Illusion

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.