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Black: The Birth of Evil
by Ted Dekker
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This book came highly recommended to me by one of my closest friends, who said that when he was growing up in a pretty strict Christian household he absolutely loved this series. Even though he no longer identifies as a believer, he still maintains how much he loves these books, so I was very excited to dive in.
I started this book as the audiobook, and there were very dramatic sound effects between chapters which threw me for a loop. This book follows Thomas Hunter in a kind of dual story. The first, involves a deadly virus called the Raison Strain which will decimate the planet. He embarks on a high intensity dash against time to try and warn the correct groups about what is going to happen. Although the only way he knows this, is because he found out as Thomas in a completely different reality that comes to him in a dream.
One of the things I absolutely loved about this book is that you really can't figure out which of these realities is...real and which is a dream. In each reality, when that Thomas goes to sleep or is unconcious, he wakes up in the other world and remembers everything that happened in the other reality. The story is extremely fast paced, and I found it done really well. I've struggled with thrillers lately because they don't seem to move quickly enough for me.
I will say, that this book is written as a Christian book, so the metaphors aren't really disguised at all. You can see plainly exactly what the author is alluding to but it didn't ruin the book for me. It came off as heavy sometimes, but overall it seemed harmless. The way Dekker describes some of the basics of Christianity is actually really interesting to me, and gave me a different perspective, and a new way of explaining things to people who ask.
I wasn't sure if I was going to pick up the sequels, but I think I will. This book has actually really stuck with me surprisingly, and it strikes me a bit as a Christian Dan Brown, so if that's your jam...check this out.
This book came highly recommended to me by one of my closest friends, who said that when he was growing up in a pretty strict Christian household he absolutely loved this series. Even though he no longer identifies as a believer, he still maintains how much he loves these books, so I was very excited to dive in.
I started this book as the audiobook, and there were very dramatic sound effects between chapters which threw me for a loop. This book follows Thomas Hunter in a kind of dual story. The first, involves a deadly virus called the Raison Strain which will decimate the planet. He embarks on a high intensity dash against time to try and warn the correct groups about what is going to happen. Although the only way he knows this, is because he found out as Thomas in a completely different reality that comes to him in a dream.
One of the things I absolutely loved about this book is that you really can't figure out which of these realities is...real and which is a dream. In each reality, when that Thomas goes to sleep or is unconcious, he wakes up in the other world and remembers everything that happened in the other reality. The story is extremely fast paced, and I found it done really well. I've struggled with thrillers lately because they don't seem to move quickly enough for me.
I will say, that this book is written as a Christian book, so the metaphors aren't really disguised at all. You can see plainly exactly what the author is alluding to but it didn't ruin the book for me. It came off as heavy sometimes, but overall it seemed harmless. The way Dekker describes some of the basics of Christianity is actually really interesting to me, and gave me a different perspective, and a new way of explaining things to people who ask.
I wasn't sure if I was going to pick up the sequels, but I think I will. This book has actually really stuck with me surprisingly, and it strikes me a bit as a Christian Dan Brown, so if that's your jam...check this out.