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Assassins : Assignment--Jerusalem, Target--Antichrist (Left Behind #6)

Assassins : Assignment--Jerusalem, Target--Antichrist (Left Behind #6)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I couldn't put it down and hated to when I had to.
Review: Like the rest of the books in the series this one leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat. I will be wondering who did it till the next book comes out... Rayford , Hattie, Abdullah, Chaim, was it one of them or another. This series has really got me back into my Bible checking out the refs. and my inner self. Could it really happen this way? I don't know but I sure don't want to be left behind.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Halfway to the Glorious Appearing, the quality is slipping
Review: I awaited this book with great anticipation. My co-worker purchased it on release day, and I read it through the day he gave it to me. I'm disappointed.

After the breathless pacing and dramatic tension of the first four books in this series, the fifth book (Apollyon) was something of a letdown. It lacked focus and felt as though it had been rushed to publication. This book feels the same way, only more emphatically.

My impression is the authors have lost their vision for their lead charactors. Rayford Steele, so determined and rational early on, seems lost and angry. The authors seem as befuddled about the cause as does poor Rayford.

As the series moves further past the Rapture and further into the realm of prophetic fantasy, the writers have not kept in touch with what might well be happening outside of the microcosm of the main characters. At this book's time, billions of people have died since the Rapture. Does anyone still work? Has there been hyper-inflation? Has there been panic? Why does the whole world seem so docile in the face of the unprecedented tragedy befalling it? I can't accept the premise that Nicolae Carpathia holds such sway over the world that there are no significant outbreaks of defiance.

Despite this, I'm anxious for the seventh book in the series. The next steps in the plot can't help but be exciting, and I'll grant the authors have done a good job in setting up a cliff-hanger ending to "Assassins."

Memo to LeHaye & Jenkins: Stick with what got you here. Tight plotting, solide (if somewhat simplistic) characters, straight Biblical interpretation. Venture too far off into the angst and despair arena and you get into sticky territory indeed. What a great way to get people excited about discussing Biblical prophecy. Whether one is a "pre-tribber" or not, the series has started millions of conversations about God's plans, and that's all good!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: STILL GOOD; BUT LOT SLOWER THAN THE OTHERS
Review: I have read all six books and thought this one was a little boring. When I got to the end, I couldn't believe I was through. I buy both the books and the audiotapes. I buy the books for my son who is 23 and my daughter (26) and I listen to the tapes on the way and back from work. I hope the other six will be more exciting. I'd rather have just one more exciting book than six more dull ones. Also, on the audiotapes, please get rid of the music. Makes me a nervous wreck waiting for the book to start. The reader is fantastic--don't ever change him! He's what makes the tapes that much more exciting.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Disappointed
Review: As an eager follower of the series, I was disappointed to read this book. Although it did have some good points, it lacked a lot of that spark that kept you glued. The characters were not as personable.It seemed to lack that quality that kept you wanting to read. Overall, I liked it better when these two great authors take their time writing their books and give the storyline some more thought than this. I was embarrassed actually with some of the lines and felt they were immature. I hope the next book will be back to the "old" style of the originals.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: EXCELLANT, POWERFUL
Review: All the Left Behind series are compelling and worth everyones attention. The writers bring each of the characters alive, and each story brings you into the hearts and feelings of each character. Each book leaves you "on the edge of your seat" waiting for the next book to reach the book stands. These two writers are execellant apart and also together.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It is great!
Review: I haven't even finished the book yet, and it's great. I highly recomend this series.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Too slow and too drawn out
Review: I have read all of the books so far and I feel as though I am reading the same thing over and over again. I do not plan to buy any more of these books because they are now becoming boring to me. I could not put the first three books down until I had completed each book. Now, I have had enough. This story should have been completed by now.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Thank you.
Review: Read it. Loved it. Thank you

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Should be self-contained novels, not episodes in a soap.
Review: I agree with the reviewers that say that the authors are just dragging out the series because it's a cash cow. Really good series have self-contained novels that can stand on their own; think of C.S. Lewis's Narnia books or Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, or the Star Wars movies, for that matter. Even though it's best to see them all as part of a bigger series, the individual works stand on their own. That's not true with Left Behind. The overly intentional cliffhangers are nothing more than cheap marketing ploys to get us gullible readers to keep on shelling out the bucks. Maybe some enterprising insiders should start leaking plot elements to the public so the authors can't get away with this kind of tactics.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Promotes an adversarial approach to non-Christians.
Review: One of the biggest problems with this book is that more than the others, it makes the reader want to hate the enemies instead of love them with the love of Jesus. If people are cheering when bad guys get killed, then something is wrong. We should grieve that they died without knowing Jesus. This book and this series goes too far in demonizing non-Christians and doesn't show their humanity.


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