.
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LibraryThing member Ronrose1
He will die as he lived, protecting those he loves. If Odd Thomas has to die, he is determined to make it count. Odd is headed home to Pico Mundo where it all started. His journey began at the disastrous shootout in the Green Moon Mall two years ago here in Pico Mundo. Odd lost the love of his
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life, Stormy Llewellyn, who was shot along with a number of other people before Odd was able to stop the murderers. Now after two years of fighting the evil responsible for that attack, he has returned for what his second sense tells him will be his last battle to secure the safety of those he loves. This final episode of Odd Thomas’s adventures carries with it all the peculiarities that we love about these tales. As Odd works to save the town, we are given one last look at all of his friends and neighbors who make Odd’s story and that of Pico Mundo so attractive. Show Less
LibraryThing member bgknighton
I like Odd, I like the people he befriends, even the common-place banality of evil rings true. Now I want to know what happens in the next world.............
LibraryThing member oraclejenn
So sad that the series is over but I LOVE the character, the writing and the story telling.
LibraryThing member TerriS
The finale of the Odd Thomas series. A good ending to a good series, I enjoyed it a lot!
LibraryThing member buffalogr
Meandering finale to the series. It's readable and gives closure. Admittedly, one wonders about the "together forever with Stormy" theme, until the end. Some of the familiar themes are missing as the series concludes--one wonders. I had hoped for more.
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