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Riven (Hardcover)

by Jerry B. Jenkins (Author)

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Hardcover: 558 pages
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (Jul 22 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 141430904X
ISBN-13: 978-1414309040
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 4.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 772 g

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In this painfully slow story, Jenkins (Left Behind) builds two protagonists' story lines-each from different generations and different walks of life, yet destined to cross paths through God's providence. When readers meet young Brady Wayne Darby, he is still struggling to make it through high school, barely weaseling his way out of troubles that often come his way. With the Rev. Thomas Carey, Jenkins introduces an elder pastor, down on his luck and trying to find a new flock-eventually landing himself a prison chaplaincy on death row. Though the story ends with a predictable redemption, along the way, readers are assaulted with a heavy dose of despair, with women who cause the men in their lives endless trials and a plot that takes its sweet time. Since the novel is a complete departure from Jenkins's high-octane Left Behind series, longtime fans may be surprised by his versatility even as they grow impatient with the story's lugubrious development.
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When a condemned man with nothing to lose meets one with nothing to gain, everyone washed by the endless ripples of that encounter will forever recall the day a little bit of heaven invaded a whole lot of hell. Brady Wayne Darby and Thomas Carey could hardly have been more disparate individuals. Yet when Darby, a no-account loser raised in a dingy suburban trailer park, encounters Carey, a weary man of God, an entire--state indeed, a nation--is affected. Embark on a wondrous journey where death, guilt, and despair are unfathomably trumped by rebirth, forgiveness, and hope.

Author Jerry Jenkins says: This is the novel I have always wanted to write. I determine whether a fiction idea has merit by how long it stays with me. Does it rattle in my brain, and do I find myself telling it to my wife and other confidants? Is it the type of a tale that will draw me back to the keyboard every day? Two-thirds of my published books have been novels, and only three have had that effect on me. I give my all to every one, but special joy and anticipation attend those that genuinely feel like the best ideas. Riven is my fourth such labor of love. The two main characters have remained in my memory since high school 40 years ago. The story idea is perhaps 20 years old. And those mystical, interweaving elements I hope make it all work have been tugging at me for more than a decade. If a novelist has a life's work, this is mine. I hope in the end you agree and that Riven stays with you long after the final page.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Riven is Riveting, May 14 2008

By	Brad Saunders (Waterloo, Ontario) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I was never a fan of the Left Behind series, so I approached this new novel from Jerry Jenkins with great apprehension (the 500+ page count didn't help ease my fears either.) I'm pleased to report that this new 'post-Left Behind' phase of Jenkins writing career has started off well...very well in fact.

Riven is essentially the story of two losers - one a lifetime criminal who has wound up on death row and the other a pastor who has failed in every church he has ever led. The bulk of the story provides the background of these two characters as they maneuver their way through the challenges of their lives. By the time they meet on "the row" both Pastor Carey and Brady Wayne Darby have reached the bottom of the pit with no hope of getting out. What takes place from their first meeting and then moving forward is nothing short of miraculous, with a resolution that is completely unexpected.

Riven is a story that will stay with you. Even as I was reading the book, when I had set it down to do other things, I had the characters on my mind, as if it was a story on the television news. Now that I've finished the novel, I still can't get over the storyline and have been particularly impacted by the fresh perspective I have about prison and those who have been incarcerated. While justice must be served, Jenkins has provided the reader with insight into the lives and souls of those behind bars like no other book I've read.

I highly recommend you pick up Riven. Don't be afraid of the author's previous connection to Left Behind. This is a `small' story that will touch your heart and perhaps even create a new compassion for those whom, through whatever circumstances, find themselves in prison.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting Release from Jenkins, Oct 22 2008

By	Ellen Graf-Martin "Ellen's Picks" (Ontario) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

I am so glad that Jerry Jenkins chose to write the story that had been on his heart for years. With the intricacy of this story, I wondered how in the world he could manage to write volume after volume of the Left Behind books! Riven far exceeds any of those works in it's literary quality, the beauty of the storyline and the depth of the characters.

Riven follows the lives of two seemingly hopeless characters who are surprisingly intertwined through a sad series of events. When I started Riven, I thought "wow, this is a long book" however it flew by because I got caught up in the story so quickly. I wanted to return to it over and over so that I could find out what happened to Brady Wayne Darby and Thomas Carey. The writing is well-paced, and keeps the reader engaged in the unfolding drama.

I love fiction that leaves me feeling like I've learned something, gained compassion, and in general, become a better person for the hours I've invested. Riven did just that.

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