This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of This Present Darkness
Book Review: Snapshot of spirituality
Summary: 5 Stars
First heard of this book and how it changed people's ways of thinking on how the spiritual realm worked. Since it came from the '80's, I was hesitant. Checked it out anyway, and I was thinking one thing, since people couldn't take gritty Christian writing before Ted Dekker came about: how was this not controversial in its day? It probably was and I don't know about it.
A mystery starts when a journalist takes a photo of something she should not have seen. That no one should have seen. With that one photo, two people are on a race against time to uncover what turns out to be an immense conspiracy to bring down Christianity and raise New Age in triumph. However, I was completely taken off-guard with how gritty the book was: a demon-possesed kid coming into church and starts spewing cusswords at a preacher's wife; said preacher finds degrading graffiti all over the front of his house; angels getting beaten up savagely by demons; a man with a past of heavy drugs; women claiming to be raped; demonic rituals and demons listening with anti-human glee; and more. This contrasted with some rather light humor was also surprising, as well as inspiring, and it got me thinkign about how closely the spiritual realm is connected to ours. I kept wondering how Frank could have conceived such a grand-scale conspiracy story from one little incident, yet I couldn't stop reading it all the way through and enjoying it all.
Book Review: So much better than I was expecting...
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was wonderful. I haven't read much Christian fiction at all...actually, the only Christian fiction that I have read is the Left Behind series. I always assumed that it would be cheesy...among other things. I stand corrected...this book was better than most I have read in recent years and I could barely put it down...highly recommended.Book Review: Spiritual reality
Summary: 4 Stars
A bit long taking off, but by the middle of the book I couldn't put it down. This stuff could very well be for real.Book Review: State of Mind
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm only about half way through the book, but I'm enjoying it so far.
There are definitely elements of "Christian cheese" that make me roll my eyes (i.e. demons are camping out in the University - brainwashing young minds!) BUT I have really appreciated the reminder that there is a spiritual war going on out there. My prayer life has been strengthened and that makes the cheesy parts worth it.
Book Review: THIS PRESENT DARKNESS
Summary: 5 Stars
GREAT BOOK WOULD RECOMEND ANYONE TO READ IT. IT REALL YMAKES YOU THINK ABOUT LIFE. AND MAKES YOU REALIZE THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN YOUR LIFE AT THAT TIME.