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Summary: Ready for the end?
Review: Waiting for this series to unfold is giving new meaning to the word "eternity".If you've read books 1 through 9, it's unlikely this review will sway you. You're hooked. Gotta read the latest. Like me. Number 10 was a little slower than the best of the series. I'm spoiled. I want more dramatic miracles. More action! More angels vs. bad guys!! More drama! On page 221, Remnant reads, " There were victims to grieve, martyrs to parise, and much work ahead...He was willing to hang in and work in his office during the day, doing his real work after hours, for as long as God chose to protect him." This pretty much sums up the content and the pace of this book. Knowing how the story ends, there is a lot more ahead. I'm ready for the end; of the world and of this series.
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Summary: The Remnant -- some great material yet remains!
Review: For those who think I'm one of the millions of die-hard Left Behind freakazoids who believe that Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins simply can do no wrong, I beg to differ. I was sorely disappointed with book 9's abandonment of everything I had liked about the series' preceding volumes. All of a sudden, every single character sounded the same; they made the same kind of wisecracks even in the most stressful apocalyptic situations -- archangel appearances, oceans turned to blood. Everything went too fast. Nothing was described -- just dialogue, action narrative in a somewhat-stilted style. What the heck did Petra look like anyway? Most readers have never actually been there, after all. ... (In retrospect, I think what threw me most about book 9 was its sudden expansion from four to five principle viewpoint characters -- Rayford, Buck, David, Leah, Tsion -- to well over a dozen. But that may be just because I'm a picky reader and I want everything to be perfectly consistent. ...) But I have to give a full five stars to The Remnant. Somebody, perhaps the archangel Michael, must have gotten to the author(s) and voiced all of my same concerns about the series' declining literary quality. ... In The Remnant, the cast of viewpoint characters grows even more, and half of the thing is devoted to the (attempted) rescue of one believer hostage. But still, everything is much better. Of course, the book does begin somewhat predictably. After all, if all these millions of people are trapped in the canyon-walled ancient city with no hope at all, no way out except by a miracle, what do you think is going to happen? Probably a miracle. Noteworthy, though, to "secular" readers: don't think the authors "cheat" with miracles. This book has more of the miraculous than any of the previous -- and yet it seems to stay plausible! But my major beefs about the series' preceding novel are all but eradicated. The characters act differently, and seem to speak in different ways. They don't all sound like the author this time -- and now they aren't as handy with awesome comebacks during stressful apocalyptic situations, such as being at gunpoint. The Global Community forces, especially Leon Fortunato, are not buffoons -- now they've received intelligence injections, they're big and scary, formidable foes. When things happen, they're described! Finally, we "see" the oceans/blood from the air. When freshwater rivers turn to blood, we see them ... we know what people are wearing, what their hair and skin looks like ... we "feel" the heat from the scorching Fourth Vial Judgment. The author(s) actually use italics, capital letters -- the narrative gets excited about things. When people die, you feel the hurt this time. So way to go, authors. And readers, get this book -- if you put down Desecration halfway through, don't continue to be disillusioned: just retrieve it and finish it quickly, then pick up The Remnant and prepare to be pleasantly amazed. As far as I'm concerned, the series has now redeemed itself -- and it deserves its popularity.
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Summary: A Book Recommendation for "Left Behind" Readers
Review: As a minister, I am always enthusiastic when I recommend (from the pulpit or anywhere else) the wonderful series of "Left Behind" books, which of course focus on the last book of the Bible, Revelation as its text. For all of us who appreciate these books, I recommend an excellent book about the first book of the Old Testament.
Dennis Shulman's "Genius of Genesis" is a reverent and beautifully-written description of the glory of the Book of Genesis; and was an excellent text for our church's spring book discussion circle.
If you want to truly understand the Bible, from its last words to its first, read the "Left Behind" books and "The Genius of Genesis."
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Summary: Can we end it already ...please???
Review: I must admit The Remnant is a huge improvement over book 9 (Desecration) but I find myself wishing the authors and publishers had stuck to the original plan of 7 books in 7 years... that had a certain amount of symbolism to it also :) The Remnant moves faster and covers a larger time period ... I would have liked to see more of Leah, I also think the rescue of Sebastian could have taken place in half as many pages just as effectively. Unfortunately, as with the last 3 books, the writing style and dialogue has become ever more simplistic and the margins and typeface larger which I find insulting. I can read at a greater-than 6th grade level ... as can 99.9% of the other readers of this series I'm sure. I felt like I purchased the "Large Print" edition by mistake! This series has been stretched out and merchandised enough already... I pray it has been so for purposes of reaching as many believers and non-believers as possible instead of just to make a buck or two... Of course, I'll be reading the next book... *sigh*... I miss the anticipation I used to have... now it's almost like drudgery and obligation... gotta buy and read each one in the series because I'm committed to the end of it, gotta find out what happens next... even though at this point it's become somewhat predictable. I will pray that they return to the style, action, pace, excitement, and unpredicibility of plot that was in the first books during the last few books.
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Summary: What a load of crap
Review: I work in an office where most of my fellow employees are fundamentalist holyrollers and biblethumpers. I finally gave in and read one of the "Left Behind" books -- this one. One-hundred percent crap. Not even good fiction. I shake my head in wonder that people can really, truly believe the "Left Behind" books are great reading. But, then, anyone who would believe that the bible is literal, actual truth will believe anything.
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Summary: Remnant
Review: I love this series, and I am always anticipating the next book to come, even though the last few have seemed on the slow side. After reading this book, I am back on track - looking forward to the next one. The book spans over a long period of time as all the tribulation saints await for the appearing. The last few chapters are really speeding things up, and I'm expecting the next one to be even better!
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Summary: A Book Recommendation for "Left Behind" Readers
Review: As a minister, I am always enthusiastic when I recommend (from the pulpit or anywhere else) the wonderful series of "Left Behind" books, which of course focus on the last book of the Bible, Revelation as its text. For all of us who appreciate these books, I recommend an excellent book about the first book of the Old Testament.
Dennis Shulman's "Genius of Genesis" is a reverent and beautifully-written description of the glory of the Book of Genesis; and was an excellent text for our church's spring book discussion circle.
If you want to truly understand the Bible, from its last words to its first, read the "Left Behind" books and "The Genius of Genesis."
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Summary: Loses a little luster
Review: This novel picks up where the last left off. I still love the series and will keep reading the next installments. I also recommend reading Steve Alten's latest thriller, RESURRECTION, part of his DOMAIN series. RESURRECTION kept me turning pages like the first books in the Left Behind series did!
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Summary: SHEEP FODDER!
Review: Mental Pygmies of the world unite! Christian propaganda in fiction novel form...for Fool's only.
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Summary: Zero to Sixty
Review: The book started off as all of the other ones do buy giving history and going in to detail about what is going on and who is thinking what, but when I got to the last couple of chapters it "spead up." When I came to the last page I was like "is this really the end of the book?" Don't get me wrong, there were places in the book where I was in suspense and my heart was pounding, but it seemed like they (LaHaye and Jenkins) rushed the last couple of chapters to fit it in the book. I have come this far and won't quit until the end of the series though.
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