The Last Day

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Summary: Not a Bad thriller
Review: Not a bad thriller, but not much else. Anyone looking for some deep meaning should look elsewhere. Easterman or Morrow perhaps. Dean Koontz for a bit of spirituality. Certainly not at this piece of hype-fluff. Read something worth your cash.

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Summary: Ignore the Fuss
Review: Our New York Public Library Reading Club recommends you skip this turkey until Thanksgiving when it will come out in paperback. If it is a bestseller, we regret contributing in anyway to its possible success because it is a waste of time for the intelligent reader. Our group only purchased it out of curiosity because it sounded interesting. Other readers should please not repeat _our_ mistake and save available book funds for novels far more worthy of attention.Fifth Ave. Branch Book Club Chair, Carl Wolwitz

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Summary: Much Ado
Review: This is not the worst thriller I've read, gee it's awful close. It just made no sense at all and it was so long. I finally finished it and wondered why? Discount this review as part of _that big conspiracy_ or save yourself some money. The last time I went to synagogue was 30 years ago!

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Summary: Depressing
Review: A darn depressing story. Nothing anyone ever believed, nothing we ever did was right. A female Jesus comes walking out of a cloneing lab, spouts new age nonsense, and the churches close?Am I missing something? Count me among the condemned. I would be happy to burn if it meant I'd never have to listen to another of little "jezsa's" inane speeches again!

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Summary: Odd in an Uninteresting Way
Review: A strange and unsatisfying novel, difficult to describe. I couldn't tell if the author was shooting for satire, thriller or what. He misses the target on everything and it ends up a big DUD. I wasn't offended, enlightened, or amused. Least of all, I wasn't moved. And I wouldn't recommend you blow 20 dollars on it. Paul Warner

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Summary: Revolting Revelations
Review: Pretty stupid sendup of fundamentalist interpretation of Book of Revelations. Funny in part, but uninspired overall. The College of Cardinals are made to look dumber than they are (impossible) and as incapable of even discerning when the next millenium begins. Kleier is equally incapable of creating a single sympathetic character. I kept hoping the inept pope would stick a cork in her mouth and send her back to Patricia Ireland and N.O.W. Her groovy aphorisms were just too cute. And that sales figure from Publisher's Weekly (which panned this masterpiece) should read 1,500 copies sold, not _150,000_. Mr. Kleier has already presented this flat potboiler. No need, Glen, to cook anymore books.

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Summary: What fun!
Review: This book is a trip! The author is obviously having a ball tweaking noses here, and apparently stirring up some real frustration out there among all the evangelicals. People should quit being so sensitive and just enjoy it for what it is, a ripping good read. Two thumbs up.

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Summary: An excellent book
Review: I enjoyed this book tremendously. I suppose that makes me ignorant and evil in the minds of some of the less tolerant reviewers here, but in all honesty, nowhere in 484 pages did I see any examples of hate or bigotry or negativism in the author's message. I did see an anquish of sorts at the cruelty and injustice of powerful men who exploit the goodness and sincerety of God-fearing people. Perhaps some readers need to examine their own prejudices and narrowmindedness.

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Summary: Disquieting & Cold
Review: I think what is disquieting here is that heart is missing. The characters were shallow and cold, seeming to try to fit a preset script without natural emotion. This cold, lifelessness was certainly evident in the Jeza character. Throughout the book she remained more an Israeli defense lab creation than a product of any divine design. Her attitudes reflect the trendy thinking of today rather than the true wisdom one might expect. While this book is deeply flawed, never achieving the author's obvious aspirations for it, ultimately it remains a fair thriller, lacking depth or meaning. Most disturbing is the complete absence of heart in the novel, leaving the reader cold and the story simply hollow.

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Summary: Enlightening
Review: All the debate on this page makes great sense once you read the book. The Last Day is a brilliant indictment of religious fraud and malfeasance. What makes it so effective (and offensive to some) is that it uses Christ's own message (in an updated and contemporary fashion)to beat the self-righteous hypocrites at their own game. They can deny it all they want, but if this book poses no threat to the Jerry Falwell crowd, then why are they working this site so hard to discourage people from reading it?