>Again, the story continues about Chloe, Rayford, Buck and Bruce as they all are tempted with wonderful job opportunities and the like. You begin to ask, "Will Chloe and Buck finally get together? Will Rayford take the job? What is in store for Bruce? Can Nicolae be that persuasive?" Then you forget that you are reading a book about the "End Days" and really involved in a Soap Opera in print. Maybe that is the lure to the series and why it has become a bestseller!?
The theology remains watered-down and in agreement with a small number of Protestant Denominations. As I said in my review of the first book in the series, if you are looking for books with more meat and content concerning theology/last days/the rapture...there are a wide variety of texts that will meet your need(s). If you are looking for Soap Opera in print....give it a shot.
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Summary: Anti-Catholic themes?
Review: I have currently read up through Soul Harvest in the series, and may read the others if I can get them at a library. I have better books to buy with my own money. This book is easily the weakest of the ones I've read so far, the worst part being the 18 month skip, and the second worse part seeing buck and Chloe agonize through making advances on each other while we are left wondering about the state of the world. however, I'd like to address the claims that the book is anti-catholic.
I am a catholic, and although I'm only fifteen I have an interest and a good knowledge of Catholic theology. Sure, there are things in these books that definitely strike me as anti catholic. It doesn't say that "most catholics were left behind", but it gives that impression. However, I was willing to overlook that as a typical uninformed protestant bias (not meaning any disrespect to protestants, but so many uninformed protestants come up with insanely bizzare ideas about Catholic beliefs) and ignore it.
However, I read some of Lahaye's book Revelation Unveiled, which was basically an entire book of Catholic bashing, including calling the pope the antichrist. It would have been okay if they had at least used good catholic theology to back up their statements, but what is written there and in this book confirms my suspicions that the authors know very little about Catholic theology. This transfers into the Pontifus Maximus (or whatever his name is) in LB. Whatever the authors may say, their blatent anti catholic biases come through and no one who reads "revelation unveiled" will deny it.
Mr. Lahaye and Jenkins--PLEASE I urge you to do some research about the Catholic faith before writing any more books in which you intend to bring up Catholic characters. This includes Left behind. Go read some decent Catholic material that is respected (you could start with the Catechism).
For all the readers who subscribe to Lahaye and Jenkins' views on Catholic theology, please don't call us a satanic cult based on the views of two people who know nothing about us.
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Summary: Very entertaining...
Review: I'm having a great time reading these books. I don't necessarily believe in the theology behind the story, but none the less it keeps me turning the pages. I like the characters but I find that they say the same things over and over again. It seems to be written so that someone who didn't read the first book would understand what was going on, which I found annoying. None the less, it is entertaining. I will most likely read #3 with the same excitment as the first 2.
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Summary: Maybe It's Just Me, But . . .
Review: I really tried to click with this series, but it never happened. I know the titles all sell well, but I'm still wondering why. While the plot of this one is interesting, it is obvious to me that the author, or authors, have no conception of how to create believable human characters or write dialogue that sounds anything like human beings actually talk. I guess the appeal of this series is "What happens in the end?" plus the set-up so people will rush out to buy the next installment. I know lots of wonderful people who are evangelical Christians, and they read these books with delight, but personally I think the books are kind of an embarrassment to religion. I hope there are some Christian authors who can do better than this.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book, perhaps not as good as the others, is a necessary part of the series. If you were to go from Left Behind 1 to Nicolae (Left Behind 3 ) you would be very confused. This book as a lot of character development (like Chloe marrying Buck) that is nessesary to read and understand the rest if the series, and sets the stage for the rest of the books. This book made me want to read the rest of the books.
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Summary: A Great Novel to Read
Review: This book is the second boook in the series Left Behind. I believe that this is the best book in the series and it is one of my favorites.
This book is mostly about the Tribulation Force (hince the name of the book). I believe that this book would be the "love" book of the series because in this book, Chloe and Buck get married, they have their first kiss, they have one of their first fights and they talk a whole lot!!! Also, Chloe's dad, Raymond, gets remarried to a woman named Amanda. The only sad point in here is when the start of the seven year pierod begans by a bombing and Bruce gets killed, though that is at the end out the book, it is still sad.
I know that I mighit have told you guys a little too much but there is still the fun in finding out how the couples get married and if Raymond and Buck except jobs of working under Nicole.
I really enjoyed this book and I think you will too. It really holds your attention and keeps you waiting to find out what happens. If you have not read this book, you need to do so. Even if you have not read the first book, Left Behind, (I did not read the first book first and I was not lost, in fact I found the second book better by reading it first) you can still read the second, even if that is the only book you read in the series, you NEED to read this book. It is one that you will never forget. I promise!
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Summary: This book and this series. . .
Review: . . .concerns me for a number of reasons.
Reason One) The writing is really poor. For someone like myself, who grew up reading the Classics -- and who was always challenged to "reach" and to "strech myself" with regard to my
reading, the quality of the writing (or lack thereof) was a significant "turn-off". A significant example in this volume is the ridiculous and unexplained 18 month gap. According to the theology espoused by the authors, the Tribulation is only supposed to last for 7 years. Almost immediately, 18 months (out of only 84) are eliminated. Why? Does nothing worth reporting happen during these 18 months?
Reason Two) The character development is virtually non-existent. While great writers (Charles Dickens comes to mind) frequently used "flat characters" as a literary device, the authors of this
series seem ONLY to use "flat characters". The "Left Behind" characters seem to be "all good" or "all evil" and make the "jump" from evil (or unsaved) to good with a minimum of struggle. I don't see this as realistic. Furthermore, the "relationship" between Chloe and Buck is silly. What's with this "eating cookies at each other over the phone" business? And while the idea of a college-age female virgin is plausible (although becoming rarer) the idea of an unsaved, hard-living, jet-setting, 30something ace reporter virgin is ridiculous. A noble idea, to be sure -- but a totally unrealistic one in this day and age.
Reason Three) The theology presented is presented as "the" correct interpretation of Revelation, embraced by all "true believers". This is nonsense. The theology of Revelation propounded in this series is a 19th century invention, accepted by only a very small minority of Protestant Christians. It does not represent what most Christians (regardless of denominational affiliation) have believed about Last Things for the entire history of Christianity.
Reason Four) I find the underlying anti-Catholicism derogatory and offensive. If the authors have theological disagreements with Catholicism, I freely respect that. However, Catholicism is not accurately portrayed here -- rather, it is caricatured. The "false prophet" character is already being set up (the Cardinal Archbishop of Cincinnati). It needs to be noted here that the authors did not do their homework -- even in their anti-Catholicism. The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is not a Cardinal See -- and, to my knowledge, never has been! The notion that virtually the entire Roman Curia fails to make the "Rapture" is insulting and offensive. Like Dante, I am perfectly willing to admit that there have been and are still high-ranking churchmen who may well not "make the cut" so to speak -- but the authors are painting with too broad a brush here.
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