shadow.of.tomorrow asked:
in the book i think it was forever odd, odd goes to rescue a friend and encounters a rather interesting nemesis. she eats two bananas a day because she believes that if she does this she will live for a thousand years. she was trying to capture someone’s soul i think, but i can’t quite remember. can you tell me her name and if i am right about which book she is in? i remember that they were in a sort of haunted casino, and she pissed off a poltergeist… but i can’t remember her name or the rest of the details of the story.
Here’s a plot summary of Forever Odd. Good book, not as good as Odd Thomas, and I haven’t read Brother Odd yet, so no opinion there.
“After Odd discovers that his childhood friend Danny has been kidnapped, he assumes that Danny’s father, who was recently released from prison, has kidnapped him. Therefore, Odd investigates and is led through a water tunnel and into an abandoned hotel by his “psychic magnetism syndrome” (PMS).
Inside, he finds his friend tied up and strapped to a bomb. Danny informs him that his dad did not kidnap him. Instead, Danny recounts that, because of his loneliness from a debilitating bone disease, he called a phone *** line and spoke with a woman named Datura. The woman informed Danny of her obsession with the paranormal, leading Danny to inform her about Odd’s special abilities. She then kidnapped Danny in order to meet Odd.
Odd leaves Danny and finds Datura in her room with two thugs, Cheval Robert and Cheval Andre. She orders Odd to show her ghosts. Reluctantly, Odd takes her to the casino in the hotel where he previously saw many ghosts and one poltergeist. Datura insults a ghost, and the enraged poltergeist flings objects at them. At this point, Odd escapes from Datura, returns to Danny, and disarms the bomb. Odd returns to Datura’s room and finds a shotgun, which he uses to kill Cheval Robert. Datura finds him by reverse psychic magnetism; as they are talking, a mountain lion attacks her from behind. An angry Cheval Andre chases Odd through the hotel, before Odd kills Cheval Andre in a sewer.
Odd dies from the experience in the sewer and a head injury and visits three of his friends. He comes back to life in front of the Blue Moon Café with no idea how he got there. Odd accompanies the Chief Porter to the hotel, where they rescue Danny. Two months later, Odd makes plans to work in a monastery in an attempt to find some peace.”
Comment by Nova — March 17, 2009 @ 5:59 am