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Anthony North
(or Dean R. Koontz, Leigh Nichols, Dean R. Koontz, Deanna Dwyer, K. R. Dwyer)


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Along with Stephen King, Koontz is the preeminent horror writer of his age, selling millions and millions of books worldwide. Koontz had a horrific childhood; his father was an abusive alcoholic and his mother was mentally unstable, and they both actively discouraged him from pursuing a writing career. However, when the 12-year-old Koontz won an essay contest, the seed was planted. He studied education and was a high school English teacher from 1967 to 1969, at which point he began writing full more... 
 
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07/09/1945 Pennsylvania, Middle Atlantic States, Northeastern States, United States,


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Blake wrote a review on Odd Thomas
I'm back-and-forth on Koontz most of the time. When he's on, he can craft a great novel, but when he's not he sticks to the same formulas time and again. This book, to his credit, avoids those formulas and gives us a story which, while not blisteringly original, is at least off the path he usually treads. Odd Thomas is a young man with a strange gift -- the ability to see the "lingering dead," ghosts who often recruit him to help fix some unresolved trauma from their life. Odd has other gifts as well -- rare precognitive dreams, a sort of "psychic magnetism" which brings him to anyone he seeks and the ability to see dark spirits he calls Bodachs that swarm upon scenes of violence. In this book, Odd goes forth to track down a man the Bodachs have taken a particular interest in, a man with a penchant for scenes of horror and their perpetrators. The way this story is crafted is a bit offputting -- Odd's first-person narration is often handled in short, choppy paragraphs that feel as though they were written by a teenager that hasn't quite learned how to smooth out a transition yet. He frequently refers to previous adventures as well, and does it SO frequently that it felt like I was reading a book several installments into a series (in fact, it is the first -- a sequel is already available). The twist ending was choreographed quite early as well. Still, the characters are propelled by their sheer bizarre nature and the plot is fed by the same into a book that's ultimately entertaining, if not enthralling.


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Always sure to enjoy a book by Dean Koontz! Waiting for my mom to finish "In Odd We Trust". Can't wait!
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Enjoy always!
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Currently reading "forever odd" -- good read :)
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Love to try to figure out the story' end as I read it. Love it that he always tries to give a " Lesson about Life in each book!
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There are so many more, where are they??
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I just love anything by this author hes brilliant!!!!!!!!!!
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Dean Koontz is absolutely the best. There is just no putting down a book once you've started!!!
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The thing about Dean is that he starts out so normally, like any other story, and he then gets progressively stranger. Or what?
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