The peregrinations of Odd Thomas continue as he arrives in a sea-side town somewhere along the coast of Southern California, where he has been drawn to avert apocalypse. The plot was a bit far-fetched, but, then again, the character of Odd Thomas already stretches the bounds of believability, so I suppose it’s a bit silly to be questioning the plot of the novel.

I do like that we got introduced to a new enigmatic female character, whom I suspect will become recurring in the series, because she seems like that sort of woman. She can do a mysterious thing with a flower which we haven’t been allowed to see yet, and she has an eerie prescience which makes her seem like a good fit for Odd.

I do feel like Koontz is racking up the characters, and he needs to simmer down a little. I want to know some of the characters better, not get briefly introduced to interesting people, only to never see them again. Maybe if Odd goes back to Pico Mundo, we will get a chance to reconnect with some of the people in his life. I certainly hope so.

Also, I suspect that driving a tugboat is harder than Dean Koontz described.

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Odd Hours, by Dean Koontz. Published 2008, 352 pages. Fiction.