Odd Thomas can see the dead people, even if he can’t talk with them. One morning he sees a mysterious stranger who is about to commit something terrible.
Dean Koontz certainly always writes the same novel. This is not really as bad as it look at first glance if that novel is a good one but Koontz output has been so prolific that the quality is wildly fluctuating. This is really detrimental because we need a really good craftsmanship to revisit the same situations and the same characters again and again and again.
Odd Thomas is a good one. Koontz, probably tired of establishing the same stuff for the umpteenth time, greets us in media res. Odd Thomas got all the classic “I see the dead people” powers and also all the corresponding troubles, mainly he really needs to act about the stuff that he sees putting himself in continuous jeopardy. Instead of having to hide all this stuff he already told most of it to a bunch of very bizarre, but very interesting characters.
Actually the most interesting part is the Odd Thomas Hometown of Pico Mundo which Koontz describes with a lot of interesting and vivid details. He clearly loves all the small town dynamics and the strange tales about his inhabitants that seem to multiply when the town gets smaller.
The main plot is standard Koonts fare, honestly a little bit subpar because we are missing any characterization of the main villains which is normally one of Koontz stronger point.
Kudos to the ending is very strong and got me totally unprepared.
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