The Girl Behind the Red Rope
By Ted Dekker &
Rachelle Dekker
Published by Revell
Goodreads Synopsis:
Ten years ago, Grace saw something that would forever change the course of history. When evil in its purest form is unleashed on the world, she and others from their religious community are already hidden deep in the hills of Tennessee, abiding by every rule that will keep them safe, pure--and alive. As long as they stay there, behind the red perimeter.
Her older brother's questions and the arrival of the first outsiders she's seen in a decade set in motion events that will question everything Grace has built her life on. Enemies rise on all sides--but who is the real enemy? And what will it cost her to uncover the truth?
For the first time, bestselling authors Ted Dekker and Rachelle Dekker team up and deliver an intense, tightly focused ride through the most treacherous world of all.
Her older brother's questions and the arrival of the first outsiders she's seen in a decade set in motion events that will question everything Grace has built her life on. Enemies rise on all sides--but who is the real enemy? And what will it cost her to uncover the truth?
For the first time, bestselling authors Ted Dekker and Rachelle Dekker team up and deliver an intense, tightly focused ride through the most treacherous world of all.
My Review
I knew that a book by father/daughter duo, Ted and Rachelle
Dekker was going to be amazing, I just didn’t realize how stellar it was going to be.
I read through this book in two days and was glued to every single page. The setting was perfect for this dystopian/post-apocalyptic story, one of my favorite kinds. The dialogue between the characters was complex
but simple, full of wisdom and fear.
Fear. What this book is really
about, at least to me, is the fear that we all live with every day of our lives. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of
forgiveness, fear of any and all things grabs hold of us and strangles us with
their dark shadowy claws. I thoroughly enjoyed how the Dekker's explored this life stressor and dissected it for each of us to be able to apply it to our own lives in one way or another. For me, it was more than one! 
In the beginning I felt the MC, Grace to be naive and weak,
but really she was controlled and manipulated. She was
controlled by her own fear and the fear of those she loved and respected. I know so many people that can relate to this! We are a product of our environments and that
shows to be true in The Girl Behind the Red Rope but that doesn't mean we can't break the mold. The description of the Fury were spot on to what I would expect when these times come to pass. I think that because the possibilities that these events can really occur, made the story that much more suspenseful and engaging. The light that shines throughout this book
comes in such an expected way that really pulls at the reader’s heart strings
and I couldn’t be more satisfied. There are so many book club questions that reappear and one is, "Did the book change you?" I can say without a doubt that this one did. This one opened my eyes to my own fears. This one opened my heart to forgiveness. This one changed me. I was
completely enthralled in this story and I cannot wait to read another book by
these fantastic writers!
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