Just like movies with books it doesnt take me long to know if ill enjoy it or not, 30 pages into Deeply odd and I was not feeling it, Is Odd Thomas delusional and lives in this make up world that only exist in his mind, that is the vibe i was getting, anyways, I got this book at the library so im thinking about returning it, in the mean time im 10 pages into Long road to mercy by Baldacci and its okay not great, just incase I also have Natchez Burning by Illes, Im familiar with his work and most of his book i enjoyed.
The series, like most, makes a lot more sense if you start at the beginning.
What you’re describing is like jumping into Harry Potter during The Order of the Phoenix and then complaining about the books having magic in them.
Koontz only wrote 3 series books, this is one of them, prior to getting this book at my library I had no idea it was series, with that said, im returning this book lol.
You’re like the guy who starts watching Game of Thrones in the last season and says “This show sucks, why is it so highly acclaimed?”
To be fair, that last season really really sucked
I read some books by Koontz i really liked, when i picked up this book from the library had no idea it was a series, im returning the book lol…
IMO the first 3 Odd Thomas books were readable on a descending scale. After that, I got the impression that Koontz either didn’t like his character or had lost interest in the whole project. It felt like he was fulfilling a contractual commitment and doing the bare minimum to accomplish it.
Was Brother Odd the third or fourth? That’s the one I put down in anger.
The first book was good (even though I was so mad I threw the book across the room at the end). The second was really weird, the next one even more so. I couldn’t read any further.
I also couldn’t get past half of the first Odd and just dropped it entirely.
Loved the Mercy series.
The first and third books are the best. Two was fine but kind of dark. They go downhill after that.
I still love Odd as a character and read the whole series, but I only read the first and third.
And now that I realized you jumped into the seventh book in the series first… yeah, read the first one. Deeply Odd is not representative of the earlier books at all. Also jumping into that late in just about any series is setting yourself up for failure.