Deeper

Odd, violent, yet compelling

Deeper: A Novel, by Jeff Long was reminiscent of Ted Dekker's Red, Black and White Trilogy. The book is a sequel to Long's book, The Descent, a decade later. I'll grant you, I don't remember all the details of Long's previous book, too many stories under the bridge in the decade past, but it really wasn't necessary to get the gist of the story. Fantastical and violent imagery abound in the novel. At times, I found myself wondering about the mind of the author that can conceive of these ideas. The book ends in a way that would make another sequel possible, which makes me wonder if Long is going to try for a trilogy. Due to the almost religious overtones of the book, and my own comparision of it with Dekker's work, I wonder if there is just some compulsion on the part of authors to make these types of books into a trilogy. Sort of an homage to the Christian Trinity maybe? Then again, maybe I'm over reaching a lot in my analyzing. I guess the sign of a successful book could easily be when the reader finishes it, says to themselves, 'hmm, that was...weird? odd? peculiar?...' And then proceeds to think about it for a while. I'm sort of having trouble moving onto my next book in my stack, and I keep reflecting back on this book while driving, doing mundane day to day chores, etc. I guess the book is a success, disturbing maybe, but a success.

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A reviewer

This book is great on its own,but the one before it THE DECENT helps.Really had a great time escaping into the phsical underworld. You''ll never walk at night by yourself the same again.

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Enthralling

Ten years ago, incredible inner earth labyrinths were discovered. A scientific expedition beneath the trenches of the Pacific Ocean occurred with most of the humans who came to explore Hades killed by the indigent predators who have terrorized the surface dwellers for millennia. The humans believed that they managed to kill the ruler.--------------- One of the humans, linguist Ali von Schade, survived captivity by the Hadals to eventually return to her home on the planet surface with a vow to never go inside the earth again. Instead Dr. von Schade, suffering from the Stockholm syndrome especially after her time with the glamorous Satan, studies anything related to the several diverse Hadal peoples.------------- As a great war seems imminent on the Asian continent, children suddenly begin disappearing and ritual massacres occur. She knows who is responsible. Unable to resist, Ali joins the children rescue effort as all the evidence points towards Hades. Ali knows Satan lives as her affinity to him from her incarnation remains strong she needs to see him as she remains attracted to Satan, yet also wants to kill him.-------------- This exciting sequel to THE DESCENT (not read by this reviewer) is a fast-paced exhilarating gory thriller that never slows down once Ali realizes that the devil in her dreams remains alive inside the earth. The story line is fast-paced and filled with action and more action. Ali is the only multi-dimensional character and much of her flaws come from real demons and not her exploration of the cultures of Hell, but fans of non-stop action will not care as hell comes to earth through subway tunnels and humans go to Hell.----------- Harriet Klausner

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de4we8

A sequel as good as the first! Awesome.

OMG

I loved this somuch I would read it again if it hadn't disturbed my sleep so much. No caves for me!

I love this book!

This book kept me awake for a week...I could hardly sleep thinking about how true to reality this is, not just the "devil as man" idea but the back stories. It was the first book I bought for my nook and I HIGHLY recommend it!

Great Read!

I recently read this book having just finished the Descent for the first time a month ago. My dad had it on his bookshelf so I gave it a go and loved it. Deeper was great if in fact it is a bridge book. It kinda follows the same thread as the original, but paces much faster which I liked. There needed to be no setup like all originals. Loved the characters and am looking forward to the third one. Heres hoping it doesn't take several years.

Weird, Strange and Confused

This was a very sincere attempt to address the age old issues of good vs. evil, but the plot, characters and writer's talent fell way short of the mark. The premise seemed interesting, but was poorly written.

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Neither heaven nor hell

Though this novel is a sequel to The Descent, it almost is a retelling of the same basic plot line. As such, it falls prey to the same basic flaw. The concept of both books is great, as are the early sections. Unfortunately, both books tend to lose focus and stray a bit too far afield. Perhaps this is only a personal preference, but horror thrillers seem to work best when the main characters still have at least one foot firmly anchored in, if not reality, plausibility. Not so here, particularly in the last third of the story. Another minor flaw, one that slips unnecessarily into the realm of parody, is the references to actual people. By the end of the novel, you can pretty well predict what the next book in the series will be about.

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