Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #459479 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

Customer Reviews

not the best
The fourth in the series, and I hope that Dean is not running out of steam. The plot does not have the supernatural feel of the previous three. It's just "Odd stumbles upon some bad guys and foils their plans by shooting them".

Yes, there are a few ghosts, but nothing like previous books. There is also a pack of possibly supernatural animals that shows up twice and threatens Odd, but each time they slink away when told to do so.

There is a girl, who looks as if she will play a part in future books, but here she is irrelevant to this plot. Odd thinks she needs protecting, but she is never in any real danger. She seems to be there to make enigmatic pronouncements which, hopefully, will be explained in the next book.

On the plus side there is plenty of the banter from Odd that we have grown to enjoy (rather too much actually). Worth a read, but seems to be more of a prelude to Odd 5.

Very good
I was expecting this book to be less than brilliant due to so many lackluster reviews but I actually really enjoyed it! Deffinatly not the worst in the Odd Thomas series. I found the first half to be a bit boring in places as not that much happens but it really picks up in the second half and I ended up reading the last 200 pages or so in one go because I just couldn't put it down.

In this book, Odd is now living in a place in California where he knows something terrible is going to happen. He meets Annabella, a women who he knows he is supposed to "save" but her enigmatic personality just mystifies things further.

A good suspence thriller which I would reccomend to fans of Dean Koontz or the Odd Thomas series.

Hmmmmm !!
I LIKE Odd Thomas! Admittedly, I found him & Stormy a little irritating, but there are ALWAYS plucky heroes & heroines, and they are always (sorry Dean), a little irritating, but I have still read all his books more than once!!

This book was fine! I lay on the couch, hungover & read it in a few hours, but other than France Sinatra (always welcome) and a fleeting chat with Odds current employer, who I feel we met too briefly, it WAS just a light, time passer, rather than a show stopper!

I like Odd because of his interaction with the dead, but anyone could have sorted this problem out, it really didn't need him, and I am worried we are close to a Crocodile Dundee 3 here!
The first was really good, unexpected, nice & original, I enjoyed 2 & 3 too, but be careful! PLEASE don't milk it too much! It gets lame!

So many authors at the moment seem to be churning books out too quickly, and they just lose the punch.

I do now want to know what happens to Odd & the enigmatic girl (who really needs a slap for being so surreal!) but I really think 5 should be the end of it for a while, and Another hero or heroine should come out or a while, so we can fully anticipate & enjoy future adventures.