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Sep 24, 2012 Dustin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone

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The first of nine article installments placed throughout Ted Dekker's Adam shouldn't have compelled me to the degree that it did. Having read his epic Circle series, I'd familiarized myself with his unique writing style, therefore I should have had a general idea of what to expect. I couldn't have been more wrong. Not only did it compel me to keep reading, the horrific childhood events of Alex and Jessica Price fascinated me. What's more, I empathized with them, which is impressive on its own,...more

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Nov 09, 2012 Paula rated it 1 of 5 stars

Serial killer chase with a twist of the supernatural. Couldnt wait to read the book. It was SOOOO bad. It is completely contrived, totally unbelieveable. The main characters are FBI agents, doctors and lawyers, but they all wander around like retarded 10 year olds. Its preposterous. Not becasue of the supernatural element, but becasue the author goes out of his way for the killer. The protagonists, all with doctorate or law degrees act like idiots. If you wouldnt encourage your 10 year old to ac...more Serial killer chase with a twist of the supernatural. Couldnt wait to read the book. It was SOOOO bad. It is completely contrived, totally unbelieveable. The main characters are FBI agents, doctors and lawyers, but they all wander around like retarded 10 year olds. Its preposterous. Not becasue of the supernatural element, but becasue the author goes out of his way for the killer. The protagonists, all with doctorate or law degrees act like idiots. If you wouldnt encourage your 10 year old to accept an offer to get in the back of a stranger's van to play with their puppy you will have a real hard time with this book.

I'm going to generally describe some of the more ludicrous plot twists in the first 2/3 of the book to follow, it wont spoil the ending, but it will probably take some of the drama out of the incidents earlier in the story- so if you dont want any up-front data and still intend to waste your time on this book, consider carefully before you proceed.

The beginning of the book leads the reader to believe the killer was confined his entire childhood, he's 18 before he's ever heard of a train and is completely socially inept with the opposite sex, terrified of women. But he's also a freaking genuis- and probably a ninja and lotto winner- the way he, on foot, faces down three FBI agents in a moving car. He manages to stop the car, shoots them all, before any of them get their guns out, then recaptures his victim from the back seat of their car, throws her over his shoulder and walks off into the woods... literally, with two swat teams right behind them, and the local cops all around. The people chasing him and everyone around them make the STUDIEST DECISIONS EVER! The plot is completely artificial.

The killer goes out of his way to kidnap the EX wife of the behaivoral shrink trying to catch him, then lets her go. Hes a serial killer who involves his persuers- nothing new here- but he captures her outside of all of his previous MO on every level, then lets her go without injury, seeming for no purpose except to scare the FBI guy into leaving him alone. By kidnappng his ex wife? then letting her go unharmed? So where's the threat?

the FBI guy is so obsessed the kidnapped ex wife spent years demanding he stops, he wont, and THATS WHY she divorced him- whats the point of the ex-wife kidnap? To make FBI guy stop chasing killer.. but wait, she tried to get him to stop- to the point she DIVORCED him over it... So the evil genius's thought process goes something like "how am I gonna get this FBI shrink- who already published my behavioral profile- to stop chasing me (what about the other 10,000 FBI agents who have the completed profile?) OH! I know, I'll capture his ex-wife in a violence free event, then I'll let her go. She'll run back and nag him about it!... more than she did when she divorced him over this exact same thing. BRILLIANT!"

He calls to taunt his hunters from a coal mine, where there is no cell signal, with a different number each time, so he must have "multiple untraceable satelite phones" (as per author). Sat phones only work in large open swaths of land and water, and they are extemely expensive, I dont know if an untraceable satelite phone exists, but if it does, a guy who works part time as a dishwasher holed up in a coal mine has a box full? Wonder why I cant get a direct TV sat signal in a drizzle if this guy makes calls from a coal mine?

He sends an FBI AGENT on this wild goose chase, and the FBI agent follows blindly, doesnt call any of his FBI friends, wont answer his cell phone and walks smack into the trap as fast as he can. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, do not answer your phone, do not tell your FBI friends what you are up to- sneak out of the hospital and run. Earlier, he got shot by the killer with two agents in the car with him and two swat teams in the rear, and now his best plan is to run off by himself? oh, and he's following instructions from the killer he got through a near death experience that he doesnt believe is anything but his own mind playing tricks on him? How am I supposed to believe any of this mess when the author makes such a good argument against it?

Want more? The lady lawyer ex wife divorces the FBI behavioral phsycologist becasue he is obsessed with the case. But we learn she has a super secret computer command center in her basement where SHE tracks the case too. No one knows she's doing this, but the SAIC in charge still includes his agent's defense lawyer Ex wife as one of only 3 people in the FBI task force strategy meeting to track and capture a nationwide serial killer who just kidnaped an agent on top of the 16 people he's murdered- where she plays a pivital role? Why is she in this meeting?

A FBI Dr. experienced something relevant to the case he cant remember becasue he was shot close to the time of the interaction, causing his death, and is later revived. He convinces another FBI MD (pathologist) to stop his heart to kill him again (oh, yeah, and make sure you can bring him back) so he can have another near death experience in order to remember the realavnat experience he had before. Huh? And the charaters go to lenghts to explain that a near death experience is your own subconcious mind acting under the effects of chemicals released by the brain perimortem- so how could it possibly be relevant? And He gets this pathologist to kill him TWICE- on PURPOSE, AFTER his very dramatic initial save. That's like someone trying to recover from a spinal cord injury by convincing his vet to shoot him in the back. Not to mention its murder. I think the FBI frowns on such things- and btw- these two met a week ago, yeah, sure, I'll risk my medical license and jail to perform a procedure to kill you and hope I can bring you back later so your subconscious brain can make up a story. C'mon! The autor goes to lengths to describe near death experiences and how a person's religeous beliefs come into play- but lets try it anyway. They dont try hypnosis to access the memory becasue its too suject to suggestion. but a near death experience is better?

Its just nonsensical. Maybe there is a great twist at the end, but after the other mess, who cares.
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Sep 29, 2012 Janie Johnson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was informed of this book by a friend here on Good reads. And also was told that it was by Ted Dekker. I knew then that the book was going to be a the ride of my life. And I came up with a quote just from reading the first couple of pages. "I love a book, that when I open the cover, all the intensity and excitement rushes out to me drawing me into the pages." And the describes this book to a TEE!

Dekker also makes use of small interudes in between chapters to further mold his charatcers, Jessic...more

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Jan 16, 2009 Symon rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own

Adam is Ted Dekker's best and most compelling work to date, and also the most disturbing. If it were to be compared to a movie, 'The Exorcist' would be the closest. I quote Dekker when he says,

"This is one of the only books I've ever written, where, honestly, I was so disturbed by what I discovered that I had trouble going to sleep at night."

One of the editors who worked on 'Adam' commented,

"... by the way, I'm sleeping with the lights on as I'm reading this book. And when that doesn't work, I'...more

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Aug 21, 2012 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

This book grabbed me and didn't let me go till the end. This is the first book I have read by this author, and wow! I will definitely be reading more of his stuff. Apparently he is known for his battle between good and evil in his books and it is definitely evident here. What suprised me most was that it was in the Christian section of the book store, and up until the end, I did not feel that shoved that in our face. He beautifully crafted his Christian views without making us feel like heathons...more

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Mar 04, 2008 Michelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: blog-tour-book, forreview, christianfiction

This story is compelling, gripping, fascinating and amazing. It's clear to me that the author spent countless hours on research. I was at the hospital the other day and recommended it to a doctor who saw me reading it. I told him it had a gross autopsy scene with plenty of details and a mysterious illness they were trying to understand. I think he wrote the title down. Anyway, the natural realm and the supernatural converge in this impressive tale about good and evil. Who better to tell this fri...more

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Mar 01, 2009 Jason rated it 3 of 5 stars

I am a fan of Ted Dekker. He always has a surprise in store for his readers. He obviously did a ton of research for this book and it shows in some of the detailed explanations and action sequences that he presents. He gives the reader interesting peeks into the motivation of his characters without giving away too much and was certainly inventive in coming up with the way to utilize the near death experience of Daniel, the main character. I think that the portion of the book kind of went against...more

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Feb 23, 2009 Colleen rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, avoid-at-all-costs

Looks like a lot of people like this book. The person that forced me to read this REALLY LOVED this book, but I pretty much hated it throughout. Characters were terrible and one-dimensional; plot was stupid and unbelievable (besides the tantalizing newspaper articles that were every other chapter); the end set up really made me hate it--mainly b/c the idea was very interesting but was like 1/100 of the actual book. The author obviously cribbed a great deal of the plot from Hostage to the Devil,...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Terri Powers rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ok, first and foremost I have to say that I had to slip this one in between some other books I’m reading because it is a virtual library book and I was notified that it was available to me – now, better take it or you’ll lose your spot. Don’t get me wrong, I really, really wanted to read it. It’s just that the timeframe was not my own but that of the Woodlands Downloadable Library.

Having said all that, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Adam, by Ted Dekker, begins as a story about abduction – two young, in...more Ok, first and foremost I have to say that I had to slip this one in between some other books I’m reading because it is a virtual library book and I was notified that it was available to me – now, better take it or you’ll lose your spot. Don’t get me wrong, I really, really wanted to read it. It’s just that the timeframe was not my own but that of the Woodlands Downloadable Library.

Having said all that, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Adam, by Ted Dekker, begins as a story about abduction – two young, innocent children are taken from a loving home never to be seen again by the parents. You know, just by the way their story begins that this will not have a happy ending. Much of the children’s young lives are documented by using monthly installments of a narrative account in a magazine, Crime Today. Every five chapters or so in the book you get a glimpse as you read another installment, so you are able to follow the boy and girl’s twisted upbringing in a non-fiction article in a magazine.

Meanwhile the FBI is on the hunt for a serial killer who is spreading a deadly disease to his victims and watching as the disease destroys and then kills. The number of kills brings it to serial killer status and the chase by Federal authorities is led by Special Agent Daniel Clark, a hunt that has destroyed his marriage to Heather. Daniel, however, is relentless in his hunt for the killer and faces a new challenge of taking on a partner when he would rather work alone.

The story is detailed as Ted Dekker tells of the psychosis of the children after going through their ordeal, and that of Special Agent Clark, who gets deep into his work, and of his new partner, Lori Ames, who seems to have the same passion for getting into the mind of the killer.

After a near death experience for Daniel in which he saw in detail the assailant’s face just before he died, it’s full-speed ahead as he tries to relive the moment by dying again ….. and AGAIN!

The end was satisfying and the writing superb, I highly recommend Adam to fans of thrillers with a religious twist.
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Nov 22, 2012 Dale rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ted Dekker is a stalwart member of the Christian publishing world. He usually offers up a large helping of action, nystery and suspense with a Christian flavor. Dekker's strengths are maintaining a quick pace and the creation and development of interesting characters.

In Adam an FBI psychology expert named Daniel Clark is on the trail of a serial killer nicknamed "Eve" (he writes "Eve" on the walls above each of his victims) who kills twenty-something women every dark of the moon. He leaves no c...more

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Jul 25, 2012 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

I just finished reading the novel Adam by Ted Dekker. It's the third novel of his I've read, and I wasn't disappointed. With every book of his I read, I get more drawn in by this author and want to read more of his work. He has a couple of 3-4 book series out there and I'm really tempted to start one!

Adam is a novel about an FBI agent who is trying to track down a serial killer known as Eve. It's a keep you awake at night psychological thriller. I had such a hard time putting this book down and...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Michaela rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm giving this book three stars because it was original, very symbolic, it was well-written, it had a good message.

I'm not sure if i'll ever read it again.

Here's the deal. I like a lot of Ted Dekker's books. I think Showdown and Thr3e tie as my favorites, although I love the Circle Trilogy and Blessed Child. I think what was different about Adam was the fact that it was real. Thr3e and Showdown and the Circle Trilogy were representations of real spiritual things, but Adam actually was something...more

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Apr 22, 2011 Maxine McLister rated it 3 of 5 stars

I was looking for a quick read a little different from my usual choice. Adam was certainly that. I read it in a couple of hours and I enjoyed it but i would definitely say I didn't love it. The trouble was I forgot it almost as fast as I read it. I mean I found the method of killing interesting but, if you asked me to name a single character other than Adam, I would be hard-pressed. Part of the problem, I think, was that I didn't find any of the characters particularly sympathetic or scary. I di...more

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Feb 14, 2011 Mindi Rosser rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Ted Dekker fans!

Reading this thriller during my husband's family reunion, I was constantly caught hiding underneath the bed trying to read another paragraph...was it due to my fascination with the book? or my distaste for large gatherings? You be the judge.

From the first page, the reader is thrown headlong into a mystery:

"New York Times best-selling author Ted Dekker unleashes his most riveting novel yet . . . an elusive serial killer whose victims die of unknown causes and the psychologist obsessed with catchi...more

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Feb 04, 2011 Yearning To Read rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: christian-fiction, fiction, horror, own, reviewed, mysteries

Daniel Clark is obsessed. So obsessed that he has sacrificed his marriage to his ex-wife Heather, along with everything else that should matter most. Why? The Eve Killer is out there, wreaking havoc by kidnapping young woman from ages nineteen to twenty-four and killing them with a new strain of meningitis. He works like a clock, killing his victims when the moon is new and waiting almost a full month before snatching the next young girl. The FBI has done everything, but Eve, as they call the ki...more

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Nov 13, 2010 Nicola rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, no-longer-own

Reason for Reading: I'm reading all of Ted Dekker's books.

This book can be read two ways, depending on whether you are a believer or not. For believer's this is a thriller, typical serial killer plot, that involves spiritual warfare, evil vs. good and Catholic Christians. For the non-Christian reader, this is read as a horror story involving the supernatural/paranormal. Either way, this is one fast-paced, scary, read and now one of my favourite Dekker books up there beside "The Bride Collector"....more Reason for Reading: I'm reading all of Ted Dekker's books.

This book can be read two ways, depending on whether you are a believer or not. For believer's this is a thriller, typical serial killer plot, that involves spiritual warfare, evil vs. good and Catholic Christians. For the non-Christian reader, this is read as a horror story involving the supernatural/paranormal. Either way, this is one fast-paced, scary, read and now one of my favourite Dekker books up there beside "The Bride Collector".

The story of a serial killer who has murdered sixteen women when we meet him. He has been dubbed "Eve" as he leaves the word scrawled on a wall or object wherever his victims are found. The authorities think he kills his victims by injecting them with a deadly strain of meningitis virus which the doctors think they have an antidote, but will only know for sure if a victim were found alive. Chasing him for the past five years is FBI Special Agent Daniel Clark, who normally becomes obsessed with his cases but this time Eve has become such an obsession that his wife has divorced him. One night, as they race to track down the killer's latest victim before she dies, Daniel is shot point blank by Eve and is clinically dead for 20 mins. before resuscitation. This means they now have an eyewitness on what Eve looks like, Daniel himself, but everything from the moment before he is shot until he wakes up in the hospital is erased from his memory. Daniel becomes obsessed with regaining his memory and the lengths he's willing to go when the next victim hits closer to home take Daniel to a place where the lines between life and death are almost lost.

A riveting story that kept me up late at night as I had to read just one more chapter. Daniel is a fascinating character, stubborn and strong-willed to a point that made me not particularly like him as a person but still able to enjoy his character. A unique device Dekker has used this time, which I found utterly thrilling, was scattered throughout the book a nine-part magazine article on the killer's life from childhood up to before he becomes the Eve killer, saving that for the ninth installment. It all starts off when he and his sister are kidnapped in the middle of the night from their beds when they are 4 and 3 respectfully. As I read the main story I eagerly anticipated the next installment of the magazine article! Fascinating, disturbing, compelling and riveting. A very scary story of the darkest, deepest evil vs the love of Christ.

As a Catholic I only had one problem with a line that (I can't find it now so will paraphrase fairly accurately) said the crucifix and holy water have no power in and of themselves, and are merely symbolic ... I don't agree with this. Of course a crucifix has no power but it is not symbolic. It is pretty easy for anyone to see that a crucifix represents (by actually showing us) Christ's death on the cross for our sins. A plain cross, however, is certainly symbolic, while a crucifix shows. Holy water does not have powers as in magical powers, but it too is neither merely symbolic. Rather than writing a dissertation on holy water. The first two paragraphs on this page (http://www.yenra.com/catholic/holy-wa...) describe the purification and sanctification powers of holy water should you care for a quick, light read . (less)

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May 31, 2009 Heather Palmer added it

It takes an obsessive mind to know one. And Daniel Clark knows the elusive killer he's been stalking.

He's devoted every waking minute as a profiler to find the serial killer known only as Eve. He's pored over the crime scenes of sixteen young women who died mysterious deaths, all in underground basements or caverns. He's delved into the killer's head and puzzled over the twisted religious overtones of the killings.

What Daniel can't possibly know is that he will be Eve's next victim. He will be t...more

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Jan 25, 2013 Samantha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Two children are kidnapped from their beds by unknown assailants. With this act Alex and Jessica price disappear from the life they’ve known and do not surface again until 13 years later. They have no memory of any family or parents other than a hateful, vengeful, abusive woman they knew as their mother, torturer and captor. They escaped the violence and hid the truth from those hoping to help them and then disappear again. Time passes and serial killer profiler Daniel Clark is on the trail of a...more

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Dec 19, 2012 Wilmar Luna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror

During October before Halloween, I wanted to pick up a book that would scare the bejezus out of me. I will admit that this is not an easy task, I do not scare easily, but I gave it a shot anyway.

Adam did not manage to scare me, maybe creep me out a tiny bit, but there were no paranoid hallucinations or dreams. Despite this, Adam really sucked me in. At first, (having never read this author before) I was wondering what the heck the introduction was about. Some newspaper clipping about children be...more

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Jul 25, 2010 Maggie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow, this book will make you think about what we all possibly house inside of us. Visions of the Exorist come to mind in a tale of what paths we choose. Below is the synopsis:

FBI behavioral psychologist Daniel Clark has been made famous by his arguments that religion is one of society's greatest antagonists. What Daniel doesn't know is that his obsessive pursuit of a serial killer known only as "Eve" will end in his own death at Eve's hand. Twenty minutes later Daniel is resuscitated, only to be...more

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Nov 22, 2010 heather rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was one of those books which I absolutely could not put down, and having enjoyed the Circle Triology so very much, I expected nothing less. I was drawn into the story immediately, could relate to all of the characters, and found the story itself to be fascinating. However, it does not get a five star rating because of my gross disappointment in the ending.

Without going into specific detail ...

* The pace of story took a drastic turn at the end, suddenly becoming excessively and needlessly ru...more

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Feb 09, 2009 Jen rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: male-author, mystery

Daniel Clark is an FBI psychologist on the trail of Eve, a serial killer who has killed 15 woman by poisoning them with a disease very like meningitis. When Daniel catches Eve in the act of his sixteenth killing, Eve shoots Daniel and kills him; kills him for about 20 minutes anyway. Daniel is resuscitated by his new partner, pathologist Lori Ames. After being resuscitated, Daniel doesn't remember what Eve looked like, and when Daniel's ex-wife Heather becomes Eve's next potential victim, Daniel...more Daniel Clark is an FBI psychologist on the trail of Eve, a serial killer who has killed 15 woman by poisoning them with a disease very like meningitis. When Daniel catches Eve in the act of his sixteenth killing, Eve shoots Daniel and kills him; kills him for about 20 minutes anyway. Daniel is resuscitated by his new partner, pathologist Lori Ames. After being resuscitated, Daniel doesn't remember what Eve looked like, and when Daniel's ex-wife Heather becomes Eve's next potential victim, Daniel decides he must die again to unlock the memory of Eve's appearance and save Heather.

Alternating with Daniel and Eve's story is a 9-part magazine story of the life of Alex Price. It doesn't take long to figure out that Eve and Alex Price are one in the same, and as Alex's history unfolds many of Eve's secrets are revealed to the reader. But the climax of ADAM occurs when those secrets are revealed to Daniel

Without offering too much of a spoiler, I have to disclose up front that this novel is a paranormal thriller. And the reason I'm offering that tidbit is because I'm not a big fan of the paranormal subgenre. A friend recommend the book and I wasn't aware of that element of the novel, and my friend wasn't aware that I wasn't a fan. That being said (in as many words as I could possibly say it in)...

The book started out great for me. Daniel is your typical loner law-enforcement-type. His marriage ended because he consistently put his job first. And no one can do the job as well as Daniel can (rich sarcasm here). At the onset of the novel, Daniel's partner is dead from a questionable car accident and he is trying to get permission to "go dark" in an attempt to catch Eve. Meanwhile, the reader is learning about the abduction of Alex and Jessica Price through the magazine articles.

But the problems for me as the reader start when Daniel is shot and killed, then revived after 20 plus minutes. (I can handle that element; that's fine.) Daniel not only gets up and walks out of the hospital, but he talks his forensic pathologist partner, Lori, into killing him two more times - THAT WEEK! So, now I'm thinking that Daniel really needs to hook up with Jack Reacher because they would make an indestructible team.

O.k., so if you're a paranormal fan and you can swallow the three near-death experiences in one week, I think you will really enjoy this book. The writing style is strong; with the exception of Lori, I think the characterization is decent. The Adam and Eve parallel was quite creative and rather deep. It was just the over-the-top plot events that left me less than enthused with Dekker's novel. I also think it was the over-the-topness that lead me to figure out the "big shocker" twist at the end of the novel long before the end arrived.(less)

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Mar 23, 2013 Carla rated it 4 of 5 stars

Another homerun by Dekker, minus the part about the supernatural "justification for acts of evil" that I never buy into. The story was suspenseful enough, however, for me to read it all of the way through, even though I saw this coming. The climax of the story entails a viewpoint that I've never accepted as being anywhere close to valid....that intentional murders involving horrific crimes can be attributed to some "outside entity" from one's self. That is a weak attempt, imo, to allow more comp...more

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Jan 20, 2009 Tim George rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ted Dekker returns to an earlier style reminiscent of Blink and Thr3e. Be forewarned, Adam is a hardboiled crime story that makes no attempt to sugarcoat evil with civil niceties. Daniel is hunting a serial killer only known to authorities as Eve. Daniel’s obsession with finding Eve before he kills his 17th victim is a vortex into which fellow agent Lori, his estranged wife Heather, and a retired priest who has seen his fill of evil are all inexorably drawn. While the ending is a little strained...more

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Mar 07, 2012 Bill Garrison rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ted Dekker's ADAM is thriller about a battle between good and evil that will haunt you and keep you thinking long after you have read it. Dekker writes all types of thrillers, ranging from fantasy, horror, thriller, and even vampire. This novel is a straight suspense thriller, and only at the end do you get to witness the epic power of pure evil, and what it takes to overcome it.

Daniel Clark is an FBI agent chasing after the elusive Eve serial killer. Eve has killed 15 women, and Daniel's obsess...more

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Sep 11, 2011 Quetzi Fernald rated it 5 of 5 stars

ADAM by Ted Dekker is a bone chilling story! I couldn't put this book down until I finished it! I think Ted Dekker is the new Stephen King! The story is so absorbing that you'll find that you've finished the book almost, in the blink of the eye! You'll want to leave all the lights on though, because the story is so scary that you'll be jumping at any sound that goes bump in the night! The main character literally has to die to find out what the perp is up to. Where Ted Dekker gets this idea from...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Kimberley rated it 4 of 5 stars

I just finished this audio book and found myself wanting to continue listening to it even after my commute was over.

This is the third Ted Dekker book I have read, and I am a fan. I've grown up on some fairly hard core horror authors, and love things with supernatural themes to them.

And all this from Ted Dekker, who uses the theme of good and evil, Savior and sinner like a ribbon flowing through the chapters.

Giving us each character's perspective was also fantastic and I was horrified and fascina...more

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Oct 05, 2012 Zachariah L rated it 4 of 5 stars

I used to be a huge fan of Ted Dekker. But then I started to read him more exclusively, noticed his plot was repeating, even his characters were always the same. Most of the time, some macho good looking dude with raggedy hair who is misunderstood falls in love with one of the most beautiful chick in the world. Then they have odd adventures, always circling around the God theme, and then end up with each other (but don't have sex!). And always facing the most vile kind of evil (which btw, will n...more

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Jun 17, 2011 Eric Shaffer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm a fan of horror novels, but this one is a bit over-wrought and maybe even a little hysterical in its plotting. I never saw the FINAL SURPRISE coming in the novel because I naively believed the writer was BETTER than that old--OMG she's REALLY blah, blah, blah--cliche of hidden identities. Since I had read so far, against my better judgment already, I should have known better, but, hey, now that Dean Koontz is writing absurdist horror--a genre I really enjoy, make no mistake about that!--I ha...more

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Aug 14, 2012 Burçak :) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Ben sevdim kitabı konuyu pek anlatmak istemiyorum arka kapak yazısında var zaten ama dediğim gibi polisiye değil.. Yüreğiniz dayanamazsa gerilime okumayın yani ben uyarayım :D Az önce bitirdim zaten hala etkisindeyim :P Ted Dekk...more

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