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    Deeply Odd
    Deeply Odd
    Deeply Odd
    Audiobook9 hours

    Deeply Odd

    Written by Dean Koontz

    Narrated by David Aaron Baker

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    The pistol appeared in his hand the way a dove appears in the hand of a good magician, as if it materialized out of thin air. “You think I won’t do it right here in the open. But you’d be surprised.… You’ll drop before you get the breath to scream.”

    The truck driver is decked out like a rhinestone cowboy, only instead of a guitar he’s slinging a gun—and Odd Thomas is on the wrong end of the barrel. Though he narrowly dodges a bullet, Odd can’t outrun the shocking vision burned into his mind…or the destiny that will drive him into a harrowing showdown with absolute evil.

    How do you make sure a crime that hasn’t happened yet, never does? That’s the critical question facing Odd Thomas, the young man with a unique ability to commune with restless spirits and help them find justice and peace. But this time, it’s the living who desperately need Odd on their side. Three helpless innocents will be brutally executed unless Odd can intervene in time. Who the potential victims are and where they can be found remain a mystery. The only thing Odd knows for sure is who the killer will be: the homicidal stranger who tried to shoot him dead in a small-town parking lot.

    With the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock riding shotgun and a network of unlikely allies providing help along the way, Odd embarks on an interstate game of cat and mouse with his sinister quarry. He will soon learn that his adversary possesses abilities that may surpass his own and operates in service to infinitely more formidable foes, with murder a mere prelude to much deeper designs. Traveling across a landscape haunted by portents of impending catastrophe, Odd will do what he must and go where his path leads him, drawing ever closer to the dark heart of his long journey…and, perhaps, to the bright light beyond.

    “Koontz gives his character wit, good humor, a familiarity with the dark side of humanity—and moral outrage.” —USA Today

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 28, 2013
    ISBN9781469248691
    Deeply Odd
    Author

    Dean Koontz

    Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York Times No. 1 bestsellers. His books have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, and his work is published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in southern California.

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    • 1/5
      Another DNF for me-I'm thinking this may be the last Koontz I pick up. I do have to say, I have enjoyed Odd Thomas but there's to much supplementary commentary going on. I like books that are more lean and every word counts. Adios Odd Thomas, it's been fun.
    • 3/5
      I liked Hitchcock and Edie. The rhinestone cowboy was a great bad guy. I just didn't like Odd as gun toting Charles Bronson character in the last third of the book. The last part was too much like Deathwish 5 so I can only give it a three. Also, the transformation of the short order cook into the Charles Bronson commando was not convincing. As a another reviewer has said, we know about Stormy so we don't need it continually repeated.
    • 5/5
      Wow. I think Mr. Koontz might be on to something. I love his stories, this one has me wondering about his sources of information. If this is all just from his talent... holy cow. GREAT BOOK!
    • 3/5
      Being the 6th book in a series, I can see how sometimes it can start to feel a bit 'dried out'. As the story continues Odd's journey to whatever, Koontz does get a bit depressing. There were a couple parts that I felt just bogged down the reading, and though may have shown a bit of Odd's internal turmoils & thoughts, seemed a tad bit much. I sloughed through those sections and the action part of the story was fine. Overall it wasn't a bad read considering how much I have enjoyed the other books in the series, but I feel that the direction this one seemed to lead towards is getting a bit too much "out there". I am still interested in how all this ties together at and end at some point, and will have to wait again for a future installment.
    • 5/5
      I just love Oddie.
    • 4/5
      The Odd Thomas series contains a great hero, good vs. evil, great side characters. I've read them all and noted that this one got omitted, so I returned to it. The series hasn't lost it's luster. The plot: Odd follows a demonic Rhinestone Cowboy toward a destiny filled with hate and deception. Along the way, he receives help from Alfred Hitchcock and a lady named Edie. The latter proclaims Odd will someday be smooth and fully blue...a mystery state that never really is explained. Fun book.
    • 3/5
      "Odd Thomas" is here using his psychic magnetism to track down the "Rhinestone Cowboy Trucker" who has powers of his own. That was a nice twist, as we saw that Odd wasn't the only person in the world with a touch of the supernatural on their lives. Unfortunately, the things that made the first book so interesting have slowly begun to fade away in the last two or three novels in the series. I am all for character growth, but it seems as if Dean has almost lost his original idea of what made Odd so special and has been moving him into a new character. The thing I miss most in the "Odd" stories is the loss of the spirits of the lingering dead he used to encounter and often help. Even his ghost dog is no longer hanging out with him.

      I have read this series from the start and will admit that I was less than enthused with the last couple of books. Maybe it's time for Koontz to end this series and go back to writing the great stand alone books he was so loved for by his fans.
    • 3/5
      I started this book a while back, but stopped reading as I was getting bored which is a shame as I love the odd Thomas books so far. I agree with many others about the filler material. like the lord of the rings bit where he acknowledged it was pointless. I'm guessing that he had a new Editor for this book who didn't do a good job of pointing out the issues. as I've just finished it I did enjoy meeting Odd again but the fluffy dog story at the end didn't work for me. I do hope saint Odd is better. I may wait a while before I get a copy.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book, even better than some of the other ones, I think. I'm anxious to start "Saint Odd" even though I know it's the last in the series. I will miss Odd
      Thomas :)
    • 4/5
      I love Odd and enjoyed most of the story. Edie Fisher is a hoot and hope to see more of her and the other characters introduced in Deeply Odd. Odd's rambling always polite conversations and his unfailing optimist observations have been the highlight of previous Odd Thomas books but this time I felt Koontz became too disillusioned with the political system and society and I lost Odd's characteristic sense of hope. Hopefully Koontz will be able to renew Odd's outlook before the next book.
    • 3/5
      Once again Odd Thomas becomes involved with a cast of equally odd characters. On a routine trip to the mall to purchase some personal item, Odd’s psychic magnetism starts to tingle and he has a vision of dying children. Immediately following this vision he encounters the cowboy trucker – not a cheery fellow to say the least. Odd knows the trucker and his vision are somehow connected, but how to stay on the trucker’s tale. Enter, at just the right moment, the eccentric Edie Fischer and (this time) the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock and off they go.

      I really liked Edie very much and, if Mr. Koontz wraps up this series with the next (7th) book, I hope he does a mini-reunion so we can meet up with some of Odd’s more quirky cohorts again. Annamaria falls into the background again in this book, as she has in the last two. I cannot help but wonder where he is going with her character. The wanna-be writer in me has an idea but since Mr. Koontz has never asked me for suggestions, I’ll just wait and see.

      As always, I enjoyed this instalment of the Odd Thomas series. Odd is his usual self and for anyone familiar with the series, that’s all that can be said about that!
    • 5/5
      This one might have been my favorite of the series. This was a fresh and fun story, a bit different than the others, with a new and quirky character. And yet it still had the traditional feel of good old Odd from the early books.
    • 5/5
      I deeply recommend this book!!!
    • 2/5
      Deeply Odd is a hard book to review. For the first time in this series, you must have read all previous volumes of Odd's adventures to receive the grand picture. Throughout Deeply Odd, our fry-cook-turned-reluctant-hero hearkens back to every other novel (aside from Forever Odd, of course, as I believe even Koontz knows that book is only worth forgetting). This is important to the average reader because if you have not read the other books, you will be bored beyond all hope.

      Odd rambles and rambles, going over previous outings and world views, with his unique wit and sarcasm. Unfortunately, here in the seventh Odd Thomas novel, he's starting to wear on my nerves. It's come to a point where I just want him to shut up and get on with the story.

      The story is the only reason this book garnered even the two stars I gave it. Like the second in the series, Forever Odd, Deeply Odd drags on, ad nauseum, with descriptions of litter and plant life that do absolutely nothing to progress the story further, but seem to act as nothing more than filler to expand the word count so that his publisher can sell an outrageously priced ebook. As I said in my review of Gaiman's The Ocean At The End of the Lane, I don't mind paying fifteen bucks for an electronic file... if the story's worth it. But when it takes until the 84% mark for your book to get even remotely interesting, I require a drastic cut in price. The problem, and the truth of the matter, is this. I'm going to buy the next one, and the next one after that, and so on, because I love Odd Thomas. And the publisher, along with Koontz himself, knows this.

      The story inside the pages of Deeply Odd is an afterthought to Odd's mental meanderings. Every scene of action (what few there are in the first 84% of the book) only serve to give odd a speaking platform on which he riffs about Mommy Porn, consumerism, "The Real Housewives of Wherever" (that's an actual quote from the book), and the over all shitty nature of our hairless ape society. It's book seven, Dean, I think we understand... the world's gone to pot, and the bad people far out number the good, but Odd must continue to tell us he sees some thread of hope, all while speaking of himself in an unkind manner. We get it! He doesn't think he's a hero. No real hero does, and all that. Blah blah blah...

      There is nothing new here. In fact, everything in this book has been done in the past six volumes. You have the hunts through garages and stairwells. Check. A climactic conclusion involving Odd and numerous baddies, all occurring in a huge, sprawling mansion (circa Odd Apocalypse). Check. The search of an long abandoned location (Odd Thomas and Forever Odd). Storm Drains of Doom (Odd Hours and Odd Interlude). Some enigmatic old woman who just so happens to have a disposable handgun tucked away in her purse (no shit, didn't this same exact scene happen in Odd Hours?). The list goes on and on.

      I'd say avoid this book like the plague, but if you like Odd Thomas (as I do) you'll read it, and, by the end, you might even like it. I just can't ignore all the stuff I mentioned simply because I find Odd Thomas one of the coolest, most endearing characters of my lifetime.

      It's about quality, Mr. Koontz, not quantity. Slow down and give us stories worth our time and money.

      E.


    • 4/5
      I thought this book was pretty darn good. The last few in this series was a downward trend, but it turned upward with this book. I really enjoyed it.
    • 5/5
      Deeply Odd (Odd Thomas #6) by Dean Koontz Another great novel by Mr. Koontz. I love the Odd series and I think that has a lot to do with the style of writing and the words used to describe the world through Odd Thomas' eyes. The story lines themselves I'm not sure would have me ohhing and ahhing over these books like I do, if it weren't for the way Koontz writes them. I loved the character of Edie in this story and found her very intriguing. I would love to meet her in more of Dean Koontz books.I'm not going to go into the storyline I'm just going to say if you love the Odd series well this one is another gooder!
    • 5/5
      I sure do love Odd Thomas. He's funny and enduring. But just as strange we meet a new face, Mrs. Fischer. I wonder if she will be returning.
    • 5/5
      I had an Odd Thomas marathon this weekend and read both Odd Apocalypse and this title over the course of a couple of days. I continue to have great affection for Odd, and hate to see the rumored upcoming end of the series, but have hopes that Odd will be happy in his next life with Stormy.I enjoyed this story and thought that it came closer to real discussion of God and the devil in a Christian context ("the prince of this world" is how Odd describes him, which is similar to Biblical descriptions). As a Christian, I like Koontz's willingness to embrace the possibility of higher powers (for good and evil), the existence of worlds and beings that we do not usually sense, and the message of the need to fight evil at every turn.Odd remains very humble, human, and flawed, yet delightfully witty and clever enough to foil evil plots. Love him!
    • 4/5
      If you are familiar with the Odd series then don't hesitate in buying this one. You won't regret it. I think it rivals the first one and is extremely close to my favorite in the series, Brother Odd. If you've never read the series then here are some warnings: don't read them out of order; light prose with dark events interspersed with comedic timing on modern proverbs; more self-deprecating humor; swinging pendulum from pessimism to optimism; supernaturalism; and finally if adjectives are not your friend then this may not be the book for you.This is Koontz best writing and the wit and wisdom spewing for Odd is brilliant.
    • 4/5
      His world is getting stranger, the good people are out there, but how does he contact them when he needs them? Will they keep finding him? Mrs Fischer is one of the more interesting characters he has met. I get tired of the circumlocution, though.
    • 5/5
      This is the latest volume in the Odd Thomas series, about a young man who can see the lingering dead and has the ability to find people by a sort of psychic magnetism. Trouble seems to seek him out, and his conscience won’t let him step away from it when he can possibly help someone. This book starts out with Odd walking to the store, only to run into a someone he tags ‘the rhinestone cowboy’, a trucker who tries to kill him right in the grocery store because Odd was looking in his truck. When Odd touches the trucker, he sees a man torching some children, and he knows he has to follow the rhinestone cowboy to prevent the deaths of innocents. With the help of the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock and a little old lady with a 12 cylinder Mercedes limo, he goes into action against the most dangerous foes he’s faced yet, a demon worshipping cult. He also learns that the world is a far, far weirder place than even he thinks it is. Koontz writes a find blend of horror and black humor. Written in the first person from Odd’s point of view, he gets to make dry comments about society that wouldn’t be possible in a different format. He describes things in a these are just the facts manner that is none the less very humorous, a relief from the suspense of the rest of the writing. I love this series, and I see I’ve missed a couple. I must remedy that before the next one comes out- one that may be the last of the series.
    • 3/5
      This was not to the level of the previous Odd Thomas books. It took me way too long to finish this book because it was incredibly boring for at least half of the book. Odd Thomas is supposed to be a different sort of character and a deep thinking and feeling character but the amount of "deep thought" jibber jabber in this book was over the top. I ended up skipping over multiple pages at a time (multiple times!) and don't feel I missed anything thing at all. The only good thing about this book was the last 40 pages or so. I think this series has seen better days and probably should come to an end very soon!
    • 3/5
      I seem to recall from an earlier book that there would be seven installments in the "Odd Thomas" series. This is book six. I also recall (and it is repeated in this book) that Odd is "writing" of his adventures as they have happened, with the expectation that they not be published until after his death. That means there should be only one more Odd Thomas book. I suppose this means that there are some things to be hopeful for.The first couple of books were very intriguing, but with book six there is really nothing "odd" about Odd Thomas - we now get the distinct impression that there are innumerable people who have some strange power, some of whom - like Odd - are good people, and others of whom are not so good.In book seven, apparently the battle for the future of humanity will be waged, Odd will die, and whatever happens will happen. I will get the last book just to say that I have completed the series, but I am no longer as enthusiastic about the character as I once was. I get the distinct feeling that Koontz feels the same way.
    • 2/5
      A little disappointed. Too much of Odd dwelling on himself and past adventures
    • 2/5
      I enjoyed the first Odd Thomas book, but overall, horror is not a genre that I enjoy. I've read all the Odd books in the hopes of finding out what happens to the characters, but this one had too many characters saying inscrutable things for me. Also I find it hard to tolerate the "cult plans to torture/murder children" plot. Clearly, I'm not the right reader for these books. Probably a horror fan would have no problem.
    • 2/5
      I love Dean Koontz and own all of his books. Also, loved first Odd Thomas book. This 6th installment didn't catch my interest until almost the end. No more of these Odd Thomas books, please.