Prophet

An EASY 5 stars. Frank Peretti has a unique way of building up a story and then unfolding it for the reader that keeps me invested the whole time. This story mainly follows John Barrett Jr, who is a popular anchorman at a large news station. His father has been labeled a prophet because he has follo......more

This was a struggle that I'll admit I could not finish. Poor plot and suspense writing that traded off with evangelical preaching. I'm not against Christian or other religious novels, but this one did not master the technique of religious writing for entertainment value and the general population.......more

I'm not certain this story would stand up to rereading, but it did me incalculable good service as an early teen: in parallel with its plot, it cogently argued that the combined structure of market forces and federal regulations in the U.S. makes television the weakest of journalistic mediums. The t......more

IF you liked this book, you are going to like Peretti's newest book, Illusion. If you liked Peretti's other works, such as The Oath or the Present Darkness series, the trend in reviews seems to indicate that you won't enjoy this as much. In Prophet, Peretti hits the mark with his development of......more

First sentence: John Barrett heard God speak when he was ten years old. Premise/plot: Prophet is a novel about the media, about reporting news, about politics, about biases, about balancing what do people NEED to know, what do we want people to know, and what do people think they need to know. All t......more