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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
I can find Ted Dekker's writing really interesting and his stories definitely are fascinating, but the world was a little bit hard to get into and I wasn't being entirely captured by the story.
Finally finished this book. I don't know if I'm going to read the second just yet, because it took me like a month to read this one. And for those who know me, that's a pretty long time. Usually I zip through books the same way I eat chocolate - fast and lots of it!
Not saying that this wasn't a bad book, or that it was horrible. It's hard to explain, but I can pretty much just sum it up by saying it just didn't grab at me. Yeah it was interesting, but not enough to hold me for very long, hence the long time in reading it. The characters were good, but they really weren't developed enough and omigosh they just talked so much. If they spent as much time thinking and doing instead of talking, I wouldn't have been as annoyed with them.
And the plot. It just seemed like your average bedtime story. Not much detail is given, just enough to set the stage a bit, and then action and things start happening. I like a little more explanation as to why things happen, a little more world building. Maybe that happens in the other books, I don't know, but going from reading this first book I'm pretty sure these series isn't going to be one of my favorites.
But I will give them the chance until the last book, whenever I get around to reading it that is, and for now these are my thoughts on this book. It was ok, but I really wouldn't recommend it because it really didn't hold my interest so I'm not as sure as if it would do the same to others or not. Pretty much only reason I'm giving it three stars instead of saying that it was ok, is because it's perfectly clean...but just I really didn't like it personally as far as writing and everything went.
Not saying that this wasn't a bad book, or that it was horrible. It's hard to explain, but I can pretty much just sum it up by saying it just didn't grab at me. Yeah it was interesting, but not enough to hold me for very long, hence the long time in reading it. The characters were good, but they really weren't developed enough and omigosh they just talked so much. If they spent as much time thinking and doing instead of talking, I wouldn't have been as annoyed with them.
And the plot. It just seemed like your average bedtime story. Not much detail is given, just enough to set the stage a bit, and then action and things start happening. I like a little more explanation as to why things happen, a little more world building. Maybe that happens in the other books, I don't know, but going from reading this first book I'm pretty sure these series isn't going to be one of my favorites.
But I will give them the chance until the last book, whenever I get around to reading it that is, and for now these are my thoughts on this book. It was ok, but I really wouldn't recommend it because it really didn't hold my interest so I'm not as sure as if it would do the same to others or not. Pretty much only reason I'm giving it three stars instead of saying that it was ok, is because it's perfectly clean...but just I really didn't like it personally as far as writing and everything went.
Dekker works hard to convey some of Gods truth through this alternate reality. At times his repetitiveness leaves the reader exhausted but is probably more suitable for YA which is his aim. The possibilities that he opens our eyes too grades this book higher than the storytelling itself.
I picked this up on a whim. I have read [b:Black: The Birth of Evil|13428559|Black The Birth of Evil (The Circle, #1)|Ted Dekker|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328738023s/13428559.jpg|1614882] and remember really enjoying it. I wanted to read the trilogy, but never got around to doing this. Now I am going to have to make that a priority. Chosen is a YA novel that is in the same world as the Protagonist, Thomas in Black. This book was fast paced and with an ending that encourages you to pick up the next one. Highly enjoyable.
I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a worthy follow-up to the Circle Trilogy (which was amazing), but as I expected it didn't have as much of an impact on me as the original three books did (Black, Red, White). It was still wonderful to return to the vivid world that Dekker painted in the Circle Trilogy. I thought it was awesome, and I plan to keep reading the series.