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J-man wrote:Lol, I think you'd survive if you read them in the wrong order.. But yeah, read them in the right order.
Well, everyone I've talked to who read Showdown and Saint before reading the Circle Trilogy absolutely hated both of those books, so I'd say it's definitely better to read them in their intended order. The messages of the books don't change, but the plot is more interesting.
I was kind of disappointed by Saint, however. It felt like a big repeat of all his other books. Nothing "new" to get excited about, and no real plot-twists. Everything that happened I had seen coming. The overall plot of the story was rather shallow and one-dimensional.
I finished reading "A Man Called Blessed" just this morning, and I thought it was really good. It was quite the page-turner, and had an interesting theme. Now the only Dekker novel I haven't read is When Heaven Weeps. And I'm looking forward to Skin, but I really think that Dekker's newer books don't compare to his older ones.
When Heaven Weeps is one of my alltime favorite books. Not only is it a great story and great writing, but it really impacted my faith as well.
I finished Saint. I thought it was alright, but I really do miss Dekkers older books like Applepaw said. I liekd the style and stories them much better.
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J-man wrote:Lol, I think you'd survive if you read them in the wrong order.. But yeah, read them in the right order.
Well, everyone I've talked to who read Showdown and Saint before reading the Circle Trilogy absolutely hated both of those books, so I'd say it's definitely better to read them in their intended order. The messages of the books don't change, but the plot is more interesting.
I was kind of disappointed by Saint, however. It felt like a big repeat of all his other books. Nothing "new" to get excited about, and no real plot-twists. Everything that happened I had seen coming. The overall plot of the story was rather shallow and one-dimensional.
I finished reading "A Man Called Blessed" just this morning, and I thought it was really good. It was quite the page-turner, and had an interesting theme. Now the only Dekker novel I haven't read is When Heaven Weeps. And I'm looking forward to Skin, but I really think that Dekker's newer books don't compare to his older ones.
I read the Circle trilogy before showdown, and I still didn't like it. I read Saint before Showdown, and liked it though..
I don't know about anyone else, but I enjoy Dekker's works regardless of the quality others perceive. I find his literary works both thought provoking and intriguing, and I think his works are quite interesting. ^_^
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Trent DeWhite wrote:Anyone read the books of Ted Dekker? I've technically never read any of his books, although I have listened to unabridged audiobooks of Black, Red, White, and Thr3e. Apparently, some production company (whose name escapes me at the moment) will be shooting the movie Thr3e beginning sometime in July or August.
I have just started reading Black ..... very intereseting.
"Fox Faith" will be filming it. They're a new division of 20th Century Fox that is geared toward Christian-type movies.
I love Ted Dekker books! It's such a tough decision to choose a favorite though. I'd have to choose "Showdown" and "Saint" (in that order; the stories in both books sort of go together). I've heard he might be coming to my school to speak, so if that happens I'll be sure to share it with this thread, lol.
After reading the Circle trilogy I was upset with Dekker's work. It definitely wasn't all that I've been told it is.
He did have some interesting theological questions, but didn't take enough time to explore them, glazed many over in the quick action sequences, and really didn't have very many of them.
I didn't expect any theology in his books, so that was a pleasant and thought provoking surprise. I did expect an exciting and well developed work of fiction that took many unseen twists and turns and gave you fully pleasurable time when you read it.
I didn't get all of this from these three books. Black was everything I wanted it to be. Red was very deep, but somewhat bland at parts. White was close to awful.
His idea of jumping from person to person, from world to world, from plot to plot, was very exciting in black, and worked very well. It was distracting in Red and dissapointed me. It was just confusing in White and left me annoyed more than anything.
The end of the series completely negated any positive thing I gained from the books. White negated a lot, but particularly the very end; I just felt like I missed what happened. The conclusion wasn't built up to, it wasn't foreshadowed, and it wasn't reviewed afterwards. I would have liked any of those things.
I hope that Dekker's other books are better, but I wasn't impressed and these books definitely don't make me want to go read more of his works.
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Lord_Kappa wrote:After reading the Circle trilogy I was upset with Dekker's work. It definitely wasn't all that I've been told it is.
He did have some interesting theological questions, but didn't take enough time to explore them, glazed many over in the quick action sequences, and really didn't have very many of them.
I didn't expect any theology in his books, so that was a pleasant and thought provoking surprise. I did expect an exciting and well developed work of fiction that took many unseen twists and turns and gave you fully pleasurable time when you read it.
I didn't get all of this from these three books. Black was everything I wanted it to be. Red was very deep, but somewhat bland at parts. White was close to awful.
His idea of jumping from person to person, from world to world, from plot to plot, was very exciting in black, and worked very well. It was distracting in Red and dissapointed me. It was just confusing in White and left me annoyed more than anything.
The end of the series completely negated any positive thing I gained from the books. White negated a lot, but particularly the very end; I just felt like I missed what happened. The conclusion wasn't built up to, it wasn't foreshadowed, and it wasn't reviewed afterwards. I would have liked any of those things.
I hope that Dekker's other books are better, but I wasn't impressed and these books definitely don't make me want to go read more of his works.
Try reading the MArtyr's song series. Particularly When Heaven Weeps.
J-man, I read Skion in Barnes and Noble last week. Pretty good, but definatly written to get more mainstream readers in...nothing objectionable per se, just lacking the abundance of Christ mentioned in his other earlier books.
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I'm about halfway through Skin. It's very intriguing. I think I'm gonna like it. My only complaint is that so far is that it reminds me a lot of House...
Yeah, I thought so too...but I think I liked Skin better. Though it wasn't as deep as his older books, I think it was better than Saint and Showdown and House.
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But yeah, read them in the right order.
