Odd Thomas

A book by Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas, was a gripping read after a long time. Odd Thomas is about a young man who can see ghosts and uses the ability to solve crimes and prevent disasters. This is the second book that I read in the last month, and both were in the domain of dark fantasy. The other book was American Gods by Neil Gaiman, which was also good, but too dark for my taste. Both authors have a strong command on the language, use similar styles of juxtaposing anecdotes with the  main plot line to build the main characters in the book and are good at similes & metaphors. It seems that good writers have decided to make a living out of surrealist and dark fantasy type of books, which is a pity. It is difficult to read such books after a time, as they get to be depressing.

Odd Thomas was good enough to for me try Dean Koontz once more...but it is hard to find good fiction nowadays.