I’m not really a novel-kind-of-person but I was kind of ‘coerced’ into reading this novel, Thr3e. The Davinci Code is about the only novel that I recall I had read before Thr3e and finished! For the Davinci Code, it only took 2 and a half days to get through. It was a controversial book with some crucial aspects of it hinged on lies. Dan Brown twisted Christian historical facts and other historical facts to make it all ‘fit together’. It was a brilliant piece (I must confess). His writing style was impressive (though like I said hinged on lies). Anyway, this post aint about Dan so let’s go to the real business of the post…Thr3e!

Ted Dekker is more or less a genius. His ability to involve the mind with what is fictional but makes all the spiritual sense you’ll require is quite brilliant. Thr3e is about a nice guy named Kevin, a lovely lady named Samantha and a bad guy…Slatter (reminds me of one wrestler? )

Kevin grew up in an uncomfortable environment. He had lost his parents too early so he only knew his aunt Balinda (as family). He wasn’t allowed to go to school or even out of the house for once. His world was limited to the house. It was what Balinda said existed that did – the rest just didn’t. It was only the ‘real things’ portion of the newspaper that Kevin got to see, and that totally distorted his mind – maybe for the rest of his life.

Samantha showed up sometime in Kevin’s life Read the rest of this entry »