Skin

El libro tiene un comienzo realmente espectacular, lleno de acción y de imágenes fuertes, un asesino implacable que llega a un pueblo buscando a uno de sus policías y para ello comienza una matanza tan brutal como increíble.
Sin duda es un libro brutal, con una historia que por momentos me parecía incluso onírica y aunque nos van explicando las razones de esta situación, no se me quitaba la sensación de estar metida en un sueño.
La persecución de Red, su juego de venganza, la forma en que se van desarrollando los hechos y asesinatos, sin duda me han tenido con los pelos de punta.
Sin embargo lo mejor viene cuando la historia da un giro tan increíble como espectacular, realmente me ha sorprendido tanto que casi pegué un brinco, show more no me podía creer lo que estaba leyendo, es realmente ten impredecible que no puedo mas que quitarme el sombrero ante Dekker.
Me gusta mucho este autor y cada libro que he leído de él me ha dejado con ganas de seguir leyéndolo y así lo haré, vale la pena, su estilo, su imaginación, su manera de construir historias diferentes, con personajes fascinantes.
Este libro no mantiene un ritmo estable, hay momentos en los que acelera y en otros va despacio y creo que ese juego hace que tanto el estilo narrativo como la historia nos mantenga en un suspense muy peculiar.
Tiene un final difícil de interpretar, me ha dado la impresión de que podría haber una segunda parte, sin embargo he revisado los libros del autor y no veo que haya publicado ningún libro relacionado con este, al menos no lo he encontrado, pero tendré que leerlos todos, ¿Quién sabe? tal vez si lo haya y no lo encontré, al menos eso espero, no es que tenga un final abierto, propiamente dicho, pero se le acerca mucho, de ahí mi calificación, no me gusta que me dejen así, eso no le quita que el libro sea muy bueno y que me haya sorprendido favorablemente. show less

The 4 rating is mostly for the life message that comes near the end.

Which world is real?: the town of Summerville or the desert or is it something else. An unlikely group ends up together in the midst of a serial killer spree--a serial killer who seems focused on "who is the ugliest?"

The book was a bit too creepy for my taste at times. I've read Ted Dekker previously and with some of his books, I'm left feeling that there was a meaning behind it that I'd missed. Thus, I enjoyed the message that came near the end that summed up the idea behind the story: a take on Lucifer's life before and after the fall, that even the best of us are sinners, that even the best of us are not good enough to approach God without Jesus's intercession.

This one really was a page-turner. I couldn't put it down once I got sucked in, then every prediction I made for what was coming next was wrong! I'll be reading more Dekker soon because of this one. The characters were easy to relate to, and the plot was eerily plausible. Just my kind of thriller.

A killer is on the loose in a smalltown and seems hellbent on having 5 specific people kill each other, based on who is most ugly. It is just weird. Turns out it is all in a game" that is testing new tech on epileptic people. But the badguy is one of the players turned bad.

This was a thriller through and through. Some very vague references to universal truths, but without Christ, so it seemed like they were just kind of thrown in. I enjoyed this, knowing that things were NOT as they seemed, but having no idea how they were not :-) Dekker likes colors in regards to his villians names-Marsuvees Black, Barsidious White, Sterling Red in this one. Two things I didn't care for;
1: Tied it to the Circle Trilogy world, probably in reference to show more his new Lost Books quaddrilogy, just too blatant.
2: It ends with them still in the game, and you never know when or if they'll get out.

Other than those 2 things, this was a fantastic page turner that just entertained the darkside of me :-)" show less

This is a sci-fi thriller set in Nevada. The MCs all get thrown into a serial killer’s path by a seeming series of coincidences. Once they were collected together, the veil between the real world and a fictional dessert. Each character is emotionally broken by a portion of their past. As they explore why they were targeted, they must not only discern who to trust, but also what is real. A lot of the plot twists were overdone, but I may be acting judging because this type of thriller is not a genre I prefer. It has decent (if overt) character building and several engaging plot twists, especially nearing the story’s end.

Another creepy and bizarre offering from Dekker. Five strangers find themselves trapped in a small town, at the mercy of a serial killer who seems to be playing some sort of strange game with them. He wants them to kill the ugliest among them, or he will continue to kill the residents of the town. Its a curious premise, but plot holes abound as well as some disburbing scenes of violence. If you liked House by Dekker and Perretti, you will enjoy this one as it is somewhat similar.

Skin started out alright, but then it took a major turn (and not for the better). I thought I was reading a murder mystery/suspense and it turned out to be a techno/virtual reality/sci-fi kinda thing. YUCK!