Rating: Summary: Fast Reading but not Up to Par Review: Like other commentators, I am somewhat hooked on this series, even though I'm skeptical about its theology. In my opinion, the earlier novels were the most interesting, peaking at Book Six: Assassins. It may be because the latter books did little character development, and much of the action seems repetitious and dragged out. Too, some of the main characters take some really foolhardy risks here with insufficient motivation and wind up being killed off. Yet these books are really quite fast moving (although they are in no sense literature)and LaHaye/ Jenkins know how to write popular fiction and keep people interested.
Rating: Summary: very good Review: This book is very good I read the reveiws everybody is different for 14.oo bucks I really enjoyed it .
Rating: Summary: The Best of The Left Behind Books Review: I REALLY liked this book from beginning to end!! I'm ready for number 12!!!!
Rating: Summary: Good Series But Not Quite Up To Par. Review: This series goes on and on I want closure, it is an enjoyable read...authors have 'dragged' out the last couple of books and it's very discouraging. They should stick to their earlier trend. ...I highly recommend all these books and you should read the reviews.. I can't recommend them enough. Everybody I have lent them to loved them.
Rating: Summary: Another non-stop read! Review: Once again, an excellent portrayal based upon what we know from Scripture. I read the book within 38 hours because I just didn't want to put it down! Be prepared for some surprises. Understandably, the clarity with which the end times events are presented will inevitably cause non-Christians some discomfort.
Rating: Summary: Bush's Bedtime Reading Review: This is an ideal way to see into the mind of the right-wing Christian fundamentalist who is running this country. This book is dangerous escapist nonsense which peddles fear and bigotry to a population that ought to know better. If the right wing put more money into education, perhaps people would see through this claptrap and think for themselves.
Rating: Summary: It Wheezes To The End Review: The dynamic duo of the End Times twins - LaJenkins let the wheels come off in this next to last installment of the "Left Behind" series. They have made a mish-mash of this latest book. Let's see - check the other reviews for plot considerations but here are a few observations. 1. Satan is a buffoon in these books. Stupid, not too evil, and (for a supernatural being) dumb as a box of rocks. 2. Catastrophe after catastrophe befall the earth, any one of which would do the planet in - but the heroes still fly the world at will, never having problems with fuel. Life continues on for most people, who despite the end of the world being at hand, just plod thru their days like any other. 3. The main characters suddenly turned stupid. Started taking risks and acting like kids out of the blue. Memo to the LaJenkins duo: did you think no one would notice these schizophrenic developments? 4. God never speaks directly on issue in these books, preferring to speak in riddles. Why? If you started this series you should be one book away from the conclusion and finally put this to rest.
Rating: Summary: The neverending story... Review: The Left Behind series is a bizarre enterprise that will just never end, rather ironic considering its subject. I gave up after book # 8 because of the endlessly repetitive storytelling and hollow characterizations, and the neverending cheap shots at anyone who critizies fundamentalism. Tim LaHaye and his Ed McMahon-like sidekick, Jerry Jenkins, had an interesting idea that has been stretched over eleven books, and I bet after #12 appears -- the supposed final volume-- we will be gifted with numerous "prequels" a la "Star Wars". Although many may enjoy the books as entertainment, their real purpose is as an insight into the twisted psyche of Tim LaHaye. There are many Christians, I'm sure, who choose to literalize the Book of Revelation, but few do it with as mean spirited a tone as LaHaye does. In his hands, the end of the world serves as a kind of last revenge on anyone who disagrees with LaHaye's worldview. Just a few of his targets are the U.N., the Vatican, gays and lesbians, progressive liberals, and any non-literal interpretation of Scripture. An intelligent writer, like CS Lewis, might take on non-literalists and present some insight, but LaHaye doesn't seem to have a counterpoint to those that would point out that the Book of Revelation is an allegorical book written over 70 years after Jesus died, and reflects the pursecuted mindset of early Christians, not the mind of God. Instead LaHaye seems merely to think that anyone who is skeptical of the Bible's authority is spawn of Satan, and will be done away with when the End Times occur.
Rating: Summary: An emotional read. Review: I don't agree with the people who say this series has dragged on too long. I wait eagerly for each book to come out. This book was so emotional, I found myself crying at certain parts. The writers have a talent for making the reader become attached to the characters. I have read these books through a few times and plan to do it again. I recommend this book, but one should read the previous books in the series first to better understand the storyline. Maranatha!
Rating: Summary: Get it over with already! Review: Just finished reading it, and they're finally killing off characters that should have died several books ago. No surprise at this point, since there's only one book left in the series, but sadly, when these characters kick the bucket, instead of sadness or grief, the typical reader's response will be, "About time already!"
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