"Books? You want books?! Ha! We've got books on hairy otters, on onions and on mars! All the fungus you could care for, plus, three triple zillion stars. We've got books on flossing teeth, plus three books on tossing sheep. If we spent our lives just counting books, we'd never get to sleep!" -Leopold the Librarian ("The Great Wishy Woz")
Carolita wrote:
Frank: don't just Ted Dekker by simply one book. I didn't feel 'fulfilled' after reading Blink, either. But I like his books. Pretty much all of them. If, for no other reason, because they make me think; about God and about love. And I like books that make me think.
Thanks, Carolita. I saw Thr3e at the library the other day...perhaps I shall go pick it up...
*thinks Top's advice is awful too*
Uh-oh. Thr3e? Um....let me just say that most people who read that one first (out of my experience, anyway) don't like it. *laughs* But, hey...read away!
Yes, I can finally resurrect this with my completion of Thr3e! It was my second taste of Dekker having already read House. (It seems like Dekker had more influence than Peretti in the writing of House. It also seems that it was a way for Dekker to get his name out.) I enjoyed Thr3e; it was quite the page-turner. I want to hate the ending because it was not at all what I was expecting, but it works. I suppose I grudgingly approve. I liked it better than the spookier House. While both were gripping, House's ending dissatisfied me more due to my not being able to tie up as many ends.
I'll surely be on the lookout for more Dekker books. They make you think.
Btw, my first exposure to Dekker's name was this thread.
Eeyore wrote:I kinda Miss Dekker's oldschool stuff..like the Martyr's song and Blessed books..
Now it all seems to be like Peretti only scarier.
Don't get me wrong, Irealy like it, but I liekd the old stuff too. And I have read al lof his books to date.
I really liked his older stuff too! I liked the Blessed ones better than "Obsessed," for example. Not that his newer stuff is bad, because I like it too, but it seemed more...something. I don't know exactly what to call it. Like they had more heart or something. But that could just be my personal preferences coming out.
I like some of his new stuff better because it is darker and I enjoy the dark side. But like Itaque said I would have liked it better if house wrapped things up better. I think they didn't wrap things up on purpose to make people think more about it.
I really enjoy his old stuff and every time I pick up a Dekker book I now I am in for a good read.
The first Deker book I read was a book he co-wrote with Frank Peretti "House". Then I read "Blink"- "Thr3e" - "Obsessed" and finally "Black" (I'm waiting for "Red" to come in for me at the library).
I enjoy his books very much! (I got "Black" completed in 2 days..... )
But then again- I enjoy books of that type, and I know some peopel just don't...
I've read them all now, and I think House was my least favorite. I didn't NOT like it, but it wasn't as meaningful to me. I LOVE his other books, though. I can't wait for the next one!
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof; is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
I would rank them in this order (1 being the best):
8. House
7. Obsessed
6. Blink
5. Thunder of Heaven
4. Heaven's Wager
3. Three
2. Showdown
1. Circle Trilogy (Black, Red, White)
I still have to read When Heaven Weeps and A Man Called Blessed (but I'm currently about 70 pages into Blessed Child). I can't wait for his next book (Saint) to come out this fall!
I don't know if I could rank his books. Each one is so much better than most books there are nowadays, and it's hard to compare them to each other. I think you are really going to like When Heaven Weeps, Applesauce. It's a pretty amazing look at life and death.
Carolita wrote:Uh-oh. Thr3e? Um....let me just say that most people who read that one first (out of my experience, anyway) don't like it. *laughs* But, hey...read away!
That was my first one also, and I wasn't sure if I liked it at first, the ending made me sad, but in the end I decided that I had liked the book.
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof; is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
That one (along with the sequel) was pretty good, but I find that I don't like the co-authored books as much. Again, though, they're still better books than most others I've read.
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof; is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
I saw Thr3e at the library the other day...perhaps I shall go pick it up...
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