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Title: Could have been much better...
Review: Hangman's Curse starts when several jocks at Baker High start going completely nuts. The Veritas project -- Nate, Sarah, Elijah, and Elisha Springfield -- are called in to investigate and find the Truth.The book reads like a thriller, with a plot that keeps twisting and an ending that will shock any reader, but the characters aren't up to standard. The Springfields are all disappointingly two-dimensional, and take every opportunity to show the reader that Christ and Truth go hand-in-hand. The obvious suspects are witches, Satanists, or goths (take your pick; Peretti seems to think the three are synonomous), and the end moral of the story -- that today's high schools are full of cruel kids, evil athiest teachers, and troubled kids resorting to witchcraft because the schools lack belief in Christ -- is a little over the top.The book's interesting, and it'll keep your attention long enough to finish. Read it if you must, but I'm not sure it's worth buying.
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