As a donator of blood plasma I find myself with a couple hours of reading time every week, so I'm always looking for some good Christian novels to fill my time when I need a break from pro wrestling autobiographies.
Robert Liparulo is easily my new favorite--I grew up reading Peretti but he like... doesn't really write anymore... so I moved to Dekker, who I think is still pretty popular around here. I really liked Dekker at first... but the more I read by him I discovered that, yes, he has some awesome, unique books... but like a huge portion of his novels are basically the same as his others.
SO... I wanted something new to read, and I recalled seeing on Dekker's website years ago (I assume it isn't even there anymore... no idea) a trailer for the book Comes a Horseman by Robert Liparulo. It looked pretty good and I found it at either a book discount store or on Amazon or something really dirt cheap... and I instantly fell in love with Liparulo's style.
There aren't a lot of Christian thriller writers that I know of these days so Dekker is the only person I can really compare him to.
Dekker I think has some great ideas, but writes a billion books and they get repetative. Dekker DOES write good action, but I usually feel like his conversations seem painfully scripted and often the characters have a bland personality and there is little sense of humor.
Liparulo easily matches Dekker as far as the action goes, although in my opinion he does a better job of it--definitely is a strength of Dekker so I will just say they are both really good at that. However, Liparulo really brings you in because his conversations seem... REAL and his characters have actual human personalities and a sense of humor.
He does not, however, write a new book every other week like Dekker, but he has a decent few out right now. Comes a Horseman and Germ were the first two I read and probably my favorites... Deadfall and Deadlock are both excellent as well although I slightly preferred the other two... all great reads, though. He also has a young adult series that I have picked up a couple of the books from but haven't read yet, because I am an old adult.
So yeah, I just want to encourage anyone who enjoys Christian thrillers to check him out... I'm sure your local Christian bookstore has them, but if your local Christian bookstore is like mine, they are still full price... Amazon has them cheap and I have seen them in secular bargain outlet type stores for good prices.
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I've heard of him, I think. Picked up Germ once too, maybe... Does it have a black/greenish cover?
Naw, forget that. I'll look it up later. But still, he sounds very amazing. I always need some new thrillers... not enough Christians write them. =P
Naw, forget that. I'll look it up later. But still, he sounds very amazing. I always need some new thrillers... not enough Christians write them. =P
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I read the Dreamhouse Kings series (his kids series). And he quickly became my favorite writer. His style is so unique.
I want to read some of his other books sometime though.
I want to read some of his other books sometime though.
Cool I loved Ol' Ted Dekker so I should try him out.
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My one regret is that I've yet to find any good Christian sci-fi, either for young adults or general audiences. But thrillers are always good. Maybe I'll check him out sometime, when I'm not already overloaded on books and homework.
Have you heard of Chris Walley? I haven't read any of his books, but it says he's a Christian sci-fi author on Wikipedia. lol...Amethystic wrote:My one regret is that I've yet to find any good Christian sci-fi, either for young adults or general audiences. But thrillers are always good. Maybe I'll check him out sometime, when I'm not already overloaded on books and homework.
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No, though I must admit, I'm... skeptical of Christian authors. Especially youth authors. Though even the somewhat popular Christian authors disappoint. (I got through maybe a chapter of one of Sigmund Brower's adult books before giving up.)ric wrote:Have you heard of Chris Walley? I haven't read any of his books, but it says he's a Christian sci-fi author on Wikipedia. lol...Amethystic wrote:My one regret is that I've yet to find any good Christian sci-fi, either for young adults or general audiences. But thrillers are always good. Maybe I'll check him out sometime, when I'm not already overloaded on books and homework.