Obsessed

De: Ted Dekker

Narrado por: Rob Lamont

Stephen Friedman is just inches away from everything he could ever desire. It's Los Angeles in the early 70s, and Friedman is living the groovy southern California life of a real-estate wheeler dealer. He's making money hand-over-fist and has long given up hope of finding the family he's lost in worn-torn Poland.

But when a deceased woman's papers reveal that she possessed a priceless religious relic, and that she may have been his mother, Stephen becomes hungry for answers. A hunger that may kill him.

©2006 Ted Dekker (P)2008 Oasis Audio

Good, but his others are better.

Ted Dekker writes wonderful books! I Listened the whole way through and was interested in this story. However, I had a hard time with it only because his other books (Three and the Red/White/Black trilogy) were so much better. He has a great life theme that I really enjoy.

Taut thriller

Very unrelentingly high-strung thriller, I liked it a lot. Makes an interesting point about obsession, which seems like a bad thing, until you finish this. Interesting points on faith and evil. Consistently pulls back from magical/spooky stuff (though the evil is scary haunting). Reader was good, easy to understand (but, obviously not from LA, or he'd know how to pronounce "Brea"). Recommend if you like contrast between black & white, and can stand a constant sense of impending disaster and hopeless situations. If you haven't read the Red/Black/White triolgy of Ted Dekker's, you should. This is not quite that level, but it's pretty darn good.

Not bad

What works? Dekker's use of Nazi Germany and present day and his ability to tie them together into a moderately interesting mystery.

What doesn't work? Drawing out the ending to an almost painful extent. And the scene in the car I honestly got confused.

All in all not the best Dekker book I've read, but not the worst Dekker book I've read either.

Great read.

one of the best Dekker novels I have read. Easy to read with a comfortable amount of history woven into the plot.

Interesting concept

Wow. Quite a story. I listened to it straight through. I didn't want to take a break.
A good story and narration was perfect.