Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!!!

This was a real adventure and had my heart racing in parts. I loved how he made the Bible come alive in some parts and the application. The twists and turns made it all better. A true adventure! Also this was 4 books in one. More than a bargain.

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Great gripping story shame about the sound effects

Start with the bad.
1. The prequel book [titled Green] can ruin the main three books as it contains a few summaries within the story. It came out 5 years later.
2. There is random music at the end / beginning of some of the chapters. It was recorded at a higher level than the narrator and as a result it break the immersion of the book and it often is loud and garish on the ear.
On with the Good.
This was a gripping set of books written extremely well. Very strong characters and great involving story. Not all the twists were predictable and although many things in the story break immersion due to just being illogical, as they are explained in the story they make complete sense within the narrative and as a result are great story drivers.
I will be buying more of this author as it was so good.

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Powerfully Written and God inspired!

As I listened through this incredible story, I couldn’t help thinking how Ted Dekker was able to orchestrate this incredible novel to so closely align with the biblical explanation of the origins of our world, it’s end and all the challenges and theories in between. This I believe would not have been possible without God inspiring this novel; not in the same way the Bible was inspired, but inspired nonetheless. Thank you Ted for using your knowledge and gift in writing for God’s glory. This story truly revealed the deep truths of God’s word in a very real and understandable way. Thank you for giving this gift to the world at a time where it is much needed.

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Truly Engaging Series

I absolutely loved this series and couldn't wait for more. They are very though provoking.

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Brilliant from start to finish !

You can completely emerse yourself in this book, start with the second book and go back to the first when finished the forth book

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A brilliant translation of God's love ❤️

I love this book as it expressed God's love in a relatable way that anyone can connect with. The twist and turns were amazing and I pray that this would be turned into a movie as it will impact many lives. 🙏🏽

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Gripping!

Gripping leaf turner! A very creative allegory of the christian hope.
I strongly recommend it.

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Great idea, average execution

If you haven't started this yet, start with Green, not white, as it contains spoilers for the other 3 books.

The Book:
The idea for this story and Biblical allergories are absolutely fantastic, however at times more care with the language could have made this a really good book. The language from today's world very often gets used in the "other/forest" world and I think if the author had kept them separate linguistically it would have been great. One example I can think of this is in White something is described as a "raging Pitbull" but we haven't even heard of dogs existing in this other world.

I found the battle scenes a bit hard to go through, kind of slog? But overall kept going for the overarching story. I really like little bits of scripture that are peppered in here and there.

Overall, it's a series I'd recommend but I'll add the caveat about the idea vs execution.

Narration & Audio:
The narrator who does Green, Red and Black is good - suitable character voices and good intonation and speed.

The music transitions really missed the mark for me, I prefer a story read with no sound effects or music. It distracts me and take me out of the story.

I really struggled with the narration of White. Putting the speed up to 1.25 made it more tolerable but the narrator (sorry if you are reading this btw) has a weird intonation going up at the end of every single word. I also really disliked the voices for the characters.

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Awesome

Did not want it to end. A brilliant story and fantastic narrator
Will miss the characters now though

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Beige

So, one in four of these novels is worthy of praise. Ironically, Black was the one to shine here, with tension and suspense, an eager energy about it that you get lost in, and evidence of purposeful structure in its writing. The overarching story to the series is one with huge scope, but this is wasted on religious allegory and a boringly pithy, repetitive cycle of the same throughout all instalments. I spent a good amount of time listening to this longing for Dekker to deliver conclusions to plot points that simply faded into the ether and became a part of a mediocre, forgettable tale. This does the Bible no favours. I’d not come across Dekker before, nor had I given Christian fiction a look (I’m not going to start a debate about the Bible’s place as fact or fiction, so keep your cool). Suffice it to say, they can both get in the sea!

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