My rating: 3 of 5 stars Of all the Ted Dekker books I’ve listened to so far, this has the best storytelling. The characters are interesting, the prose is excellent, and the story held my interest throughout, which is not an easy task. The narrator of the...
My rating: 3 of 5 stars After reading A.D. 33, the previous book (A.D. 30) remains my favorite Dekker book. A.D. 33 has its strengths, but it’s not as good as the first volume. Strengths: While I don’t agree with all of Dekker’s interpretations of...
My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed Alcorn’s book The Treasure Principle, so I thought I’d give his fiction a try. This is his first novel and it stayed on the bestseller lists for 36 months. The story is interesting enough. It wasn’t exactly gripping,...
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Just now getting around to reading the books everyone else read in high school. Animal farm is a detailed allegory about the Bolshevik Revolution and the rise of Stalin. The basic idea is the animals overthrow the oppressive farmer and take...
My rating: 3 of 5 stars The writing style of this book involves several elements that my editors would have fits if I used them (such as frequent POV changes within scenes, the many adverbs attached to dialogue tags, and a lot of telling instead of showing). But these...
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Disclaimer: I’m probably not the target audience for this book, as I don’t read romances and I’m not a big fan of dogs. What I liked:The author is an excellent wordsmith. Her writing is remarkable, both in the beauty of the prose and the depth...
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