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Summary: Excellent read, keeps you interested
Review: I bought this book on a monday, and by tuesday I had to go back to the bookstore to buy the next 3. This book was a good read, even if you are like myself and don't have a strong religious background. Other reviews have said the characters were to simple, or that the author's did a poor job describing things. I for one was happy to read a book that was more simple and more in tune with real life. I'm finishing up book 2 and happily looking forward to continuing the series. A must read for fans that like a book about real life that you can relate too.
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Summary: Abysmal
Review: Search on Tim LaHaye and you will find dozens of web pages that examine how his theology is shaky. Now combine that with Jerry B. Jenkins who writes on a third grade (if that) level. Judy Blume develops toddlers better than this man develops full grown men and women. The book is all exposition that barely has a purpose. The double stories are carefully wrapped around each other so the more interesting sub plot of a newspaper reporters search for the truth behind millions of disappearances forces you to read the torturous tale of an airline pilot who finds God and Jesus and must convert the world like a one man army of Hare Krishnas. If this first in a series is any example, all the books can be condensed to a novella.
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Summary: Great Novel of the Last Days
Review: This book is wonderful, a great read for people of all ages. I will say that it's obvious it's written by born again Christians, but it's very interesting to read the fictional account of the last days. The Book of Revelation has always been one of my favorites and that's why I picked this book up. I don't necessarily agree with some of the doctrinal interpretations in this book because I'm from a different sect of Christianity, however, I didn't find it overly preachy or "anti-anything-but-what-they-believe" which irks me to no end when I encounter it. I thought it was great that they mentioned the difference between those who profess themselves to be Christians and those who model their lives after Christ. It's a great adventurous book for all Christians and non alike. Pick it up, you'll enjoy it.
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Summary: a gripping series, but don't look to it as prophecy
Review: The entire Left Behind series, including this first book, is excellent reading. However, you must begin reading this book with the knowledge that it is FICTION. This is the authors' perception of the end of the world. No where do they claim to follow scripture to a t. If you do not expect a biblical-like story, you will have an enjoyable reading experience. I don't think any other novel or series of novels have grasped my attention as completely as this.
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Summary: Good reading on future events
Review: This book is a good book to read for enjoyment, however I just finished the most recent book which is number 10 in the series and it has drawn out too much. The entire series could have been condensed into 4. I still enjoy reading it but the doctrine does not completely line up. As a seminary student preparing for the ministry, during the tribulation the only people who will have the opportunity to get saved will be those who have never heard the gospel before. If you have heard the plan of Salvation before it is too late after the rapture. That is why it is so important to accept Christ now.
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Summary: A guilty pleasure
Review: I read this book specifically because it was being banned by some circles for it's extreme Christian views at the same time as the Harry Potter books were being banned by other circles. This being my reason for buying the book, I didn't expect much.I admit that I knew just about nothing about the Book of Revelations before reading this novel. I just wanted to figure out why people thought that this book was offensive. I guess in teaching me something, anything, about theology, the authors have succeeded in their mission. I agree with some of the reviewers that this book will never pass for great literature. Much of the dialogue is corny and over the top. The characters' talents and weaknesses are a little bit too convenient for my tastes. Despite that, I did read this to the end, and bought the next volume in the series. I know that I should be reading Pulitzer prize and Nobel prize winning authors. But this is the kind of thing that I can read when nobody's watching. I know that I won't have to discuss it on an intellectual level with a book club. I know that it's probably not good for me, but I take a certain pleasure in reading this series anyway.
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Summary: Corny at times but strangely compelling
Review: I probably fit somewhere between those who laud this book for its religious insight and page-turning plot and those who ridicule it for thin characters and bad writing. I am a Christian and certainly not a theologin, but I approached the book as a novel and not a treatise of some kind on how the end of the world will go. There has been significant criticism of the theology in this book -- particularly from Lutherans and other Protestant denominations -- and I take some exception to Tyndale House marketing Mr. LaHane's views as a roadmap for the rapture, tribulation and second-coming. There's definitely room for a difference of opinion, and I hope the harsher critics of the book's theology recognize that it represents one opinion and a lot of fictionalization. As it novel, I liked this book better than many who have posted reviews here. "Left Behind" fits squarely in the thriller genre: It lays out several core characters, gives them a crisis to deal with, builds the suspense gradually and has several compelling, cinematic set pieces. And an editor with a better ear for the genre could improved the book a lot. The characters are all above-average in way too many respects. The authors have a tendency to beat the reader over the head with things that add little to the story. The characters all have porn names -- Rayford Steele, Buck Williams, etc. A lot of the authors' third-person observations are just embarrassingly corny. But I could overlook most of this and just enjoy the narrative.
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Summary: I thought that the book was awesome
Review: ... However, I thought that the books were great. I borrowed this one from a friend, and I finished reading it in one day. This is pretty unbelievable for me since one, I really don't like to read, and two I have three children under the age of 5! I was on here buying the rest of the series. I have read everyone that they have published so far, and I think that they are GREAT! ... read a little bit and make your own decision. I know that it is Christian fiction, but it definately leaves a lot to the imagination!
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Summary: A Spiritual Awakening
Review: When I picked up this book and started reading it the words were something that I had never really heard said before. I hadn't grasped the conception of becoming "saved" to the true sense. After I finished this book I realized that being saved was the right thing to do. I read this book alongside my Bible. I found that it was very helpful to let me understand how real those words were. I have now moved on to the second book and then hopefully the third and they all are helping me on the right path toward God.
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Summary: Refreshing
Review: As a new christian, I was introduced to this series. I enjoyed the refreshing, down-to-earth views that this book brought out. At that time I thought that only people that were "straight-laced" would be able to join Christ in heaven. It was like watching myself in the story as these characters fight to "get right" with God. I highly recommend this entire series to everyone.
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