With every Odd Thomas book that has been released since the first one, I have grown less and less pleased with the story. So when the fourth one came out, I thought, "Aw frig. I guess I gotta read this one too since I'm already three-books invested." 
 When I finished it, I thought, "Aw, frig. Now there's going to be fifth one, and I'll have to read that one too." 
 It's weird being so anti Odd, being a life long Koontz fan.