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Category: Book
Author: Ted Dekker
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Studio: Thomas Nelson
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
Label: Thomas Nelson
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 1595544801
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781595544803
ASIN: 1595544801
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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 Total Page Turner July 26, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed this story, and would recommend it as a great book to read on vacation, on a plane, or at the beach. I was hooked from the very first page, and was up late because I couldn't put it down. I think that Ted Dekker can draw you into his characters, so that you feel what they feel; and I definitely did with these 2 main characters, Miriam and Seth. I would only say that I wish he would have gone a little deeper in comparing and contrasting Islam with Christianity, and resolving that issue for Miriam and Seth. But still, I think this is a very enjoyable, fast-paced and interesting story.
 Good fast read July 25, 2008
Dekker has a way with writing a fast read that is entertaining and keeps one turning the pages. This is definitely an interesting twist on terrorism!! But it certainly is not a book that will make history!!
 This is not a new book, but still a great one July 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Blink is a Christian suspense novel by popular Christian author Ted Dekker. It's the third book I've read by this author, and by far the best, both for the sheer excitement of the novel for the spiritual issues it addresses. The novel opens with Miriam, a young Muslim girl living in Saudi Arabia. She is at her friend's wedding and we quickly learn about marriage in Saudi Arabia. The women have no choice in husbands, and the women are treated as property. Miriam's young friend is terrified.
The plot switches to America and Seth Border, a student at Berkely. Seth is a "super genius." He has an IQ of 196 and is being coveted by all the top corporations and US intelligence agencies. Seth also experiences twice in the span of a few hours the ability to see the future. He sees a bird hitting a wall and a girl tripping a few seconds before they actually happen.
Back in Saudi Arabia, Miriam learns she has been pledged to marry Omar, a vile older man. This marriage will unite the bloodlines of a shiek and the royal family, and will be followed by a coup on the current Saudi King. To get away from the marriage, Miriam flees to America, where she studied abroad for a few months. Representatives from Saudi Arabia representing several parties chase after her. Miriam meets up with a professor she knew and the professor betrays her. Before the Saudis can take Miriam, Seth comes to her rescue. They'd both been at an awards dinner, and Seth saw a future in which a young girl was threatened at gunpoint.
Now, Seth and Mirian are on the run. I'll stop with the synopsis now. Blink is a great book filled with Seth and Miriam fleeing the authorities both in the US and Saudi Arabia. Along the way, they have great conversations about Islam and Christianity.
I'm rating this book so high for two reasons. First, the plot. For me, the book was a great educational tool on what life is like in Saudi Arabia and why the US can do little about it. Women are definitely oppressed in that country, yet it is one of the most progressive in the region. If the subject sounds boring to you, forget it. I believe you'll be intrigued from the first chapter.
The second reason is because of the spiritual aspects of the novel. Seth looks at the world around him and in his logical mind concludes that only a God could create such a world. Through mathematics, he has proven that there is only one future, and no matter what people do, God will always know what their ultimate choices will be. When Seth begins to see the future, he sees multiple futures, each depending on the choices people make now. This means the future isn't set and people do have free will. Dekker thus addressed free will in this matter and even attempts to address how we can have free will and God can know the ultimate future at the same time. Seth's ability to see the future comes into play when Seth prays and then sees the future change. A main theme of the book is prayer, and how prayer can definitely change the future. At one point, Dekker writes prayer is the most powerful weapon a Christian has.
Besides being exciting and thrilling, this book has given me a lot to think about in my spiritual life regarding free will and the power of prayer.
This newly-revised text lives up to his usual standard of thrilling-seeking thoughtful fare July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Several years ago, bestselling author Ted Dekker published his fictional adventure-love story BLINK, which is now being re-released under a revised title, BLINK OF AN EYE: Love Changes Everything. With new added content, Dekker tells readers in a question/answer section at the close of the text how and why this expanded version is different from the original. The reason? In a word, movie.
BLINK OF AN EYE is being made into a major motion picture (which is set to release in 2008), and Dekker says that the theme of love has stayed primary in both the book and the on-screen version. He believes that with the current climate of distrust between Americans in general, even amongst American Christians, and those living in the Middle East, this overlying theme of love extending across a variety of spectrums is more important now than ever before. Avid fans of Dekker's will appreciate his candor and personal take on the rigorous process of transforming the written word into a likewise equally compelling big-screen hit.
The new book opens with Miriam, a Saudi princess, who helps prepare her best friend Sita for her arranged marriage. What should have been a glorious day of celebration abruptly turns deadly, and Miriam begins questioning the religious system she has been reared to conform to and believe in, and the culture to which she was previously loyal. Without missing a beat, Dekker quickly puts Miriam through the paces of making life and death decisions as she tries to escape a fate similar to her friend Sita's. Thankfully, for this fictional princess, she has both money and a plan in place.
Enter beyond-genius college student Seth Border, a once-abused child whose mental abilities and penchant for bucking authority get him into hot water with the powers that be. Seth's path quickly intersects with Miriam's at the U.S. college where she flees for help, and Seth becomes Miriam's protector and fellow renegade from both U.S. and Saudi officials. What gives the couple an edge is Seth's increasing ability to foretell potential future events. He sees multiple possible scenarios in advance, and as they traverse the country trying to avoid assassins, the king's hired guns and the American government, Seth and Miriam forge a bond of trust and love. But what kind of love? Brotherly love or romantic attraction?
Before the last page is turned, readers might well wonder how anyone, even a person with Seth's intellect, will figure out a way to garner freedom for Miriam when two governments are bent on realizing their own self-serving ends.
Dekker writes a fast-paced story that will have readers pausing only in those brief spaces where Miriam and Seth have a few moments to reconsider their own strongly-held convictions about God, faith, men and women's roles, as well as their black and white cultural conflicts. Like all of Dekker's books, humor is a welcome and expected ingredient that helps balance out the weightier matters the author poses. This newly-revised text lives up to his usual standard of thrilling-seeking thoughtful fare.
--- Reviewed by Michele Howe
Great book, but read the original July 11, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great book, but I recommend the original. In this version, he softened his approach toward Muslims and their religions, referred to their god as "God", instead of Allah, and the Christian God and Muslim god were too blurred for me at times, like he was trying to say we worship the same one. I know there are some Muslims that probably don't hate us, but Dekker tries to make it like there are just a few that hate us, and I think he is wrong. Muslims are our greatest threat in this day, and although I am a huge Dekker fan, I don't appreciate his trying to paint them in such a positive light. The original did not do that. (and yes, we DO need to love our enemies, but he just carried it a bit too far)
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