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House

frank e. peretti ted dekker

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Two stranded couples find shelter in an inn but find themselves trapped in a game with rules setting up a life-or-death situation.

386 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,2006
Series
Books of History Chronicles
Places
the united states of america, alabama, 

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Format
386 pages, Hardcover
Published
March 13, 2006 by Westbow Pr
ISBN
9781595541550
ASIN
1595541551
Language
English
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FROM HIS WEBSITE:
With more than 12 million novels in print, Frank Peretti is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon and has been called “America's hottest Christian novelist.”

Peretti is a natural storyteller who, as a youngster in Seattle, regularly gathered the neighborhood children for animated storytelling sessions. After graduating from high school, he began playing banjo with a local bluegrass group. He and his wife were married in 1972, and Peretti soon moved from touring with a pop band to launching a modest Christian music ministry. Peretti later spent time studying English, screen writing and film at UCLA and then assisted his father in pastoring a small Assembly of God church. In 1983, he gave up his pastoring position and began taking construction jobs to make ends meet. While working at a local ski factory, he began writing This Present Darkness, the book that would catapult him into the public eye. After numerous rejections from publishers and a slow start in sales, word-of-mouth enthusiasm finally lifted This Present Darkness onto a tidal wave of interest in spiritual warfare. The book appeared on Bookstore Journal's bestseller list every month for more than eight years. Peretti's two spiritual warfare novels, This Present Darkness (1998) and Piercing the Darkness (1989), captivated readers, together selling more than 3.5 million copies. The Oath was awarded the 1996 Gold Medallion Award for best fiction.

For kids, Peretti wrote The Cooper Kids Adventure Series (Crossways and Tommy Nelson), which remains a best-selling series for children with sales exceeding 1 million copies. In August 2000, Peretti released the hilarious children's audiocassette series titled Wild and Wacky Totally True Bible Stories, reprising his role as Mr. Henry, the offbeat substitute Sunday School teacher found in two Visual Bible for Kids videos.

Peretti released his first-ever non-fiction book, The Wounded Spirit in 2000, which quickly became a best-seller. The book addresses the pain of “wounded spirits” and was written as a result of painful childhood experiences.

Frank Peretti and his wife, Barbara Jean, live in the Western U.S. In spite of sudden fame and notoriety, Frank still lives a simple, well-rounded life that includes carpentry, banjo making, sculpturing, bicycling and hiking. He is also an avid pilot.

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DarkRabbitReaper
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 26,2025
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Genre : Christian, Supernatural, Thriller
My rating: 4 Stars
Language: Clean! Though there is mention of swearing and cursing.
Age Range: 15+
Content: Creepiness, death, blood, demons, you get the picture. It was actually very mild though.
Favorite Character: Jack
Favorite quote: "Only the light can save you from yourself." - Susan

Conclusion:
It was a really good story! I like stories about good versus evil, however the authors turned it into evil verus evil. Talking about our own sin and how everyone is guilty. Only Jesus can save us from our sins. It was really good light versus dark. It was frustrating that the characters were slow at grasping the concept, which I guess made the ending satisfying. My only problem with it... is that I wish they had explained more at the the end of story, of what happened and what the characters will do now.
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Devilsuppercut
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April 26,2025
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There was nothing they could do they had to go in. But once they were in they couldn’t get out.
It was low intensity, low action and it was pleasent to read. You know how you dont always want a book with all action, all drama, just a good mystery with nice amount of everything. It was a good book. But if you want a higher mystery, a good chase its not this. But i wanted a calm mystery with some good twists and it was perfect for that.

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Yezelhlev
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April 26,2025
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"House" follows a group of people who get stranded overnight in a house full of maniacs, beset by a crazy guy in a metal mask. Only, it's not about that, really. What it's REALLY about is demonising anyone who doesn't conform to authors Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti's set of beliefs and inflicting ridiculous punishments and judgement on people for being simple, flawed human beings.

The story primarily follows Jack and Stephanie, a young couple whose marriage is on the rocks after a tragedy they both blame each other for. In them, Dekker and Peretti might actually have been able to craft a meaningful tale about forgiveness, blame, and love. Instead, it quickly becomes clear that the only one we're meant to sympathise with is Jack, because everything is made out to be Stephanie's fault... even though, in the confines of the story, her only real crime is being weak, human, and unlucky.

It gets worse as one of the female characters who is a staunch atheist is physically and mentally degraded by one of the psychotic family members, and we're just supposed to believe she had it coming. Certainly nobody mourns her passing. Of course, it's hard to feel sorry for her, but that's only because the entire cast of characters, including the so-called heroes, have all the charisma and draw of a brick covered in deadly black mold. It's almost a relief when the hilariously overblown crazy family that lives within the walls "our heroes" take refuge in start knocking them off. At least then we're subjected to less awkward flashbacks and tortured monologues.

It might all be more offensive if the writing here wasn't painfully amateurish, with dialogue and narrative about as natural and riveting as a third-grade school play about the food pyramid, and pacing with all the subtlety of a jackhammer. The only things meant to be scary here are the non-believer antagonists who get killed off in the most ridiculous ways possible. The main "villain" is supposed to be the house itself and the thinly veiled metaphor-that-walks-like-a-man who loiters around outside trying to be cryptic menacing.

I have read Christian fiction before. I have read Christian horror. There have been books in both genres I have actually enjoyed. This is not a book. This is a thinly veiled hate letter aimed at anyone who does not feel the way the author does. But perhaps most disappointing, it's an extremely narrow and cynical look at what makes a person human. Or at least, what the authors believe should make someone human. Now that's a scary thought.
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aluqis
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
April 26,2025
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Ugh. Hot garbage. This is probably the worst book I've ever read.
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OscarTheCouch
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April 26,2025
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So, I made the mistake of only bringing this book on a week-long camping trip.
It was a really big mistake.
This book was dull, badly written, and forced. And that's the good stuff I have to say about it. The characters were so badly handled that I had trouble reading it. They had no depth and could have been left out of the story with no major impact.
It deals horribly with abuse victims and is an insult to published works.
I wish I could have rated this 0/5 but unfortunately that isn't a choice.
Save yourself the time and don't read this book. Don't even pick it up. It's not worth it.
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jay_jyd
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April 26,2025
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"Bienvenidos a mi casa.
Reglas de la casa:
1. Dios vino a mi casa y yo lo maté.
2. Mataré a cualquiera que entre en mi casa, así como maté a Dios.
3. Denme un cadáver y tal vez yo pueda prescindir de la regla dos.
El juego termina al amanecer."

El libro por sí solo me llamó, la atrayente portada y su interesante sinopsis, sin contar que siento debilidad por Ted Dekker; quien en esta oportunidad se une a otro autor de thriller para regalarnos una excelente historia.

“La casa” está protagonizada por un matrimonio al borde del divorcio quienes en su camino a una terapia de pareja se pierden en los caminos rurales de Alabama, en uno de estos caminos sufren un extraño accidente de coches. De esta manera, llegan a la más sospechosa de las posadas en medio de la nada. Cuando están buscando acomodo se apagan las luces de la casa y es cuando empieza lo bueno… (no sigo, para no caer en spoilers) Atrapados dentro de una casa que cambia de forma y tiene la capacidad de reflejar el pecado dentro de los corazones, los protagonistas se enfrentarán al terror de sus propias malas decisiones.

La trama te atrapa desde el primer instante, con capítulos cortos este libro nos muestra que todos tienen un lado oscuro y que tal vez, estemos luchando con él constantemente.

100% recomendado.

"La luz brilla en la oscuridad, pero la oscuridad no puede entenderlo."

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dankchungus
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April 26,2025
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Literally the worst book I have ever read. I read this and tried to listen to it on audible to speed up the process as I had to read this for a summer reading book. Keep in mind the audiobook is 12 hours long, and the book takes place in the time span of 12 hours. Now I can't stress this enough YOU READ EVERY BORING SECOND OF THE PEOPLES LAME LIVES. It is the most drawn-out book I have ever read. You could sum it up in a page. there is no need for 12 hours of this crap. Maybe I will publish a play-by-play of every second of my day. At least that wouldn't end with It was all a dream.
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