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Summary: Don't want to be "Left Behind"
Review: I just finished this book and I am starting Tribulation Force! Wow! This would make a great movie. At first I could not get the hang of it but once I got into it I was unable to put it down. Some people have written reviews saying they read a few pages and didn't like it, they need to read a few more. I felt God's presence while I was reading this book.
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Summary: Left Behind
Review: Even though the authors take some liberties with the Book of Revelation "Left Behind" is an engrossing story of what could "possibly" happen during the end times. Of course they have to speculate, seeing as how no one (except God, Himself) knows for sure how and when this will take place. But the speculation is so realistic and well written that readers will question their own preparedness and want to see to their family's salvation issues. As long as we remember that this is a work of fiction, I would recommend this book to anyone who has a hard time understanding what the end times are all about. The authors follow scripture very closely and you can be sure non-believers (as well as believers) will be running to their bibles to check the accuracy of the book's statements. I enjoyed it tremendously, as well as the sequels.
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Summary: The Worst Book Ever
Review: This book is ,without a doubt, the worst book I have ever read. If I could give it a negative rating, I would. It just reeks.First, neither Mr. Lahaye or Mr. Jenkins can write above the level of a three year old. Their depiction of female characters is attrocious, and offensive to all the women I know who have read it. In addition, the behavior of the charecters is ludicrous. Do you people actually believe that after half the worlds population disappears, we will all just return to our daily lives? Finally, the authors wouldn't know sublety if it slapped them in the face. They have no idea how to hint at a plot point or a charecter trait, they just come right out and say it. Sometimes that kind of straightforwardness helps get a point across, but it justs adds to the lists of Problems with this book. Do not, under any circumstances, bye this book.
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Summary: Makes you think.
Review: This easy reading book about the Rapture will really get youquestioning life and relegion. A must read for any strong Christian
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: I read alot, but never have I read a book like this one. In every book I'd read up til this point, there was at least one part that I was tempted to skip. This is the first I've read in which that didn't happen. A marvel, this book should be on everyone's favorite book list.
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Summary: Totally amazing
Review: This is a truly amazing book which shows from Scripture what will happen in the end times in book form. While some of it is fiction(the characters names, etc.) The basis it stands on it true.
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Summary: Must Read
Review: Left Behind is an excellent book if you don't read to much into it. Iloaned out this book, (I thought it was a great read, when viewed onlyas a story) and the person I loaned it to, found so many people disturbed by the book or looked to much at it as a re-write of Revelation, they decided not read it. That really was to bad. This is not the bible. It was the author's way of interpeting how they thought the rapture might happen, using a specific character for you to relate to. For those of you who found it shallow or elementary, to bad for you. It was a great story. Remember no one can change your religious beliefs people, unless you allow them to.
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Summary: Frightening tactics?
Review: What are you afraid of? Monsters under your bed? This series could be better, and it could be immeasurably worse. There are more Bible believing Christians in America than in any country in the world. Many are re-discovering that faith because of these two authors. God will sort things out. This is an imperfect but sincere attempt to preview how that may play out by telling a story in serial novel format. Terrifying! Not. More uplifting I'd say. We are living in a descending cultural and spiritual cesspool and yet, many of us view the future with hope. These books flesh out that hope. If you really want a "no way out" scenario that is as chilling as Truman Capote's landmark film "in Cold Blood" try reading "Transfer-the end of the beginning" by Jerry Furland. Christians will see the underlying themes and rejoice. Those who lack faith in anything but their own contrivances will find "Transfer" far more menacing. Find out for yourself. If the Left Behind series fails to wake you up, Furland has all the "No Doze" you will ever need.
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Summary: Shameless and dishonest
Review: I found this book on an amazon science fiction list of bestbook of the century. I am amazed that anyone would think to put itthere not because it is not fiction, but because it is very bad science fiction. It is intellectually dishonest, shamelessly proselytizing and should be advertised as such and not marketed as anything else. I was even more disgusted that I wasted my money on it because I read it sandwiched between two other excellent sci fi books (Camp Concentration and Ubik) both of which also deal with the question of the existence of god, etc. The writing is trite, the characters irritatingly shallow and one is left with a profound feeling that being "Left Behind" was hardly a fate worse than death if the alternative was to hang out for all eternity with the even more pious "disappeared". My first true disappointment from an amazon list. I have given it one star only because there is no option in the review fields for giving it none.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: A friend of mine loaned this book to me, raving about the story. The packaging on the book is well done and makes it appear as if it's much bigger than it truly is. Upon reading though, I found the book to lack the depth that I presumed was there. The characters are very flat, the writing is juvenile at times, but the plot kept me going. There is so much potential in the story here, but I don't feel the writers have taken the time with their work to polish it and add depth to their work. It looks as if they're kicking two of these books out per year, which leads me to believe they're more interested in churning them out rather than creating a quality piece of fiction. Still, I keep reading them. The plot is just enough to keep me moving forward. I do see the agenda in these books, and as a Catholic, I feel somewhat offended by this. I feel like they've done a lot of stereotyping in the series.
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