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Summary: This book is excellent and very realistic.
Review: As far as the book of Revelation goes, this book may be simple in its dialogue, but it delivers an excellent account, allbeit fictitious characters, of how life will be after Jesus comes back for the faithful born-again believers. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is searching for the truth, and how life will be if they do not find it before Jesus comes back for His church.
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Summary: a very good read!
Review: I was wondering whether to give this book 4 or 5 stars and finally opted for 4 because there are some flaws. I didn't find the initial characterization part particularly interesting, and Chloe's reluctance to accept Christ dragged on too long.On the positive side the pace picks up and it's an exciting, fun ride! I thought the Nicolae character is quite nicely constructed. Everything about him seemed so "good"! The idea of the series going on for 12 volumes seems a bit excessive, I bet they will have run out of steam by the 5th or 6th book. The Lord of he Rings only spanned 3 books, C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia only 7 short books, so I don't see why this series should span 12 books! Having said all that, I can't wait to read Tribulation Force, I look forward to reading at least a couple more volumes! :)
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Summary: YOU'LL EITHER LOVE IT OR HATE IT
Review: The main problem that the harsh critics have for this series is that it's writing is too simplistic. My thought on this is that the authors wrote it this way to broaden it's audience so both young and old could enjoy (hence the large font, spacing and cut-off points in between scenes; designed to be a quick, easy and accessible read). It brings the Book Of Revelations down to the human level, so that we can identify with it. For the devout Christians, it is an interpretation of the end times foretold in the bible, not meant to be taken as gospel, but as a form of Christian entertainment. It is also meant to (hopefully) bring new converts, those who may think their Christian, but will find out on insight that they're not. I have read the first three books so far and I find them a good, quick read that will strengthen your beliefs and keep you wanting more.
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Summary: Captured my interest, I couldn't wait to read the next one.
Review: An interesting book that captured my attention. While the story is fiction, the biblical facts are true. I felt like I was getting a pretty good picture of what it would feel like to be left behind!
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Summary: This is a realistic fictional account of the rapture.
Review: Wow! This book keeps you wondering what could possibly happen next! At the very least it makes the reader think about life...what's really important and what your faith means in your life. It changed my views on spirituality, religion, and basic priorities.
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Summary: Funny book
Review: The book alternates between unintentional humor and tedium. Tedium when the characters are sitting around earnestly explaining their endtimes theology to each other. Hysterically funny when people are being hypnotized and the so-called "prophecies" are being "fulfilled" in such a predictably lame fashion...and the UN moves to...BABYLON! Whoa, dude. What a mess. Please remember. This is not theology. It is particularly silly fiction. All of this rapture/millenarianism, etc...stuff is a very late development in Christian thinking, and is held by a very small minority of Christians worldwide. This literary and spiritual garbage does NOT define Christianity.
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Summary: What a awesome book!!!
Review: All my life I have never really enjoyed reading books. I can't count on 1 hand how many books I have read from start to finish. My husband bought this book for me 2 weeks ago and I couldn't put it down. I just finished the entire book last night (keep in mind I am a VERY slow reader) and I'm ready for book #2. I feel that everyone should read these books. It has been a real enjoyment to me personally. It really gets you thinking and concerned for family members and friends who could be Left Behind. I think it was good the book was written with an easy understanding so that people of different ages and background and especially those unsaved people can understand the idea and hopefully receive Christ as their savior after reading this book.
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Summary: A must read for all believers and near Christians.
Review: As a newly baptized Christianm, Left Behind makes me understand how far I have to go. I look forward to the rest of the series. The characters and events are more understandable than the theory put into innumerable other tomes.
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Summary: LEFT BEHIND is a stellar thriller of Biblical end times.
Review: LEFT BEHIND by Tim LaHaye (minister, educator) and Jerry Jenkins (journalist) is a fascinating, suspenseful book that I could not put down. It begins with a pilot on a 747 who is thinking not about his wife and two children, but about the stewardess on his flight. Then the "rapture" occurs--the instantaneous resurrection of the righteous (the book does not follow Biblical doctrine, but an interpretation of it--that is not the important part anyway--the important part being the spirit of the story). A large number of the pilots' passengers disappear. Around the world people disappear apparently without rhyme or reason--parts of families, parts of church congregations, entire groups, single individuals. The pilot has to deal with the fact that his dear wife (whom he contemplated cheating on because she had become overly devout!) and son are gone. His college-attending daughter remains. He knows why he is left behind, but many do not, and he does not know what to do about it anyway. The story is created from the fabric of various individuals trying to cope with loss and trying to discover meaning and even trying to take advantage of the chaos. In the meantime, there is an interwoven story about a journalist who begins uncovering other worldwide events--in the political and financial arenas--to the extent that his life is nearly taken and the lives of most of those he felt closest too and felt he could trust become engulfed in a riptide of self-interest and deception. As the pilot gets the spiritual facts and the journalist gets the physical facts, their two paths merge into one. The suspense and emotion is never-ending. Nearly everyone I know is in the story!
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Summary: Excellent! Must read! Well written.
Review: I could not put this book down, I'd pick it up to begin reading and before I knew it, it was 1 a.m. Totally awesom. Really makes you think.
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