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In Odd We Trust
written by Dean Koontz
Studio : Del Rey
by Del Rey
Release Date : 2008-06-24
Publisher : Del Rey
Released : 2008-06-24
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780345499660
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 29 reviews)
List Price : $10.95
Our Price : $6.17
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Product Description |
“Meet a young man named Odd . . . who helps the dead get even."
From the infinite imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the suspenseful graphic-novel debut of a natural-born hero with a supernatural twist.
Odd Thomas is a regular nineteen-year-old with an unusual gift: the ability to see the lingering spirits of the dead. To Odd, it’s not such a big deal. And most folks in sleepy Pico Mundo, California, are much more interested in the irresistible pancakes Odd whips up at the local diner. Still, communing with the dead can be useful. Because while some spirits only want a little company . . . others want justice.
When the sad specter of a very frightened boy finds its way to him, Odd vows to root out the evil suddenly infecting the sunny streets of Pico Mundo. But even with his exceptional ability–plus the local police and his pistol-packing girlfriend, Stormy, backing him–is Odd any match for a faceless stalker who’s always a step ahead . . . and determined to kill again? |
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this is a comic book |
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Instead of calling it a comic book, it's called a "graphic novel." I thought this was an Odd Thomas book that I had missed hearing about. The description of the book as a graphic novel makes me think of a book that has some illustrations. Not so in this case. So if you want to actually read a book about Odd Thomas, this is not the one. |
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Surely it's a mistake... |
Like many other fans, I was intrigued by Odd Thomas, this Pied Piper of other-world residuals, including Elvis, Ol' Blue Eyes, and furry Boo. Through "Odd Thomas", "Brother Odd", and "Odd Hours", the likable, well-mannered young hero is induced by some irrestible urge to right the wrongs of both tangible and intangible evil committed against innocents--who, having been rendered purgatoried, speechless spirits tossed prematurely from their vital human bodies--require an intermediary to intervene on their behalf and render justice served via a formulaic, good-ultimately-trumps-evil, mystical who-done-it. Ahhh, the latest novel is served...er, or is it? The package I received in the mail seemed kind of thin to be a Koontz novel; nevertheless, I anxiously ripped it open, ready to dive in to the latest "Odd Thomas" fare. There it was, the most recent and anticipated, red-coated dish. Wait a minute...it was the size of a pamphlet. Oh my, even shorter than the previous "Odd Hours" by 93 pages. I leafed from the back of the book to see the number of pages (190--if you don't count the 14 page introduction to his first book, "Odd Thomas"), and I was somewhat distracted by cartoon pictures at the end of the book. I then leafed from the back through the whole book to the front cover. What...? I read the front cover again--sure enough, it was "In Odd We Trust" and the author was Dean Koontz. But...this wasn't an adult novel, it was a comic book! And not just any old comic book like Superman or Prince Valiant, oh no, it is rendered in Japanese anime, like the Pokemon my young son watches on the Cartoon Network. I was speechless. I felt like I had unsuspectingly sat on a Koontz whoopie cushion. At what point/who/when/why did Koontz decide to turn a promising character novel along the vein of "Fear Nothing" and "Seize the Night" into a juvenile-male, video game fantasy? It's as if Koontz got his fans hooked on his usual full length novels for the first two in the series, then decided he no longer needed to be bothered by exhausting his well-paid brain in the process of extending subsequent storylines into full novels. Surely his loyal fans would gratefully feed upon whatever meatless bone he graciously tossed them in order to keep up with their paperback hero. (I unknowingly did).
As you can most likely observe, to say that I was disappointed with this tripe is an understatement. Not knowing what to do with it, now that it had been purchased and shipped (I didn't even want to handle it, as if the mere touching of it defiled my better sense), I put it on the shelf with my greater-than-two-dozen-strong Koontz collection, knowing that I could take it to a used paperback book exchange and trade it for something readable, like, perhaps, a reliable Cook novel. It appears as if, at least from my standpoint, my hero Odd Thomas passed on to finally be reunited with his one true love at the end of "Odd Hours," that is, if Koontz continues to insult his loyal fans by giving less (no) quality with each subsequent offering. (And at the rate of decline in volume itself, for one, the next in the series will be what, a 35-page picture "brochure"?) If you a a loyal Koontz fan, save your money (and your shock and disappointment) as this usually consistent and entertaining captain of wordsmiths has jumped ship, leaving the reader behind, with an unusable rope tied to a brick. |
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Comic book |
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The book is a comic book style of writing. I didn't enjoy reading it as well as I would have a book. The read is much faster as a comic book. |
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Nice work |
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I like Dean Koontz very much and his story in comic form is a well done approach. I like it very much and I am looking forward to further issuse form Odd... |
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Exciting Prequal to ODD THOMAS |
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I really enjoyed "In Odd We Trust!" It was so interesting to "see" Odd and Stormie as they solved the case and caught the "butcher." I would recommend it to everyone. It really doesn't read like a "funny book" as we used to call comics, or that style. It was a real page turner as are all of Dean's wonderful, sometimes terrifying tales. |
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