Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind, 1)

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Summary: This is a realistic fictional account of the rapture.
Review: Wow! This book keeps you wondering what could possibly happen next! At the very least it makes the reader think about life...what's really important and what your faith means in your life. It changed my views on spirituality, religion, and basic priorities.

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Summary: Funny book
Review: The book alternates between unintentional humor and tedium. Tedium when the characters are sitting around earnestly explaining their endtimes theology to each other. Hysterically funny when people are being hypnotized and the so-called "prophecies" are being "fulfilled" in such a predictably lame fashion...and the UN moves to...BABYLON! Whoa, dude. What a mess. Please remember. This is not theology. It is particularly silly fiction. All of this rapture/millenarianism, etc...stuff is a very late development in Christian thinking, and is held by a very small minority of Christians worldwide. This literary and spiritual garbage does NOT define Christianity.

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Summary: What a awesome book!!!
Review: All my life I have never really enjoyed reading books. I can't count on 1 hand how many books I have read from start to finish. My husband bought this book for me 2 weeks ago and I couldn't put it down. I just finished the entire book last night (keep in mind I am a VERY slow reader) and I'm ready for book #2. I feel that everyone should read these books. It has been a real enjoyment to me personally. It really gets you thinking and concerned for family members and friends who could be Left Behind. I think it was good the book was written with an easy understanding so that people of different ages and background and especially those unsaved people can understand the idea and hopefully receive Christ as their savior after reading this book.

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Summary: A must read for all believers and near Christians.
Review: As a newly baptized Christianm, Left Behind makes me understand how far I have to go. I look forward to the rest of the series. The characters and events are more understandable than the theory put into innumerable other tomes.

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Summary: LEFT BEHIND is a stellar thriller of Biblical end times.
Review: LEFT BEHIND by Tim LaHaye (minister, educator) and Jerry Jenkins (journalist) is a fascinating, suspenseful book that I could not put down. It begins with a pilot on a 747 who is thinking not about his wife and two children, but about the stewardess on his flight. Then the "rapture" occurs--the instantaneous resurrection of the righteous (the book does not follow Biblical doctrine, but an interpretation of it--that is not the important part anyway--the important part being the spirit of the story). A large number of the pilots' passengers disappear. Around the world people disappear apparently without rhyme or reason--parts of families, parts of church congregations, entire groups, single individuals. The pilot has to deal with the fact that his dear wife (whom he contemplated cheating on because she had become overly devout!) and son are gone. His college-attending daughter remains. He knows why he is left behind, but many do not, and he does not know what to do about it anyway. The story is created from the fabric of various individuals trying to cope with loss and trying to discover meaning and even trying to take advantage of the chaos. In the meantime, there is an interwoven story about a journalist who begins uncovering other worldwide events--in the political and financial arenas--to the extent that his life is nearly taken and the lives of most of those he felt closest too and felt he could trust become engulfed in a riptide of self-interest and deception. As the pilot gets the spiritual facts and the journalist gets the physical facts, their two paths merge into one. The suspense and emotion is never-ending. Nearly everyone I know is in the story!

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Summary: Excellent! Must read! Well written.
Review: I could not put this book down, I'd pick it up to begin reading and before I knew it, it was 1 a.m. Totally awesom. Really makes you think.

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Summary: An excellent read
Review: I don't have a very religious background, but I found this book to be very interesting, and not "preachy" like I thought it might be. Very good book, and I am now reading the second book in the series. I recommend it highly!!

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Summary: Interesting theme, bad writing
Review: Of course the end of the world as we know it is a very interesting theme, specially when your loved ones disappear in front of your eyes. But, the characters were created from common cliches, the situations are very stupid and a six year old child can imagine where they're going. I suppose is a best-seller because speak about religion, nothing else.

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Summary: Fascinating ideas written in dumbed-down language
Review: The authors have good intentions (and an agenda), but from the first page it's painfully obvious that they have no idea how to create suspense or compelling characters or how to write memorable dialogue. We're constantly told how intelligent and charismatic the main characters are, but we'll just have to take the authors' word for it because they don't know how to make language be anything but banal. I can't imagine who is buying this book and actually enjoying it!

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Summary: A convicting thriller that you won't be able to put down!
Review: My friend told me that I HAD to read these books. I have read the first four and I really feel convicted about being ready for the rapture. These books have helped me understand about the end times and I am able to share with others also. These are MUST read books for everyone. God speaks very clearly through these books and we must all have ears to listen. They are awesome!!!!