I remember when I was a kid my buddy and I were raving about some game because you couldn’t pause it. It was so cool. Emersive. You really had to make good decisions with you inventory, etc etc.
Today I’ll just turn the game off if it tries that bullshit lol
Odd Thomas annoys be to no end. He’s a Mary Sue in the worst way. He succeeds at literally everything he does. It’s extremely lazy. Oh and he’s “quarky”.
I’ve read a lot of Koontz books. If you just think of them like TV movies they’re fine.