I was surprised by my dislike for this book and it took foever for me to read it all th eway thru. I usually like his stuff. I have read Piercing the Darkness, This Present darkness, The Visitation, the Prophet and now The Oath. has anyone else felt like this was not his best?

deborah

Actually, I felt like The Oath was one of his better ones.  Everything to me since The Visitation has been so blah.  I particularly did not enjoy House as much as I thought I would, considering that he teamed up with Ted Dekker.  That book went on forever!!

I definitely agree about "House" ... it was a tough one to get through.  It's been awhile since I've read the other Peretti books, but, if I recall correctly, I enjoyed them all.

I thought "The Oath" was one of his better ones, too.  I wasn't a big fan of "Monster", though.  As for "House", I read through the first 5 chapters and couldn't go any farther.  Still, I love him as an author!

I loved House and Monster.  Guess I am just different. :o)

I have The Oath on my TBR pile, but haven't gotten to it yet.  Now I'm curious if I will like it or not.  Guess i will just have to read it and see.  :D

I kind of struggled thru the first part of "This Present Darkness" and just ended up putting it away. Maybe I need to pull it out and try it again.

I quite liked The Oath ... it is definitely different, as was Monster but I liked that one too.  I had to put The Visitation away - just could never get in to it at all.  I love the "Darkness" duo though it's been years since I read them. I'm tempted (no pun intended) to pull them out again.  I haven't even heard of House and with your comments I don't think I'll bother.

I struggled thru parts of the Visitation but in the end I had to say I had been in churches like the ones he described. It made me think...

deborah

I have it on my TBR pile, but haven't read it yet.  I really disliked House, which disappointed me, as I like both Peretti and Dekker.

Pat, I also struggled with getting into "This Present Darkness."  You have to get a good 4-5 chapters into it before everything starts coming together.  Trust me, you won't be disappointed!!  The sequel is also very good.

I haven't read any posts on this thread about his other books, "Prophet" and "Tilly."  Both were written before "The Visitation" and "Monster," and are often overlooked as two wonderful books.

I forgot about Tilly...I had the cassettes of the Focus on the Family broadcast about Tilly. And it goes so well with The Prophet in my opinion!

deborah