{"id":1819,"date":"2008-11-08T11:09:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T09:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2008-11-08T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2008-11-08T09:19:33","slug":"the-odd-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/1819","title":{"rendered":"The Odd Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have been reading the book Odd Thomas<\/a> for over a month.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve been dying to read this book for quite a long time and when I got a gift certificate from work for the big book store in town, I went out and bought it.\u00a0\u00a0 I also bought the next book in the series, I was that<\/em> sure I was going to like it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m quite a fan of Dean Koontz, having read a number of his books in the past.\u00a0\u00a0 So when I saw the reviews for this new series of his, I absolutely HAD to read it.<\/p>\n

Here is the synopsis from Amazon:<\/p>\n

The dead don\u2019t talk, but Odd Thomas has the ability to see their troubled, unquiet spirits. And their appearance invariably precedes some terrifying and cataclysmic event. Usually gruesome, multiple deaths. More terrifying are the shadows – or bodachs – which sometimes surround the people who are about to become victims of brutal killings. These inky forms move in packs, hovering above their prey as if drawn by the promise of bloodshed. Violence and terror attracts them. They are surrounding \u2018Fungus Man\u2019, a stranger who has come to Pico Mundo. A man who, Odd discovers, has a penchant for sickening crimes, a lust for violence. But is he a lone assassin or does he have associates bent on slaughter? Time is running out for the people of this little southern Californian town. Can Odd, with his special psychic powers, avert disaster?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It sounds like something I\u2019d plow through, because I love these kinds of books.\u00a0 The whole slightly paranormal thriller type of books.\u00a0 Here is an example of the kind of reviews it was given:<\/p>\n

ODD THOMAS is by far one of the best books I have read in my twenty two years of existence. This book doesn’t start off on a mundane path to boredom.. NO! it sets an exciting pace from the word go. From ghosts, ghouls and god damn scarey bad guys this book will keep you up all night to the point where you are just to frightened to turn off the lights. Highley recommended for any thrill seeker.<\/p>\n

By Claire Ellis “celo”<\/a> (Liverpool, England)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s me!! I\u2019m the thrill seeker!!\u00a0 I want god damn scarey<\/span> scary bad guys keeping me up all night!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s so not happening.\u00a0 The book started out really good, with the main character helping a dead young girl get back at her murderer\u2026 but after that\u2026 SNORE!!\u00a0 I\u2019m a little over halfway through now and I have literally had to force myself to get that far.\u00a0\u00a0 I read about 2-3 pages per night before falling asleep and for some reason am hellbent on finishing it.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m convinced it must get better at some point and that just a few pages down the road it\u2019s gonna excite my socks off!<\/p>\n

There are other books I\u2019m DYING to start, like Seven Up by Janet Evanovich<\/a>, from the Stephanie Plum series (which is ONLY the best series I have ever read, by the way)… but I can’t until I finish this one! argh!<\/p>\n

I am going to finish this book, and it had better get good soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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