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| | | | Riveting page-turner
In PIERCING THE DARKNESS, Frank Peretti creates a successful follow-up to his popular first novel THIS PRESENT DARKNESS. PIERCING THE DARKNESS is a spiritual thriller telling the story of the sleepy town of Bacon's Corner, and the sinister things going on just below the surface. This novel was suspenseful, well-written, and inspiring but not saccharine. Peretti has a gift for writing about Christian topics without getting too preachy or formulaic, and this book had a good balance of imagination and Bible-based truth. This book holds its own alongside such popular authors as John Grisham and Michael Crichton, but also delivers a valuable perspective on Christian life: the interaction between the physical and spiritual realms. This book is entertaining, but beyond that, it is thought-provoking. I would highly recommend this book, as Frank Peretti is probably the most talented christian author of fiction I've read. However, if you haven't read THIS PRESENT DARKNESS, I would recommend starting there first.
| | Gripping and Encouraging
I read the book, "This Present Darkness", by Mr. Peretti and immmediately went for this book. It is just as hard to put this book down as the first of the two was. Mr. Peretti's writing is so gifted that I am able to come up with the people, scenes, etc. from the story. I have this one in my library and this is one of the ones that I take with me when I go on trips. I cannot get enough of this book and "This Present Darkness". I will enjoy this book for as long as I can read it.
| This work captures the attention, but is thematically flawed
Frank Peretti excels at writing gripping suspense fiction about a universe in which the battle between good and evil takes place on a spiritual plane which is both literal and personified. If one undertakes to read the story as fantasy fiction, it is more satisfying than much work in this genre. Peretti's work, however, is encumbered by the heavy-handed themes he imports into the novel. Peretti's goal is to portray new age ideas as not merely unsound, but literally demonic. Although the literal way in which he melds this theme into his plot makes for reasonably satisfying genre fiction, the novel is distinctly unsatisfying as a work of spiritual inspiration. Mr. Peretti's dogged fictive separation of the sheep from the wolves lacks the spirit of Christian charity which is the theoretical point of the work. One is reminded somewhat of Ayn Rand's work--Ms. Rand was frequently so intent on making her particular points about the virtues of selfishness that otherwise enjoyable popular fiction was weighed down by "lumpy-faced" socialist villains as stick-figured as a tinkertoy. Similarly, Peretti hands out damnation and orthodoxy with such a determined hand that the work must be deemed off-putting if absorbed as other than a work of fantasy fiction. This is a work aimed for the evangelical Christian audience, but its tone is distinctly unbeatifical. It's not a bad read, but it's not good theology, either. Given that Mr. Peretti has a talent for a crackling good yarn, one wishes that this novel were not so laden with easy conclusions and flawed metaphor. I give this one 2 stars because the author knows how to write fantasy, but this is a disturbing work, which definitely brings Mr. Peretti's sword rather than any peace to the issues of religious diversity. I do not recommend this work unless you are willing to overlook poor theology in the pursuit of a good fantasy read.
| | Conspiracy thriller suffers from heavy handedness
It happens to the best of them. After avoiding beating the reader over the head with the conservative Christian message in his first book, Frank Peretti whips out his bat in this volume. And naming the child killing mother Sally ROE was just cheap, come on! Still this thriller has its moments and keeps you guessing until the very end. Worthwhile.
| Not to be taken literally
A great piece of fantasy. However the content should not be believed by Christians to be an accurate portrayal of activities in the spiritual realm as it does exceed any such description found in the Bible.
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