The Last Day

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Summary: Excellent reading
Review: When's the last time you stayed up all night, unable to sleep because you absolutely could not put down the book you started? When's the last time the ending of a book actually lived up to--no, surpassed!--your optimistic expectations? And when's the last time you finished a book and were so captivated by it you couldn't get it out of your mind? The Last Day is just such a novel--perhaps the most intriguing suspense thirller I've ever read. There's so much to this story I don't know where to begin, but suffice it to say, you will alternately chew your nails, quake in fear, laugh real tears and cry them as well before you encounter one of the most astounding climaxes imaginable. This book is an important piece of work, a classic tale, and I can't remember when I've enjoyed any contemporary fiction more.

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Summary: Overblown Junk
Review: Too silly, too wordy, and too long. With writing like this, only the publisher could seriously say "Kleier is a welcome literary voice". There must be a hundred reviews here that point out how poorly written this nonsense is, but I found the author's hammering and yammering about other people's faiths tedious. The alternative he offers in Jeza, the feminist messiah from Malibu East, is superficial New Age pablum. Kleier needed remedial courses in writing, comparative religion, and science before embarking on this ludicrous effort. His mad scientist scenario creaks with age, his characters are flat. This is one piece of junk that I sincerely regret throwing my time away on.

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Summary: Puts a new meaning to my feelings on bible subjects
Review: All my life I have had objections to some of the passages in the Bible This book clarafies my thinking. Translating the worss of the Bible down thru the ages has distorted some of the true meaning. This book brings out my innermost feelings.

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Summary: Truth Finally
Review: Glen Klier has the courage to write the real truth about papism and expose the Vatican. What writing! The plot is on target and the cabal and dangerous superstition of romanism is layed bare. The true messiah's triumph over the forces that have perpetrated evil for 2000 years is awe inspiring. The Jeza character, a spunky female christ, streetwise and gorgeous, is a great way for the author to expose the church hierarchy and the ignorance.The dialog sparks with truth as these people are forced to toss away their old bibles and embrace her new New Testament. The world is changed and so is the reader. I knock off 2 stars due to length and bad writing, but Klier has done a service to Catholics everywhere in showing the tyrrany of Rome and showing the religion in the light of truth that they might see and free themselves.This book has to be read!

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Summary: The best read EVER !!!
Review: I wish to thank Mr. Kleier for the best thought-provoking book that I have ever read! I have read all of the other reviews here (after reading the book) and wish to plead with any prospective readers to not make any predetermined opinion about the book - - - READ IT FOR YOURSELF, then decide who is right and who is wrong about the quality and the relevant content contained therein! Yes, granted, it is a controversial subject in more ways than one. I thought it very haunting and even though it's been two months since reading it, I am still thinking about it. Mr. Kleier, please note: I now own the paperback version, the audio-version as well as the hardback version as I am sure others will be doing. The paperback version was purchased first and contains yellow-highlighted passages. How many others out there hunger for more words from Jeza? (Hint!) Definitely a five-star read!

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Summary: Quality writing
Review: Finally--a novel that engages the mind as well as the heart. A very fast moving, exciting story that conveys some profound thoughts in some very clever, intriguing ways. Often funny, often nerve-rackingly scary, The Last Day is a superbly crafted tale that will keep your mind churning for weeks after you finish. Much food for thought here!

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Summary: Art It Is Not
Review: This pretty bad writing and a waste of time as well. I'd recommend Daniel Easterman for a good religious thriller, James Morrow for cutting religious satire, and Robert Stone's Damascus Gate for an intelligent novel about the millenium phenomenem in the Holy Land. This author attempts all of the above for over 600 looong pages and fails because he lacks the skill, insight, and basic talent of those writers. The author is way over his head here and the result is pathetic nonsense not worthy of a comic book. Pure hype and tripe.

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Summary: 2 nights of reading
Review: Well, since I could not put the book down once started, it was a wonderful 2-night read. Of course, each night took 5 hours, but it totally engrosses the reader and really makes one wonder about the upcoming Y2K issues.

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Summary: The most riveting, pleasurable book I've read in years!
Review: From page 1 to 609, I was immersed in this well-crafted, imaginative-yet-realistically presented account of the coming millenium. Couldn't put it down. I'm eagerly awaiting the author's next book and hope it appears very soon. Cudos to Glenn Kleier for adding his "voice" to the literary world.

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Summary: Outrageously brilliant!
Review: What an outstanding read! The most refreshingly original and honest book I've read in a long, long time. Disguising itself as a fast-paced suspense thriller, The Last Day is far more. Underneath there is a marvelous parable at work with a message that only becomes clear during the highly surprising climax. Full of clever intrigues and dazzling twists and turns that make it almost impossible to set the book down. The ending is absolutely superb and satisfying. At long last, here's a novel with the guts to tell the religious emperors of the world they have no clothes.