Odd Thomas, Tome 4 : Odd Hours
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I still possessed both legs and both eyes, and even my hair looked all right when I rose that Wednesday morning in late January. If I returned to bed sixteen hours later, having lost all of my hair but nothing else, I would consider the day a triumph. Even minus a few teeth, I’d call it a triumph.
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Another great book. I love Odd Thomas. I found him funny and charming.
Like the previous Odd books, this contains some clever language and some rather entertaining non-cliches in Odd's thoughts.Also, this contains bad guys with poorly explained motives.
And... and there's a golden retriever in it... a pretty neat ghost dog.
I can't wait for the next one.
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L'histoire partait bien, avec une idée d'une sorte d'apocalypse/Armageddon et de compte à rebours qui laissait présager un livre assez dynamique. Force est de constater que ce n'est pas le cas. Le récit semble vouloir prendre une direction précise au départ, mais on se perd au fur et à mesure comme le héros déambule dans la ville, tandis qu'on est abreuvé de souvenirs qui n'apportent rien à l'histoire. Les rencontres qu'il fait au départ sont intéressantes, mais mal développées. Tout comme finalement la fin du récit: tout est trop simple, trop gros. L'auteur s'est contenté d'une trop grande facilité qui n'est pas du tout crédible, et qui n'apporte aucune réponse aux questions soulevées au long de la lecture.
Les personnages sont attrayants, mais à part Odd, ils sont à peine esquissés et on ne comprend pas leurs motivations. Ils semblent n'être que des pions sans intérêt qui tentent de faire avance l'intrigue, mais sans réel succès.
En conclusion, cette lecture a été longue à terminer pour cette absence de profondeur dans le récit et pour ces ficelles trop grosses qui laissent un goût d'inachevé en bouche.
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Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas is one of those rare literary heroes who have come alive in readers’ imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is irresistibly drawn onward to a destiny he cannot imagine and to undreamed of places where the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights will eclipse all that he has known.
The legend began in the obscure little town of Pico Mundo. A fry cook named Odd was rumored to have the extraordinary ability to communicate with the dead. Through tragedy and triumph, exhilaration and heartbreak, word of Odd Thomas’s gifts filtered far beyond Pico Mundo, attracting unforgettable new friends—and enemies of implacable evil. With great gifts comes the responsibility to meet great challenges. But no mere human being was ever meant to face the darkness that now stalks the world—not even one as oddly special as Odd Thomas.
After grappling with the very essence of reality itself, after finding the veil that separates him from his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, tantalizingly thin yet impenetrable, Odd longed only to return to a life of quiet anonymity with his two otherworldly sidekicks—his dog Boo and a new companion, one of the few who might rival his old pal Elvis. But a true hero, however humble, must persevere. Haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide, Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems. Now the forces arrayed against him have both official sanction and an infinitely more sinister authority…and in this dark night of the soul dawn will come only after the most shattering revelations of all.
Burnishing Dean Koontz’s stature as a master of suspense and one of our most innovative and gifted storytellers, Odd Hours illuminates a legacy of mystery and hope that will shine on long after the final page.
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