#deeply odd

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Deeply Odd, by Dean Knootz

Deeply Odd opens with our fry cook leaving the cottage by the sea that he shares with Annamaria and Tim, to go buy clothes. Annamaria sees him off, hinting that this won't be a quick errand. And sure enough, Odd ends up in a confrontation with a trucker he calls The Rhinestone Cowboy because of his red and black flamboyant western outfit. He gets a vision from him, one of the Cowboy burning a group of children alive.

And so begins a road trip wherein Odd and a strange old lady driving a tank masquerading as a limo follow his psychic magnetism to stop this horrific act.

Guys, this book is weird, and also dull, and also irratating. This was the first Odd Thomas book that I listened to instead of reading it because I got half way through the words on the page book and was so annoyed and bored that I didn't want to continue, but I wanted to know what happened and how this was going to factor into Odd's story. So I got the audiobook with the idea that maybe it wouldn't be so boring if I could do something else while I finished it. It worked. It helps that the narrator for the books is amazing!

Where do I start?

Well, first Odd messes up a bank robbery, but only in passing so we never know what happens there.

Then he meets Edie, a lady in her 80's who talks a lot about being "smooth and blue" this is something she won't explain to Odd. Which instantly annoys me because of all the stuff that Annamaria won't explain to him, but both insist that they don't talk in riddles. The story seems to confuse gaslighting it's main character with being mysterious.

This lady has connections everywhere, seemingly made up of an underground revolutionary group whoes philosophy is a misunderstanding of Marlon Brando's famous line.

What are they resisting? What'd ya got? It seems like its supposed to be interpreted as this group is fighting injustice and evil, but to me, when Odd asks for more details and they don't give them, it just reads like they don't know what the fuck they're fighting, they just know they need a shit ton of wepons to do it. Cheerfully and joyfully bloodthirsty.

Then there are all the letters to the editor about the state of the world, how Christians are being persecuted in their own country, how environmental laws are hurting the planet, how everyone simply worships at the alter of fame and how no one enjoys the simple things in life. This from the psychic who has only consistently helped or interacted with the spirits of Sinatra, and Hitchcock for the last two books and continously quotes the most famous playwright in history.

And none of this is the weird part. What is the Cowboy up to? Human sacrifice for the purpose of calling up demons of course! And the highest offices in the land are in on it. They have some hellish abilities and things already, like the ability to become invisabke and travel between reality, and a demon like doppelganger that calls Odd "piglet" and wants his breath and the "sweet fruit at the end of it".

Since they have all of these high up officials that apparently worship Satan, you would think that this would be enough to slither chaos through the world. But no, they need to summon a big bad demon by sacrificing some kids. It all seems to be connected to the events that killed Stormy. You remember the characters who were depicted as pathetic play actors using Hollywood Satanism to dress up domestic terrorism? Nope they were legit and involved with this shadow society. Odd stops the plot and rescues the kids, of course, messing up a plan to release massive evil.

I'm sorry, but this plot is so stupid for a few reasons.

First is one that I can forgive because this is fiction.

Satanists are, as stand up Ryan Kelly puts it, atheists with flair, they don't try to summon demons at the cost of their souls because they don't believe in demons or souls. But, that isn't really compelling for storytelling (although I feel like this was the route it was going in the first book. That Odd's ability while God given, was grounded in God made natural science and the Satanists that killed Stormy were just regular humans who sucomed to evil that was all too human.) So the Hollywood demons and devils became our opposition. I find it silly, but fine.

Second, the idea of high up officials being a part of a society that calls up demons is not even believable in fiction. Like they wouldn't be caught on camera at some point, or that they wouldn't just end up killing each other due to in fighting. A bunch of power hungry people with access to the forces of hell? Yeah like they would work together.

Third, the opposing force of Edie's resistance... can you have a deus ex machina that shows up at the beginning of a story? One if tge reasons that thisnbook is so boring is because there are very few challenges. Edie has connections that she doesn't even have to look for, they just appear, or they just happen to be close by in their hidden bunker.

This ease of everything really just made the book a seres of unfinished stories told by Edie, and cryptic things that Odd doesn't understand. Even when Odd infiltrates the gathering where the kids are held... Honestly this book and the next one are the novel equivalent of a Steven Segal movie, there's very little happening. Just Odd going into rooms and killing people.

There just isn't much of a point to this one.

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I’m the public house anon- sorry! English is not my language, and I meant it in a way that it’s well known as his house (unlike any other “secret” house he possibly owns). And yes, that ig story is in louis’ house, she posts that room quite often.

Thanks for confirming about the room anon. And your English is fantastic - it's a really common term in the fandom. I just disagree with it and the implications.

The phrase 'public house' is never used when talking about where Niall, Liam or Zayn live. I'm sure a lot of celebrities have some places where they live that are known and some that aren't - and live in different situations short and long term. It's just a house, like any other celebrities house.

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#5 – Odd Apocalypse Links uz grāmatas Goodreads lapu Manas pārdomas Jau kārtējo reiz, kad Oda Tomasa magnētiskā intuīcija aizved viņu uz kādu lokāciju, laiks, kas paiet līdz sākas, kas nopietns, saīsinās. Ja pirms tam no gada uz mēnesi, tad tagad jau pietiek vien ar nedēļu, lai Odam nāktos novērst drīzāk šķiet vispirms lokāla mēroga apokalipsi, kuru tikai neizjaucot, draud riski tai kļūt…

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The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd

The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd

His life unfolds with adventure, humor, and roller-coaster suspense. He’s the “most likable creation” (The New York Times) of “one of the master storytellers of this or any age” (The Tampa Tribune). And he’s got one hell of a hidden talent. If you don’t know his name by now, you’re the odd one out. Now all eight novels of Dean Koontz’s beloved series are together in one convenient ebook bundle:

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"At the bottom of the steps, I turned to look at her. She wasn't a beauty, but she wasn't plain, either. Her clear pale skin appeared to be as smooth as soap, and her large dark eyes, which reflected the sparkling see, seemed as deep as galaxies. In sneakers, gray-khaki pants, and a baggy sweater, she was so petite that she might have been a child dressed in her fathers clothes. "

Dean Koontz | Deeply Odd

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Book Review: Deeply Odd

This is book seven in the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz.

This book starts off normal enough. Odd meets a truck driver. Of course being that he is Odd Thomas, we should know that nothing is as it seems. The truck driver seems on sight to dislike Odd. Things go from bad to worse when the truck driver touches Odd and they both see a vision; three children sitting on thrones burning. Odd knows exactly what this means; the truck driver is someone evil and Odd has found his next adventure. The truck driver himself cannot understand what has happened just that he has to get rid of Odd and away from him. This leads to one of Odd’s greatest struggles and most terrifying adventure yet. He meets people along the way that help him, and also seem more mysterious then he is. But the biggest question remains, will he be able to help those three children or will the evil truck driver stop him?

Things in this book just start off fast pace. From the first chapter on, I didn’t want to put the book down. I wanted to read the next chapter than the next. This time Odd gets pulled into this mission against someone who could possibly be more powerful than him. The encounters between Odd and the truck driver are creepy and unsettling. It always seems like the truck drier is one step ahead of Odd and you begin to think that maybe this time, Odd won’t be a hero and instead he’ll fail. It’s also interesting to see Odd interact with people, who clearly are not telling him the whole truth and could be just as odd as he is. He gets very annoyed with them and keeps trying to drag the truth out them. As a reader, I too wanted to know who or what they were but I laughed at Odd’s attempts to get answers. It didn’t end well.