Illusion

Not the typical Frank Peretti book, but it was really great!! I really liked an I'm kind of sad that he's not publishing any more books...

WE MISS YOU FRANK PERETTI!!!!

It seems Frank Peretti is one of those authors people either like or they don't. Not too many in the middle. That's a good guide for whether to read this book or not. I enjoyed this book, but would rate it more like a little lower than a straight up four. For whatever reason, I didn't find myself gripped by this book. In part because I would find the magic acts described in the book to be unnerving rather than amazing. Mostly because I didn't find myself seeing the message he was trying to illustrate in this one. In reading the author's note, it seems he had about three ideas he was trying to illustrate. I saw one of them clearly, but I wonder if it would have worked better to focus on only one idea.

That said, we have a fairly fast moving story that reveals its secrets just a little at a time to keep the appetite whetted. Peretti is a gifted story teller, bringing magic acts to life in the imagination–not an easy thing to do. I will come back to this book again in the future and maybe I will see more of what Peretti is trying to say with this story.