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Summary: so awful it's entertaining
Review: This one got two stars because it was so ludicrous and poorly written that it actually became entertaining. It's a thinly veiled fictional account of a literal interpretation of the Book of Revelation -- and an incorrect literal interpretation at that. Clearly written with an agenda (several pages are out-and-out preaching), it utilizes cardboard characters that don't even behave in Godly manners after their "conversions," denigrates women, displays an astonishing bias against Christian faith traditions that are not fundamentalist and evangelical (not just against Catholics), and in general is poorly written and even more poorly researched.Anyone who's ever actually READ REVELATION FOR THEMSELVES knows that it's not supposed to be taken literally, and the characters are little more than stereotypes -- if that. I find it interesting that some of the characters bear a striking resemblance to those in the sci-fi book Beneath a Sunless Sea (which is also apocalyptic in nature but is decent fiction with a plausible cause and a surprise ending...and only a very minor agenda). Don't pay money to buy this, but if a copy does end up in your hands, go ahead and read it. If you don't end up utterly amazed at its simplistic agenda, it's because you'll be laughing at it and wondering how any sort of reputable publisher would have EVER turned out something like this.
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Summary: I'm hooked!
Review: I had no idea what I was getting into when I started reading this book. I had never heard of the Left Behind series, but now I can't put them down. I'm not a big follower of "Christian-type" books and that is not what I found this book to be, although it did peak my interest in the Book of Revelation. It takes modern day characters and puts them through the author's vision of the Rapture. The characters are easy to understand although their past is not described in detail. The book is concerned more with the people that each of the characters grows into. Since they are living in a time when the world is going through rapid changes, the characters also rapidly change. During the course of this story, it is clear that everyone in the world must make a choice to either be a believer in Jesus or follow the Antichrist. This book was simple to follow, suspenseful and enjoyable. I recommend it.
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Summary: Copied storyline, anti-Catholic bias, banal, shallow
Review: To thoes that think, they will see that this is slick marketing of anti-Catholic bias. Right up there with Loraine Boettner Lahaye and Jenkis let thier bias show. Lahaye a graduate of Bob Jones--known for anit-Catholic teaching is pushing an agenda and getting rich doing so--orginally this was a 3 book series, think how much more you can make off of more books, tapes, CDs, tee-shirts, video, etc...... If you want a good read go to Bud Macfarland's books. By the way the story line for Left Behind is not orginal they stole it: Salem Kirbin's 666--Why he did not sue is the big question.
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Summary: Rapture ready, though too contrived
Review: The first in a long series that uses the Rapture to compel one to see what's coming down the road. If you want something more thrilling, with the science and mysteries to back it up, I highly recommend Steve Alten's latest thriller, RESURRECTION, part of his DOMAIN series. RESURRECTION delves into the afterlife, God, and evil in a far more thought-provoking way.
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Summary: Painful, patronizing, and obsolete
Review: wow,
it's amazing that so many people should not only enjoy these contrived, poorly written books, but actually beleive some crackpot prophecies from some paranoid 'shroomin' recluse from the year 1000
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Summary: Insult to human intelligence!
Review: What a load of bunk. It is even a waste of time to write a review. As mentioned in other reviews, bad writing, ridiculuos plot and insult to all religions and intelligence.
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Summary: Left behind series Earth Last Days
Review: Book outline
By: Sarah Cox Generally you would buy a book that your interested in. It could be a book of romance, mystery, fiction, non-fiction or anything that you're passionate about. My book is a fiction book by Jerry B. Jenkins called Left Behind It is about a flight attendant named Ray and another flight attendant named Hattie Durham, who Ray has a crush on. One flight seems to be going very well and then it turns into a total disaster. . Ray and Hattie notice that people have disappeared on the plane and nothing is left to identify them except for their clothes they left behind. Only the people that believe in God have disappeared. The people that don't believe in Him stayed behind. Many people including Ray and Hattie believe their family members along with millions more family members went to heaven. While the people on earth fear that they were left on earth to live on what they call hell. Then chaos breaks out and everyone else that is not on the plane also disappears. Cars are left on streets and there are pileups and much more horrific events to this fictional story. The details that interested me were the questions that were left to be answered. What really did happen to all these people? Where did all these people go? Did they go to heaven or to hell? Just these serious questions make this fiction story very unpredictable and make you want to never stop reading. I believe that you should buy this book. whether you believe in God or not. It might be offensive to some people that are not Christians. So if you're not a Christian give it a try to seek something new. But, I would buy it because I'm a Christian and I understand what the fictional story is trying to tell me about. I would read this book as much as possible. The reason for that is because it intrigues me and interests me in so many ways. Each time I learn something new from this book. I've read this book and I have learned so much in my religion from this book. When you read this book expect it to be somewhat tough and challenging. Because some of the questions that need to be answered are very challenging and the person reading it may never really never know the real answers to the questions.
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Summary: A Good Start to a Great Series
Review: This book starts the world-reknowned series with the event of Jesus' Rapture of his church. It puts a very down-to-earth spin on characters and happenings around the world. Some may say that the events in this book are illogical, but it reality, if 1/3 of the world's population was to actually disappear, complete chaos would rule, at least for a short while. This book is an interpretation of the book of Revelation for the bible. It is a modern-day, realistic spin on what "could" happen. Most events in this book are based on facts in the bible. Read this book, and remember the events. One day, these events will happen to the world, and those left behind will experience encounters that are very closely related to this fictional story.
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Summary: Embarassment to Christianity
Review: As an evangelical Christian and a lover of literature, I cannot help but feel these books are an embarassment to the faith as well as to good literature itself. I have to admit I read several of them (they came highly recommended) and was apalled at the shallowness of the characters, not to mention the robot-like plots. I kept reading because I thought they couldn't possibly be as bad as I thought, but indeed they continued to get worse as I turned each page. I didn't see the 60 minutes interview that the previous reviewer mentioned, but wish I had. I do not bathe myself in theological rhetoric, and so didn't think I would be overly offended or supportive of anything in the books. I did think I would be able to respect Tim LaHaye in the end, but after reading this bunk, I think his agenda here strictly financial and has no bearing whatsoever to impact people (Christians or non) in a positive way. He should be ashamed of himself for a number of reasons after printing these books, but alas, clearly enjoys the growing popularity these books bring to his bank account. These books prey on the minds of the feeble at heart and people who probably have a pretty shallow understanding of who God is to begin with. I know I do speak for a very large part of evangelical Christianity when I say these books are an embarassment to the faith. Not worth the paper they were printed on. If I could give it zero stars, I would, but they don't let you do that on this Web site.
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Summary: 60 MINUTES BROADCAST exposes the hidden agenda of this novel
Review: I read this novel when it was first published. It took me WEEKS to plow through the repetitive chapters, which were filled with characters who seemed to be nothing more than caricatures of certain types of christians and non-christians. A few chapters in, I began to see the "plot behind the plot."
Put another way, I glimpsed the end message which was: "jump aboard the evangelical bandwagon or you are going to be left behind to suffer." Fiction that pushes a political agenda doesn't interest me, but I forced myself to finish reading. Once done with this --the first in a LONG series it turned out-- I made it a point to not read any of the other novels. If you're already an evangelical Christian, you'll enjoy it. Well, maybe you'll enjoy the message. But the writing? I doubt it. If you're NOT an evangelical, I hope you saw the 60 MINUTES Broadcast on Sunday, February 8, 2004. It was a thoughtful interview which exposed the real (political) message of this series of novels. Reviewer: Linda Painchaud
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