Green (The Circle, Book 0: The Beginning and the End)
by Ted Dekker
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Author: Ted DekkerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-01
ISBN: 1595542884
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Book Reviews of Green (The Circle, Book 0: The Beginning and the End)
Book Review: A Beginning and an End...which is it? Both.
Summary: 5 Stars
In Green, fans of Dekker's Circle Series will find answers to questions that have gone unanswered until now. It's an apocalyptic ride that will satisfy die hard Dekker fans and plunge new readers into a series that they will undoubtedly want to continue by picking up Book 1 of the Circle Series: Black.
What had confused some is the book's billing as both a prequel and sequel. Which is it? And could a new reader start with Green without having read Black, Red, and White? The answer is it's both and, yes, a new reader really could enter the story starting with Green. Crazy as it sounds, Dekker made a circular story that may be a first of its kind.
Here's what Ted has to say about the question of a prequel/sequel on his website:
"Asking readers what they think about reading a novel that both begins and ends a series, such as Green, is a bit like asking someone what they think about being thrown out of an airplane with a parachute strapped on.
Until you've done it, you can only guess.
Those who've read the Circle Series thus far will likely say it's not wise to start with Green. But then, they have never done that, so can't really know.
It's also a bit like the Star Wars Saga. Many debate whether it's better to start with the ending of Star Wars movies, as they were released, or to start with Phantom Menace. Do you start at the beginning or at the end? For new viewers, most agree that it's better to start with the end of Star Wars even though it spoils how the series ends.
Still, it's up for debate. Just remember that if you've read Black, Red and White, you are debating what someone else will experience, not you. You are guessing that certain spoilers will create less of an impulse to discover or that they will ruin the experience of those discoveries.
This was at the forefront of my mind as I wrote. So, having finished the first draft, I gave the manuscript to a whole cast of readers who'd read the series and another whole cast who hadn't read anything. We gave them all an extensive questionnaire and then poured over the responses.
The result was exactly as I had hoped. All who had read Black, Red and White thought Green made for a strong conclusion. Yet they weren't sure it would make for a strong beginning. How could they know, being forever stamped by their own experience?
And all, to a person, who read Green without any prior knowledge of the series thought it made a perfect beginning and would immediately pick up Black. I quizzed them in great detail and made some small adjustments. Nowhere did they feel lost for lack of knowing, and instead were eager to learn more about the backstory alluded to throughout. All of those things you think of as spoilers, were story questions for the virgin reader. Indeed, many things you think are spoilers actually aren't apparent UNLESS you've read the other books. Knowing the dot is on the wall, you see it every time you enter the room, even though others do not.
I gave all of this much thought as I crafted this most unusual novel. You really have to ask someone who reads the series starting with Green and ending with White how the experience was if you want to know.
Bottom line: Don't assume that the KNOWLEDGE others acquire in Green will lessen rather than add to the EXPERIENCE of reading the other novels. Take a new reader's word for it. That's what I did, and that's why I called Green Book Zero."
Summary of Green (The Circle, Book 0: The Beginning and the End)
AS FORETOLD BY ANCIENT PROPHETS, an apocalypse destroyed Earth during the twenty-first century. But two thousand years later Elyon set upon the earth a new Adam. This time, however, He gave humanity an advantage. What was once unseen became seen. It was good and it was called...Green.But the evil Teeleh bided his time in a Black Forest.
Then, when least expected, a twenty-four year old named Thomas Hunter fell asleep in our world and woke up in that future Black Forest. A gateway was opened for Teeleh to ravage the land. Devastated by the ruin, Thomas Hunter and his Circle swore to fight the dark scourge until their dying breath.
But now The Circle has lost hope. Samuel, Thomas Hunter's cherished son, has turned his back on his father. He gathers the dark forces to wage a final war. Thomas is crushed and desperately seeks a way back to our reality to find the one elusive hope that could save them all.
Enter an apocalyptic story like none you have read. A story with links to our own history so shocking that you will forget you are in another world at all. Welcome to GREEN. Book Zero.
FOUR NOVELS. TWO WORLDS. ONE STORY.
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