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The Oath
by Frank E. Peretti
I can never get enough of just how good Peretti’s writing is.
TL; DR: Part mystery, part thriller, part Christian, The Oath spends its first half asking the question “what’s happening” and the second with “what are you going to do about it?” In his usual way, Frank Peretti grabs you by the throat and slits a few more on his way to a fantastic addition to his repertoire in a genre few people take on.
To start with, I apologize for the longest TL; DR I think I’ve ever done, but it warrants it. I don’t think any of Peretti’s books will ever hit the same highs as the Darkness duology, at least for me, but this book does a great job trying to get there. I’ve read a few reviews, seen some complaints and heard some praises, but I think I’m bought in to the novelty of it too.
Characters: Steve might be my only big complaint for the book. There was a lot of what seemed like stupid decisions and half hearted engagements into things. For a guy depicted as intelligent, it irked me quite a bit. As for everybody else, I liked the cut of their collective gibs; the minor miners (haha) were an agreeable lot for side character sake and villains and other main-ish characters, they were solid. I didn’t love anyone in particular, but I think that was because I saw them all as purposefully flawed. That’s how they were meant to be, for all sorts of reasons I won’t spoil here.
Setting: Hyde River is probably the perfect place for a book like this. Until you experience a valley with a town too small for its own good and a set of strangers you can’t trust as far as you can throw them, you don’t get how perfect this is.
Story: It’s another solid entry in the bibliography for me. There were actually a lot of different points where I went “oof, I can’t believe Peretti did that,” but it wasn’t from distaste, simply I just couldn’t believe he wasn’t catering his writing. It was pretty great, honestly. The suspense, the context, the between the lines you had to read, it all came together really, really well for the mystery of Hyde Valley.
Writing: Great as always, and there’s not much else I can say about it. Again, I love that Peretti writes without apology and lets readers discover why they’re uncomfortable with things.
I liked The Oath, though I know it’s not everyone’s favorite. I think the peaks of Peretti’s writing are pretty well agreed upon, but I’ll put this one up there until something convinces me otherwise.
4.3 🌟
TL; DR: Part mystery, part thriller, part Christian, The Oath spends its first half asking the question “what’s happening” and the second with “what are you going to do about it?” In his usual way, Frank Peretti grabs you by the throat and slits a few more on his way to a fantastic addition to his repertoire in a genre few people take on.
To start with, I apologize for the longest TL; DR I think I’ve ever done, but it warrants it. I don’t think any of Peretti’s books will ever hit the same highs as the Darkness duology, at least for me, but this book does a great job trying to get there. I’ve read a few reviews, seen some complaints and heard some praises, but I think I’m bought in to the novelty of it too.
Characters: Steve might be my only big complaint for the book. There was a lot of what seemed like stupid decisions and half hearted engagements into things. For a guy depicted as intelligent, it irked me quite a bit. As for everybody else, I liked the cut of their collective gibs; the minor miners (haha) were an agreeable lot for side character sake and villains and other main-ish characters, they were solid. I didn’t love anyone in particular, but I think that was because I saw them all as purposefully flawed. That’s how they were meant to be, for all sorts of reasons I won’t spoil here.
Setting: Hyde River is probably the perfect place for a book like this. Until you experience a valley with a town too small for its own good and a set of strangers you can’t trust as far as you can throw them, you don’t get how perfect this is.
Story: It’s another solid entry in the bibliography for me. There were actually a lot of different points where I went “oof, I can’t believe Peretti did that,” but it wasn’t from distaste, simply I just couldn’t believe he wasn’t catering his writing. It was pretty great, honestly. The suspense, the context, the between the lines you had to read, it all came together really, really well for the mystery of Hyde Valley.
Writing: Great as always, and there’s not much else I can say about it. Again, I love that Peretti writes without apology and lets readers discover why they’re uncomfortable with things.
I liked The Oath, though I know it’s not everyone’s favorite. I think the peaks of Peretti’s writing are pretty well agreed upon, but I’ll put this one up there until something convinces me otherwise.
4.3 🌟