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Summary: entertaining & scary
Review: this is a kick-... look at what could happen if the world continues on as it is. if you're into involved and realistic stories that are impossible to put down, you'll like this one. you can't imagine what's going to happen next, and yet when it happens, it just seems so plausible-yet-impossible. hard book to describe, not like anything else i've read. about as interesting a book as you could ever ask for.
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Summary: Dead on accurate
Review: The religious absolutests may not like it, but this novel presents a fascinating, credible and realistic look behind the dark curtains of organized religion and the fearsome dogma of the Endtimes. It is all the more relevant given the horrid religious terrorism going on all over the world right now, from the Middle East to Ireland to Timbuktu. If ever religion needed to take a hard look at itself in the mirror, it's now. And this novel provides a burnished surface reflecting the true pratfalls that await the self-righteous fanatics of the world. High praise to Glenn Kleier for this remarkable contribution to sanity. May he write many more such books.
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Summary: apocalypse, schmocalypse!
Review: Even summer beach books/thrillers need a believable context and basically developed characters to drive their briskly moving plots. Tom Clancy is the best example I can think of - he knows his weapons systems and the culture of US government burueaucracy, if nothing else! Kleier's Last Day is a fairly tepid example of the thriller genre, its intriguing novelty being the working out of the recurring end-of-the-century notion of what Jesus would make of the our world if he returned, a la the Biblical "last days" -- and, more intiguingly, what our ideologically and economically fractured world would make of Him.Kleier dodges this tantalizing notion, however, by having a new messiah appear as a woman (named Jeza), "immaculately conceived" through her miraculous survival of a cloning experiment that is destroyed by a meteor shower in Israel just as the clock runs down on 1999 (I'm not kidding). Her appearances susbsequntly upstage ALL other millennial spiritual enthusiasms that are underway, and she addresses (or dresses down) the media and later an international assembly of relgious leaders convened by the Mormons in the Salt Lake City Convention Center (I'm still not kidding). That the leaders of Roman Catholicism, Shia and Sunni Islam, Hindu and Buddhist sects, etc. would actually come together as effortlessly as they do is just one of the book's major unbelievable moments. Almost none of the Kleier's cliched antagonists and protagonists have any semblance of complexity - they are only caricatured vehicles for Kleier's flat-footed narrative. And he repeatedly gets the important details about various religious groups wrong and confuses them, adding to the preposterousness of his story. A messianic return would presumably throw into high relief and turmoil the world's competing theologies, but Kleier doesn't deign to go there - perhaps avoiding the pitfall of the "fool rushing in where angels fear to tread." Thrillers thrill readers best when they (1) make the unlikely minimally believable (2) give us characters that have a threshold of humanity (this enables our identity with them, so that we can enter the story) and (3) know how to lay out a "thrill-ride" narrative that keeps readers in anxious expectation. If Kleier has the chutzpah to venture another novel, perhaps he should read Tom Clancy AND Tim LaHaye BEFORE he switches on his word processor again. ...
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Summary: politically correct messiah ?
Review: The action was jerky, the plot thin. The theology was unscriptural. There are THREE persons in the trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - not four. There is no daughter. If you want to read this, remember that it is fiction, and poor fiction at that.
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Summary: amazing story
Review: i'm glad a friend recommended this one. it's been a long time since i enjoyed a book this much. it challenges the mind as well as the nerves, keeping you dangling over a bottomless pit of suspense until the final chapter. as realistic as it is thrilling and thought provoking, i urge anyone who enjoys a fast, exciting read to pick this one up. it does not disappoint. a very satisfying novel.
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Summary: The right message at the right time
Review: In the wake of all the horrible things that have happened in the world these last several months, I found this book incredibly uplifting. Just when you think there's no possible way to end all the religious warfare and hatred between Christian, Jew and Muslim, here comes a book with a stunning answer! This book is frightening, but it makes astounding sense. Somone should send a copy to Bin Laden.
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Summary: A wonderfully conceived and written story
Review: Anybody who has any questions about whether or not The Last Day is too strong for their religious sensitivities should just do the obvious. There's a nice helping of free chapters right here on this page. I, for one, applaud this novel and the controversial stand it takes.
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Summary: Asks questions I've always wanted to ask
Review: This book got inside my head like no other I've ever read. It is amazing. Not only is it a chilling thriller, it poses- -AND ANSWERS- -questions about contemporary religious institutions that I've never seen anyone have the guts to ask. How do so many bigname religious faiths justify hoarding their vast wealths when so many people go wanting, starving? What exactly goes one behind all the secret closed doors? The Last Day is a fascinating, damning look into dusty religioius closets in a mystery suspense that will take you to the End of the World and back. Firghtening because it comes across so real and credible. An intelligent nail biter that will make you think and maybe even change your mind about how you view ALL organized religions!
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Summary: One of the best books i've ever read
Review: Excellent is a fitting word to describe this amazing novel. Set before and after January 1, 2000, this book describes what would happen to the religions of the world if a new religious figure were to appear. This book covers many important topics, mainly religious tolerance. Glenn Kleier's work was a breath of fresh air; with all the hatred and intolerance facing the world today, this book about a new messiah who seeks to unite all religions into one was just what I needed. This book has everything. It is action packed, especially at the ending. The book can be quite emotional at times, too. But you can be sure of one thing. This book will leave you satisfied. If you question and confront organized religion, as I do, you will be able to relate to this book. Read this book with an open mind. You will be glad that you did.
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Summary: Every [one] should read this book!
Review: Religious fanaticism and intolerance are evicerated by this brilliant examination of what might happen were a New Messiah to visit our world again after 2000 years! A masterpiece of biting criticism, with harrowing suspense and chills to keep you up long after bedtime. Hot topics and controversy galore. The best novel I've read in a decade. Three cheers to Mr. Kleier, a talented author who isn't afraid to lay shocking truth on the line. Top entertainment and a MUST read.
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