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Summary: Fails a difficult task
Review: Writing about the Glorious Appearing of Christ and the cataclysmic events which lead up to it is truly a daunting task. Words could not begin to describe the devastation of the earth during the warfare of the End Times, nor could they do justice to the Glory of Christ. Among the authors' goals seems to be to translate the Revelation story into words that modern-day readers can understand and to encourage people to read their Bibles. In these two things they seem to have succeeded, judging by the number of books in the series that have been sold. As for this particular book, it is not one of their best. The authors try to include as much Biblical information as possible and somehow lose the human element. Some of the events seem too simplistic and the characters do a lot of joking around about the single most important event in history. The book seems shallow and anti-climactic after a build-up of the 11 previous books. However, I applaud the efforts of the authors and hope that this series will encourage future works of fiction based on Scripture.
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Summary: Read them all
Review: I have read all of the left behind series, I really enjoyed the early books. The last few have seemed to be getting monotonous, and this is a book full of filler.
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Summary: A letdown
Review: I did not care for this book at all. I am an evangelical Christian, and I do believe in The Rapture, Tribulation, Throne of Judgment, etc. I can read these books and recognize that a good portion of them is just the authors' views on how the end times will play out. There is quite a bit of debate, even among orthodox Christians, about this subject. It is something Christians can debate without dividing over. However, the reason that I did not care for this book is that it is just plain dull and poorly written. The first few books of the series were very good, and they went downhill, to the point that the characters were like cartoons, and the action/adventure like a comic book. I felt that a fascinating premise was taken and STRETCHED out as far as it would go, in order to make money. This has turned into a monster franchise, with book series for children, and even a board game! I am always leary of "trends" and "fads" among Christians (such as the Prayer of Jabez craze a few years ago). This series could have been much shorter, with fewer characters (surely I'm not the only one who couldn't keep track!)and less repetition.
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Summary: An E for Effort
Review: The intent was good.
I got into the series for the way it conveyed what might be the End Times scenario in an action-packed thriller format. It was a fun change of pace. When the first few books exhibited that style, it was reasonable to expect the rest to follow suit. Yet somewhere along the line, I was metaphorically falling asleep in church to a long-winded sermon, on a topic I'd heard before, from a perspective that wasn't all that believable...
To those of us who feel we should perk up and be thankful for a-n-y thing religious, I ask how long you'd read a review w/ line after line of Scripture quotes you already know? Would you be skimming, too?
In trying to please all the people all the time, in my humble opinion, the series tanked.
I love Scripture and good church teaching/fwp; I take exception to those who think complaints of sermonizing and filler quotes in this series are a negative indication of eternal status. It's just that this series changed gears midway thru from a real page-turner to a veritable Cliff's notes of Bible prophecy---fictionalized of course, which didn't make sense. Finishing it became an effort-filled devotion, not the series I couldn't put down.
It never was all that believable (Buck jumping from a jet taking off, rolling to the ground relatively unscathed...). There were boring tangents (Oh how beautiful was the pregnant Chloe, the pregnant Chloe, the preg...). Style bordered on your grandfather's era, lending it an antiquated, old-school feel (people ran "to and fro"). The setting often changed rapidly/awkwardly, in made-for-TV fashion, w/o developing the reader's ongoing interest in bit-part characters or seemingly insignificant filler moments. Yet for all this, in the earlier books at least, the drama was intense, and knowledge of prophecy was acquired effortlessly. Gradually this changed.
I feel like the kid who went to my neighbor's youth group because they offered pizza and an entertainment-style format---only to find there are fifteen minutes of gender-segregated rollerblading to the serene sound of the Bob Jones worship choir, each of us gets a quick slice of cold pizza, then (saved or lost) we're all herded into the same arena for three hours of evangelistic preaching.
Not inherently wrong; I just expected something else.
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Summary: Awesome Ending to a wonderful Series!!!
Review: I loved the Glorious appearing and I cried through the whole second half of the book. It was so cool to imagine Jesus's return to the earth. It was great. I thought they did an awesome job!
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Summary: Read it in five hours
Review: I don't have the words to describe it - read it for yourself.
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Summary: Yea! We win; they loose.
Review: Glorius Appearing is great. This is the book all us good Christians have been waiting for. It's revenge time, revenge in the godly Christian sense; the good kind of revenge.
Remember all those people who made fun of our WWJD bracelets and True Love Waits rallies?
Remember all those kids in high school who laughed at our Christian music CDs? They all get killed.
Remember all those people who didn't want prayer in public schools? This is where Jesus slaughters them.
Remember all those people who refused to accept God's gift of truth and salvation? This is where they are all punished for their sinful wickedness.
With the help of our loving god, we get to watch all those evil, bad, fornicating people crushed under the hand of justice. Jesus kills them in all sorts of godly ways: he slaughters, maims, decapitates, disembowels, crushes, burns, and makes them explode. Millions upon millions of them: whole families, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, even sheep and horses are slaughtered till the streets are filled with blood. Animals are sinners, too, you know. Reading about this carnage, you'll be touched by how much Jesus loves us.
I loved Glorious Appearing. Praise Jesus.
Come quickly, Lord. The world is evil and we pray for you to destroy it.
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Summary: Very Disappointed
Review: The many pages of scripture simply appear to be a way to fill space - this book could have been included in the last one. And then the obvious plan for ANOTHER book. The authors just gave credence to the critics who said they were just dragging out an obviously profitable serier. I'm disappointed, the readers deserve better & the authors could have provided it.
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Summary: The Glorious Appearing
Review: I liked the book...it was probably my third best in the series...the first being Apollyon...I was a little disappointed in the ending...there were a few "goofy" areas too..but all in all it was enthralling....I wished there had been more time spent on the new Jerusalem and life there...but I did enjoy it and will miss the series...I hope the authors come out with something more !!
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Summary: Glorious Appearing? Disappointing Story.
Review: I received the first book in the series as a gift and got hooked. I found the story line very interesting and think anyone who has a close relationship with God would find it that way, too. I learned a lot and flew through each book and was bummed when I finished the 11th book last fall that I would have to wait until 9 months for the next one. I reserved it at the library and picked it up the second it was available. Up until this point, I thought the authors did a wonderful job of teaching the bible and keeping the story exciting and interesting and suspenseful. Then, in this book, it seemed like they lost the desire to write a good story, but rather became fixated on cramming as much of the bible into the book as they could, not caring that the story line suffered. I suppose this is an okay read if people pick up this book to learn primarly about scripture and secondarily for a good story, but if you are reading this book for pleasure as I was, I think that you will be let down. Other reviewers have described being emotional as they read, and I can see how some parts with Jesus are touching, but overall, I was disappointed. I WOULD recommend that anyone who has read the series read this book simply for closure to the series, and because I heard there will be a prequel and sequel coming and you probably want to have read all the books before moving onto those. The title "Glorious Appearing" really made me look forward to this book and while Jesus' return is a VERY glorious thing to look forward to, this book is not.
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