Green: Fantastic, But Hopefully Not The True Ending

Yes, I know this review is long over-due, but before reading Ted Dekker’s “Green” I went book OCD and had to read “Black”, “Red”, and “White”. Yes, I know, craziness.
Anyway I need to start off by saying that I really am a fan of Dekker’s. He’s never written anything that I found myself not enjoying (Although “Thunder of Heaven” came close). The same truth held for “Green” which more than held my attention although I feel quite confused after the ending. Having read most of the other books tied to this one I thought “Wow, I’ll finally get all the answers!” and I did get quite a few. (Just a hint for “Showdown” readers, you’ll love how Billy connects in this new book.) Still I feel like there’s still more to the Circle series. The reader is left either lunging for “Black” if they haven’t read it yet or thoroughly confused. I’m not a fan of spoilers so the only thing I’ll say is that the Circle is on of two things. The futile life of Thomas Hunter, for if the story is left as it is in “Green” then there is no hope, only a cruel joke that feel’s very unlike Elyon or the beginning of an intriguing spiral which I’m eager to dive deep into. The novel definitely had Dekker’s trademark of thrills, deep themes, and jolting truth which made it worth reading regardless of the confusion at the end.
-JD

~ by twilightspath on November 12, 2009.