666

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Summary: ONE IN EVERY HOUSE
Review: I'm not a critic or writer, but I think that every person who is a Christian and cares about someone they're not sure is saved, should have a copy of this book. I have read the Left Behind series. I read this book the first time about 15 years ago. What matters about this book is that, 1. The title gets the attention of anyone who sees it - who doesn't know the significance of the number 666; and 2. it only takes a few minutes for the person who IS left behind to figure it out - time enough to pray hard and get ready for what is to come.

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Summary: Not as good as "Left Behind" ... but read it anyway
Review: Kirban's only attempts at fiction, "666" and "1000" are not as finely polished as the "Left Behind" novels, but still very readable.

"666" covers the same basic period as the entire "Left Behind" book series - and features George and his wife Helen (who is one of the ones taken in the Rapture).

The parallels between this book and the "Left Behind" novels are very striking. The story starts on a airplane. The husband is "left behind" and the wife and children raptured. George is quickly catapulted into direct confrontation with the Anti-Christ and his minions.

But that's not all - if you can find one of the combination books you'll even be able to read about the millennium period and what might happen during that time. Kirban's position as a born-again Arab really shine through in places. Kirban is not a novelist, though ... There are many places where an editor might have caught the fact that Kirban switches between first person and third person perspective without warning. there are other editorial mistakes, but not enough to make me want to put this book down until I had read it through.

But I won't ruin the whole novel here - just recommend that if you like the "Left Behind" books that this is a "must read"!

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Summary: Possibly the Worst Book Ever Written
Review: Salem Kirban's first attempt at a fiction novel, 666, fails miserably. The character development is virtually non-existent, the writing style is very poor, the storyline is very corny. 666 is the story of a group of people trying to survive the Tribulation Period and the Antichrist's persecution. The end-times is portrayed in an extremely corny and monotonous manner, and the characters are nothing more than cardboard stereotypes who are not in the least bit realistic. The judgments of God during the Tribulation Period the characters live through are trivialized, a war, a global famine, a worldwide earthquake, and many other global disasters and plagues are portrayed so porly and unrealistically that the judgments seem like nothing. Kirban mainly focuses on the character's struggle to survive the rampant persecution of believers, everything else is trivialized.
If you are looking for an end-times thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, do not read 666 by Salem Kirban. It is a wasre of time and I regret taking the time to read it. 1 star out of five.

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Summary: 666
Review: the its the great book i ever readed in my life
and its weird but ok.

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Summary: Read into my soul
Review: When I first read this book in 1973, I was 16 years old. It changed my life! While I am not in the habit of reviewing books, I feel this book worthy of a high rating if it is read in HIS spirit. I encourage all to read more of Salem Kirban's works...as I am sure he is a true man of God and a Christian. Also read the series from Tyndale House starting with "Left Behind"!