Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

Both Karen and Lidvin Kjerengtroen highly recommended this book to me. They said it was really good, and they thought I would enjoy not only this book, but the whole series. So I ordered it used on Amazon and began my reading.

It was very enjoyable! I really was captivated from the first page and enjoyed Koontz's humor and very descriptive and often humorous analogies. His characters are refreshing and interesting. It had all the elements of a great read! But the dark characters, who turned out to be Satan-worshippers were too evil, and their practices and crimes were detailed too graphically for me to enjoy. I read at the end of the day, just before falling asleep, and this was too dark, suspenseful, and evil to invite me to sleep peacefully after reading. It's too bad, really, because the humor is so fresh, the characters (the good ones) are so interesting, but the evil is too strong here and described in too much detail.

Much of the plot unfolded in unpredictable ways, and I really enjoyed the suspense of where this story was going. There was also a lot of interesting philosophy about the afterlife and spirits that was creative and positive and fun. Like the Spirit of Elvis, crying on his mama's birthday--cute things like that.

Dang, I really wanted to love this book and this series. But this will be my last Odd book, despite how much I enjoyed parts of it. I don't need that much violence and ugliness in my life!!!