It’s really terrifing in the beginning. I Loved it from beginning to end.

This is certainly different from Frank Peretti’s works, but this one is just as good as the others. The book is written in such a way that you might be viewing a movie (and I think this book would make an excellent one) and it just brings up to the excitement of the entire novel. There were a lot of parts that were a bit too scientific, but can be understood after a few re-reads. :) Not exactly a page turner, but a good read. :)

This is a great novel, the plot is pretty much Peretti style, and there’s always a point in christian novels; this one deals with evolution.
If you don’t like the novels Peretti writes then don’t read them. Read what you like, there’s no use in doing something that you don’t really like.

Outside of one novel by Frank Peretti, I always come away from his books feeling as if I should like them more than I do. His latest novel, Monster is yet another novel I came away from with this feeling. Peretti sets out to disprove evolution, which is fine and dandy. But it’s fine and dandy if you’ve got some good characters in the story, not just one-dimensional mouth pieces who serve only to forward your point of view. I accept that Peretti is a contemporay Christian author and therefore will have some strong religious themes in his story. This still does not excuse wooden characters and a narrative that wanders in circles for much of the book.