What knowledge did I glean from this book? I learned that anything is achievable when you try your hardest. It's basically the same bland message from every book. But this book was no square when it came to suspense, tough moments and sickening scenes. Take these excerpts for example,“...If you try to get Rex unbuckled and out the door before yourself, you'll both go down with the ship.” Here is a citation that leaves you hangin',“ ... Jay's head hit the dashboard and everything went black.” This passage is self clarifying as to why it is repulsive. “Yeah, I can see some blood on the boy's legs, and there is some blood on the windshield in front of the pilot. “Blood is ALLWAYS nauseating. The theme is mentioned numerous times in this book, but not akin to “THE THEME OF THIS BOOK IS TO NEVER GIVE UP!'
That is the theme, and it is made known when Jay refused to bail out and leave Rex and decisively landed at Boeing Field. Or like when Dr.Cooper refused to let his son crash, he was always thinking of up-to-the-minute plans to save him. I am having some difficulty applying this to my own life in some ways, but I do have one relevance to some characters. They all have great faith in God, and quite frankly, so do I. But in other ways, I don't relate to them, like these instances: I've never been sightless trying to pilot an aircraft. I've on no account ever tried to save my son (not that I have one, I'm speaking theoretically!) from certain demise. The theme is primarily the same theme from every other book I've read, it kind of became dull and dreary after awhile, so this was a mediocre book. It wasn't an awful book, but it wasn't a book I would recommend.
It took place in the interior of an airport or an airplane the whole time. It took one thing and prolonged it, it extended it out kind of far, making it reiterate. I like my books to take me to other places than just two places! It became tiresome toward the middle, so the adventuristic kind of lost its significance at that point in time. I'm dissatisfied at Frank, his other books were breathtaking, yet this one made me want to CRY! I only cry when something makes me upset or I just read an atrocious, ghastly book. Do not go out and buy this book for your own wellbeing, not even as a joke!
You should read his other novels, like The legend of Annie Murphy, or the Secret of the Dessert Stone. All of Frank E. Peretti's books can be found in nearly any bookstore. Those books are ones that I would advise reading. They are a splendid read.
