Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Odd... And Proud of It!

I thought that over all this was a decent book. I enjoyed Odd's narration just as much as in the first novel. I thought that the book however was somewhat weighed down by the story. It was believable, but what happened to all the ghostly aspects of the first one. I found myself comparing this more to Velocity (The only other Koontz book I've read so far besides Odd Thomas) Than to the previous novel. Even though it isn't as good as the first book, I would still recommend this novel, just because Odd is such a great character. *Little Spoiler* The real highpoint of this book was for me the reflection that Odd has at the end on the real horrors of the world, how we have really messed up our opportunity here. Its broken and can't be fixed.But again, read this book if you enjoyed the first one, its still good by any standards. It just isn't as brilliant as the first one.