How does Odd Thomas’s ability to see the dead affect his perception of the world around him? How does it impact his relationships with the living?

Odd’s traumatic childhood shaped his adult life, particularly his relationship with his mother. How does this manifest in both his positive and negative character traits? How is this connected to his relationship with Stormy?

How does Dean Koontz use dreams and nightmares to foreshadow later events or misdirect the reader? How do the dreams tie into the theme of The Interconnectedness of Destiny and Free Will? What does this say about the novel’s genre, too?