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Summary: Amazing.
Review: I have to admit to one and all. I rarely if ever like Christian fiction. I find most of Christian fiction to be poorly written and poorly devised. I did enjoy the Left Behind series at first, but when TL seemed to care nothing more than making money (as with the LB tshirts, the LB teddy bears, the LB coffee mugs, the LB gum, the LB life insurance ... etc etc etc.) I went away from the series.The Prodigal Project, on the other hand, is amazing. It is well written, the story is tight from one book to the next, and you have a passionate and realistic series of characters. I love how the story worked. It was very insightful, and I hate to say this, but it was like reading a Stephen King book w/o cursing and sex. It was just that good of a story, so now I am going to read the next book and I think I wont be disapointed. And neither should you.
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Summary: Slow read, not enough at the finish.
Review: I struggled throughout most of the book having to make an effort to read the book. The book skips around developing several character sets. However, about half of the way through it began to pick up. I did not like the ending. There were too many questions left unanswered and it was anticlimatic. Of course the author intended to have us read the follow-up books, but there just wasn't enough at the finish.
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Summary: Having a tough time with this one...
Review: I'm having a tough time getting through this book. I love reading good fiction, and I understand that not every book is going to be a "page-turner", but I've read about a third of the book and still have no idea what it's about! The authors spend way too much time in the early chapters introducing us to a huge cast of characters with cheesy names (Cat Early, anyone? Or Azul Dante?). I'm having a difficult time remembering who everyone is, and this is not a huge book! Also, there's not much going on either. There's been a mild earthquake that the entire world has felt, and chapter after chapter the author describes each and every one of his character's reaction to the event. Perhaps you shouldn't listen to me (I wasn't that thrilled with the hugely successful "Left Behind" series after the third or fourth book either), but as it stands now, I will probably not pick up the second book. I'll finish this one because I'm compulsive like that ("finish what you start", and all), but I am not happy with the many cliched characters, slow plodding plot, and cheesy names!
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Summary: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :(
Review: In the spirit of full disclosure: I am a Christian and an avid reader and I absolutely wanted this book to be awesome.
It was not. Not even close. I was literally upset when I finished this book. I wanted a refund on the purchase price (I bought it because they were practically giving it away at the bookstore, it cost ~ $3) and I wanted to be reimbursed at my current hourly rate for the time spent reading it. Rarely am I so negative about a piece of literature. In this case, I feel I must warn you. If you choose to purchase it afterwards, that's on you. The book drags on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on, literally with no end in site, while not adding 1 bit of new information. The same frustration you felt about me re-writting "on and on" just now is how you will feel when reading the book. Only worse. If you want to purchase this book, e-mail me and I'll give it to you for free. Seriously. I may still get the other books in the series, just so that I can see what happens, and also because the author's writting may have improved (based on their reviews it must have). I give this book 2 stars because, with the author's writting ability and the current plot it had the potential of being awesome. The author just took up too many pages writting it. I don't understand how anyone can give this book 5 stars. There is no way.
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Summary: Great Thriller / Great Lessons
Review: Ken Abraham and Daniel Hart have combined to create an edge of your seat thriller. Their take on the Islamic mujahideen's attempt to destroy the West and Christianity is right on target. The characters are fully developed and not card board cutouts. They struggle with real issues that anyone can relate to. How they struggle with their faith and ultimately find hope is inspirational. They've left the Left Behind books in the dust.
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Summary: D-R-A-G-G-E-D A-N-D L-A-G-G-E-D
Review: Man, one thing I really don't like doing is to knock someone on their can for their effort. But if you want someone to get into your series, make it interesting, starting with the first book. I can most honestly say that I wanted to get into this. You look at the cover and it really looks intriguing and like a page turner. But to be blunt, except for a few parts, it is BORING, and Left Behind is still better! The difference is that Left Behind just gets into it. This looks as if it has trouble making up its mind. Now, I read the whole thing, but I wasn't impressed, and despite myself, I got Exodus, which I will read at some point in time. But if it doesn't get any better, then I'm not wasting my time. I respect the effort and the intentions, but at least make it interesting.
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Summary: Love the whole series!
Review: Same subject as the Left Behind series, less biblical quotes and prayer but still wonderful. I cannot wait for the 5th book to come out!
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Summary: The End = The Beginning!
Review: The Prodigal Project, Book 1, Genesis (289pp), lets you know up front that more books will follow...it is a series. The end is yet the beginning for the men and women left behind after the Rapture. All of the children (even the unborn) were taken up. This book is NOT a carbon copy of the "Left Behind" series. But if you enjoyed "Left Behind", you will love this book. The people that remain on earth are very real characters. You will feel that you know them or someone just like them. They all have normal everyday flaws like Shannon who needed a little more time to get into the bible and church; Thomas was a divorced man who now had the desire to experience other women; Rev. Smith who lusted for a bigger church and seemed a bit too on edge for a man who has Jesus in his heart; Ivy a wife that fantasized about infidelity and harbored anger at God in her heart for birthing a handicapped child; Cat whose destiny seems to be entwined with the devil/dark forces and; Slim a photographer who witnessed an evil murder and was allowed to live afterwards. These individuals will independently have to determine their purpose for being left behind and determine if their souls will pass the test for a second chance. After the Rapture the world is in chaos. It does not read like Science Fiction, but resembles the current state of our world after Sept. 11th, just on a heighteed scale. The story is propelled with the inclusion of Azul Dante and Izbek Noir. The readers will be intriqued as the story unfolds with good versus evil. The only hope is The Prodigal Project, but what does it mean? Get this must read book to find out.
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Summary: Like left behind, but too slow
Review: This book does little more than introduce the players and then stops short of telling the story. The Left behind books also tend to try to play it out, and tell very short bits, but more seems to happen in each book. It is very similar to Left Behind, but there are unanswered questions. Ivy, the mother of the disabled boy, calls her husband a beleiver, yet he is left behind as well. I like another reviewer found myself skipping over long descriptive parts to get back to the story, which ended before it really got started. It's not like it was too long to put more in the book, it wasn't very long at all.
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Summary: poorly written and a waste of time
Review: This book feels like it was written for no other reason then to cash in of Left Behind's popularity. The writing is unfocused and hard to follow and the author certainly doesn't use his book to explore Christianity in any kind of depth or bring any insights into the faith. It's a waste of time from any angle you look at it. Try We All Fall Down or the Christ Clone Trilogy instead if you're looking for thoughtful books that explore the topic with insight and intelligent writing.
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