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Ted Dekker
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Green |
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No copies available |
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Hardcover |
| Pages: |
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392 |
| Date: |
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2009-10 |
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BM1254790919138180882 |
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Thomas Nelson |
| Previous givers: |
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1 arcoleman (USA: KS) |
| Previous moochers: |
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1 miranda (USA: ID) |
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| Description: |
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On the first page of this book, author Ted Dekker tells us history has been retold using simple metaphors. Examples he offers:
Light coming into darkness (the gospel of John, written by God);
A land called Narnia, set free by a lion (C.S. Lewis);
A Ring that would enslave the hearts of all (J.R.R. Tolkein).
Now, however, Dekker says we can "look to a new mythology to peel back the layers of truth." He's talking about his own book; talk about hubris.
Nonetheless, I thought I should give this book, a free copy from the publisher, a fair chance. I enjoyed the other titles in the series, though my pleasure had decreased with each installment. I object to his overuse of Dramatic Sentence Fragments, but that is a minor quibble.
Dekker's writing tends to be screenwriter-ish, action taking precedence over fresh prose. Sometimes he stretches the limits of plausibilty, even for futuristic fantasy. But not every book is destined to be literary and readers can choose to collaborate with an ambitious and imaginative writer like Dekker. It's OK for something to be what I call a "candy bar book," a good, fast, not especially nourishing read.
Green is worse than occasional junk food. It's deeply disturbing for more than the juvenile, voyeuristic-feeling romance scenes that marred the other titles. In Book Zero, we have vampires and a creepy tendency to dwell on evil, almost lovingly, with far more attention than is devoted to what is good, true, beautiful, etc.
Green, Dekker declares, can serve as a reader's entrance into the series, or the conclusion. For me, it will definitely be the end. |
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