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Summary: Fiction that makes you think
Review: A work of fiction is meant to portray a writers view on a subject or event. This book does that. While I have never been religious, I did not find the message in the novel to be over the top. It IS a novel of fiction...if for the simple fact the rapture has not taken place. So read it as such. The book is well written, and does stoke the coals of the book of Revelation... Don't be suprised if you find yourself wanting to pick up THE good book, after reading THIS good book. Just to see if it's really written of course...::chuckle::
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Summary: ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT!
Review: Awesome! I couldn't stop turning the pages. My boss didn't like me reading it because I was getting to work late, couldn't put it down! I'm glad that I'm born again, I wouldn't want to live through the tribulation.
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Summary: Left Behind and now coming together
Review: In the Tribulation Force, the individuals we have been exposed to in Left Behind start to gather and regroup. While I thought this book was a little slower paced than Left Behind, I still enjoyed it very much. I could hardly put it down, and it is a quick read - so I recommend this book for Christians and fiction-lovers alike.
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Summary: The beginning of the end...
Review: I have read each book in the "Left Behind" series. I am an avid believer in the Bible and that it is the inspired word of God. I have come to believe that the "Left Behind" series, (though it's characters are fictional, it's foundation is Biblical,) is an "INSPIRED" writting. I would highly recommend this series to anyone, believer or not, who is in search of the truth about how things are to be in the end times. If, like myself you have ever read the book of Revelations but did not understand it, this series will bring what you have read to light. If you read this series with an open mind and a searching heart, it will inspire you too...
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Summary: So boring I about cried.
Review: This book was without a doubt the worst of the 7 thus far. Nothing good really happened in it. The last page or two was OK but othing exciting. The only reason I read it in 3 days was so that I could get to Nicolae (which is 20 times better than Tribulation Force).
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Summary: Yet another thriller!
Review: I will also admit that this book is not nearly as good as the rest, but I think it was necessary! We have to get to know the characters better, and there's no other way to do it than through reading about them. That's pretty much all that happens in the book, but there are a few other things. We find out that the antichrist in Nicolae Carpathia, that the times are going to get much worse, and more. A must read if you intened to finish the rest of the series(which I would also highly recommend!)
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Summary: Tribulation Force
Review: Tribulation Force written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, is the second book in the Left Behind series. It is about the continuing drama of those who were left behind. In the book the seven years of Tribulation has officially begun with the signing of the treaty with isreal. As you read you see how the Antichrist affects the world and especially those in the Tribulation Force. His power is growing fast. Few know who he really is. Those left behind will have to face war, famine, plagues, and diseases. The odds are that only one of the Tribulation Force will survive. If you want to find out what else happens and who does survive, you'll have to read the series. The Tribulation Force is a GREAT book.
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Summary: As the world ends...Buck and Chloe think about holding hands
Review: This was perhaps the weakest book of the series. I blame a lot of the problems on the poor characterization. I will use one subplot to illustrate this.Case in Point: The fumbling relationship of Cameron "Buck" Williams and Chloe Steele. First, I must say this entire dating subplot seems frivolous and selfish, when you consider that the world is ending and the Antichrist is seizing power. Against this backdrop, Buck wants a girlfriend. This storyline is base pandering to the audience. But since it happened, let's analyze it. While I am glad that the authors kept these books from being sexually charged. I find it hard to believe that Buck was a good-looking, successful, famous, war-time journalist that got nervous at the thought of kissing a girl. It stretches credulity to make this character a virgin in his 30's. It would have been better if the authors had made Buck a less perfect person with a history of failed relationships, due to his driven workaholic nature. It would have been nice to see him adjust to a different moral center. Conversion is supposed to a transforming experience. Unfortuneatly, these characters are all too perfect to begin with to show any significant change. This is not indicative of life and is a sign of poor writing.
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Summary: Entertaining insights into "last days" mindset!
Review: NOTE: I have only read the first two books in this series. I've always had a perverse interest in apocalyptic fiction, so when I heard about a series of books set during the last days of the Earth, when presumably all the folks left behind were the true wretches, I decided to give them a try. I was aware before starting (and if I hadn't been, I would have quickly picked up) that the authors were fundamental evangelical Christians. (I am not.) In a way, I found these two books fascinating, the second more than the first precisely because little "action" occurred, and I got to learn more about how a presumably saved person would behave. To wit: as if they were trapped in a corny 1950s aw-shucks comedy, with intimations of the Antichrist, seven seals, etc. thrown in. I admit I was disappointed when it turned out that our protagonists who had been left behind were pretty much blameless individuals who, through some quirk or lack of tolerance for the endless nattering of the saved about the Rapture, managed not to go to Jesus with their saved family and friends. What was Rayford's sin? He didn't go to church regularly, he was bored in his marriage, and he had lustful thoughts about an incredibly hot coworker. The supposedly iconoclastic (and 30 years old) "Buck" Williams managed not to have premarital sex because he apparently just didn't feel like it! Chloe was your typical teen who, though "not the picture of propriety," managed not to lose her virginity either. (And give me a break - a sophisticated journalist feigns shock at a 20 year old uttering the word "sex"?) Come on! These are pure-living people! Can't there be REAL sinners who are saved? What if Raymond had actually had a fling with Hattie? Would he still be worthy to be redeeemed? Guess we'll never know. I was interested in the ethics of living during the last days. Rayford knows that his wife, Irene, and his son are in heaven. They are living in eternal bliss, counting the few moments until Rayford perishes in some absolutely horrible way and joins them. So why is it then OK to remarry? Can Rayford really consider himself widowed if he is actually only temporarily removed from his wife? (Moment of unintentional humor: Amanda tells Rayford she's thrilled to be his "for the few years we have left." Tee-hee!) Here's something else to consider. Rayford apparently didn't like Irene all that much. Isn't it possible that there might have been problems aside from the saved/nonsaved dichotomy? Is it OK for a saved person to fall out of love with another saved person? Anyway, the writing is terrible and I have to laugh at those who wax poetic about the "depth" of the characters, whom I could tell apart only because of certain traits (Rayford does a perverse Father Knows Best - "Have you held hands?", Chloe whines a lot, and Buck thinks about how hot Chloe is - excuse me, I mean, what a special and important person she is. ) No word on the last-minute addition of Amanda White; in another book, I'd think she was a ringer; here, it's just lazy writing. I'm sure Nicolae knows who these clowns are (aside from the "very best" pilot in the world and the "very best" journalist in the world) - sorry guys, leaving off the word "seal" in your e-mails is not going to fool the Antichrist. Still, it's a dopey yet compelling soap opera, I enjoy the insights into the fundie mindset (I never knew Catholics were so godless!) I'm personally looking forward to the comet that, according to Revelations, is supposed to smash into the Earth and make the seas boil. That and the locusts.
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Summary: Better than the first; still a little slow
Review: TRIBULATION FORCE is better than it's predecessor, and it probably deserves 3 1/2 stars, but it's still a little slow in parts. It is a little sad after losing a Force member in the beginning (or rather in the end of LEFT BEHIND), and we discover who the Antichrist is.
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