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5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting, Brilliant, Inspiring, June 20, 2004
This review is from: Red (The Circle Trilogy, Book 2) (The Books of History Chronicles) (Hardcover)
The wait since I read Black is over. Red is here, and it exceeds the high expecations that Black had established. To my amazement, Red is even better than Black, and that's saying a lot. Red is even more suspenseful, with more hair rising turns and plot twists than you can imagine. Yet, at the same time, everything is coherent, well-written, taut, direct. Dekker does a wondeful job of creating different worlds and situations while maintaining credibility. Red is a page turner that is nearly impossible to put down. The only joy in setting it aside for awhile is the pleasure of picking it back up and getting back in on the adventure. Red is the best fiction book I've read this year. A word of warning to those who have not read Black and are thinking of starting with Red, don't. This is not one of those books where what happened in the previous book is backfilled in the current book. Red picks up where it left of, all action, suspense, and exciting plot developments. I don't want to give anything away, but I found the way things developed toward the end of Red very satisfying. Now it's a long four months wait for White to come out!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
YES!!!!, July 1, 2004
This review is from: Red (The Circle Trilogy, Book 2) (The Books of History Chronicles) (Hardcover)
This is Christian Fiction at it's best!!! I read Red in 6 hours, could not put it down! (Read Black first-equally awesome!) I think Ted Dekker is setting the pace and leading the way; I'm excited for the entire Christian Fiction Market, because he just blew the doors wide open! I hope he's busy working on something else!! I was so upset by the thought of having to wait till September for the third book in the trilogy that I went back to the book store and bought his other titles! "Blink" was consumed in 4 hours...totally loved it! I love the way Ted Dekker weaves deep truths into the story, how he stretches your mind and heart and changes your reality!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Wild Success!, June 25, 2004
This review is from: Red (The Circle Trilogy, Book 2) (The Books of History Chronicles) (Hardcover)
"Black" was an appetizer. Pleasing, but not entirely satisfying, it lacked a certain richness. Meant to whet our appetites, it was preparing us for something greater. "Red" is the meal. Ted Dekker expands upon his concepts and worlds, entertaining us, spinning a great story, and serving up substance with style. The dream-like world of Thomas Hunter takes on weight--it becomes more real. In the "real" world, the spreading virus and its global threat become parallels for the actual battle playing out on another plane. A spiritual plane. A plane with very real consequences. As in the first book, we don't get much inner character conflict or change. For me, this can lead to disappointment. But Dekker aims for a larger, symbolic conflict--the struggle of the human soul between darkness and light, between death and life. In this, he succeeds wildly. I've had my appetizer and my entree...Now I'm waiting for dessert!
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