Through the exploits of Christy Snow and Austin Hartt, the
heroes of Eyes Wide Open, Ted Dekker explores the nature of reality as defined
by individual or personal experience.
Diving quickly into the story with an informal but engaging style,
Ted Dekker immediately pulls the reader into wondering what will happen to
Christy Snow, a likeable but somewhat naïve character. Eyes Wide Open was my
first reading experience with author, Ted Dekker, who is not only known as a
Christian author, but a New York Times best-selling author as well. After
reading his work, I am not surprised. While the book contained numerous
metaphors of good and evil, Dekker’s style is certainly not heavy-handed. I
could imagine someone, who had not heard of Mr. Dekker, reading Eyes Wide Open
without realizing they were experiencing Christian fiction. And I mean that as
a compliment. Ted Dekker’s books are described as thrillers, but Eyes Wide Open
had a fair amount of dark fantasy woven into the story.
I was a bit disappointed in the way the story ended, but I
would highly recommend the book to preteens through adult readers who love a
good story.
– Bob Avey , author of Footprints of a Dancer
