Rating: 
Summary: First Rate Novel
Review: This was different. Mr. Peretti attacked the evil that can sometimes be found even in
churches. I often find a story interesting if I can feel sorry for the villain. As I
learned of the over-bearing father who actually impaled his son's arms on fence posts, I
really felt sorry for the son who becomes the false Christ. Mr. Peretti just keeps getting
better.
Rating: 
Summary: What happened to Peretti?
Review: While Peretti's Piercing the Darkness, This Present Darkness, and the Prophet (his best), were fantastical, The Visitation is impossible. There are too many threads left unwoven. It's too fantasical, too choppy, a little too unbelievable. At the same time, one can guess what is going to happen.The circus trip through the town, the chaos that breaks forth, reminds one of a cheap (very) version of The Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis, and that reminder helps one remember the difference between a great author, Lewis, and an author that needs to go back to school, Peretti. The Visitation will keep you interested, somewhat, but does not compare to the far better and shorter book by Franklin Sanders, Heiland. On the other hand, The Prophet, was believable and was down to earth in that it approached a very real problem, the slaughter of the unborn in America, and the battle that ensues around that topic. Anyway, I was quite disappointed in this book and think Peretti may need spend more time on how to structure a book before cranking out another.
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