{"id":416,"date":"2015-07-25T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=416"},"modified":"2015-07-25T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T20:39:36","slug":"dean-koontz-deeply-odd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/25\/dean-koontz-deeply-odd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Koontz &#8220;Deeply Odd&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1327631738\"><span id=\"freeTextreview1327631738\"><em>Deeply Odd<\/em> is more emotionally straining than the other books. Given that children are the main focus, be prepared to become teary-eyed. Odd&#8217;s world is becoming more complex and it will be interesting to see where this goes in the final novel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856490370.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"417\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/25\/dean-koontz-deeply-odd\/20150717_210003\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856658700.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,3813\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G850W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1437166803&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20150717_210003\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856658700-204x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856658700-544x800.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-417 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856658700-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"20150717_210003\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856658700-204x300.jpg 204w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856658700-544x800.jpg 544w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856658700-1024x1506.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150717_210003-e1437856658700-170x250.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, Odd Thomas is one of my favourite characters to read. The mixture of humour and seriousness helps captivate my attention in each new book. I&#8217;m enjoying how Koontz is exploring more paranormal activities with each new plot. Additionally, I hope with the last installment of the series, <em>Saint Odd<\/em>, everything will come together to create a full picture, as it appears everything is coming full circle.<span id=\"reviewTextContainer1327631738\"><span id=\"freeTextreview1327631738\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1327631738\"><span id=\"freeTextreview1327631738\">&#8220;Always questioning your motivations is a healthy thing, but fearing your capacity for doing the wrong thing, so that you retreat from many aspects of life, is a terrible error in itself.&#8221; pg. 386<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-416\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/25\/dean-koontz-deeply-odd\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-416\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/25\/dean-koontz-deeply-odd\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/25\/dean-koontz-deeply-odd\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deeply Odd is more emotionally straining than the other books. 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