I can't really say too much, because I don't want to give anything away. I thought I was going to be let down with this book because it was a slow starter. I'll tell you all now, STICK WITH IT! It was great. Fun characters, interesting plot lines, twists, turns... do I sound like an announcer yet? It was really good, I felt about every emotion while reading this. I hope you all like it as well. It is a about a small town boy, Odd who truly lives up to his name. He strives for a mundane life but just cannot seem to achieve it.

I just got done rereading this book. I do love it! I got more emotional over this book then a lot of his others. The cast of characters are great, I absolutely feel in love with Einstein. I could have done without Vince. I didn't think he was necessary to the story. Before everyone freaks out on me about that thought, remember, it is just an opinion. I thought it was a strong story without him and to me he just seemed out of place and unnecessary  to the story. One of my favorite characters in this book is one of the sub-characters, Garisson Dillworth. I just love that man!  I have, unfortunately, seen the movie made from this novel and it gives a new definition to the word BAD!

There are several reasons I like DK. Some of the top reasons have to be that he explains his stories in a way that no matter how odd, they are somehow believable. Also, because he builds his characters in a way that makes me fall in love with them. Those two reasons are why I did not care for this book. This did not read like a DK book to me.

The theme of this book covers a mad-scientist type crazy man who develops a way to combine machines with humans. This concept escaped me. Maybe I am not up to the computer era entirely yet, but I could not find find myself saying "this could really happen." DK didn't pull me into this story as he usually does. I did not find the characters very amusing. You had one woman, who had to be completely naive to life itself to be as optimistic as she was. You had a man who was the extreme opposite of the woman and saw good in nothing but Guiness, Goldie, and not dying. The little girl, who was not very mature for her age (as Koontz kids normally are). The girl had no terrible traits except that she was a kid and I hate children. Not to offend any parents out there, but kids are the most annoying thing on earth and they all have brain damage. Koontz kids normally don't have that annoyance of youth, yet this girl did. I liked Harry and his pup, but they came in too late in the show to save the novel.

If any of Koontz's novels could be made successfully into a film, I think it would be this one. It has a basic setting that seems to try too hard to frighten, instead of letting your mind work-as a lot of movies do.

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