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Summary: Could be the start of a pretty good series...
Review: I finished the book Babylon Rising by Tim LaHaye and Greg Dinallo last night. This is the beginning of a new series for LaHaye, author of the Left Behind series. In this novel, a biblical archeologist is sent on a hunt for for an ancient artifact known as the Brazen Serpent. The bronze snake is thought to be the staff used by Moses to heal the Israelites. But as he's searching for the three parts based on cunniform clues, he's also being pursued by a group who wants to own the relic for their own dark purposes.A pretty good read if you like LaHaye's writings, and it could shape up to be a decent series.
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Summary: A fun read
Review: I greatly enjoyed "Babylon Rising" and was surprised by the negative reviews posted here. I found BR to be a fun, well-written book (certainly better written than the "Left Behind" books) that kept me engrossed in the story until the very end. I highly recommend "Babylon Rising", and wish it wouldn't be a year until the next book comes out!
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Summary: What happened?
Review: I have for a long time enjoyed Tim Lahaye's writing, and am a big fan of most of the Left Behind books. What happened to character development?
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Summary: Babylon falling!!
Review: I have not read any of the Left Behind books, but had heard so many good reviews, I couldn't wait to check out this new series. What a disappointment!! I was so completely bored, I could barely make it through. I felt like I was back in elementary school reading a book for homework. It was all I could do to not laugh at the ridiculous plot and characters....very generic and boring. I will not put myself through the next book in the series, but will try to see if Left Behind was what people claimed it was....
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Summary: LAUGHABLE - Was this meant to be a comedy??
Review: I have not read the 'Left Behind' series and was looking forward to listening to a gripping book with a Christian flavour. Instead I found an incredably predictable, shallow story which was nothing more than a poor patchwork of other more notable adventure books/films. The characters were very shallow and not credible in any way. I was continually wincing at the portrayal of 'Mr and Mrs SuperChristian' whos only emotions were gooey lovey dovey or holier than thou anger. GET REAL!! The narration was ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS. I found the strong, nasal American accent grating to say the least and the attempts at foreign accents were pitiful. There were great Pakistani and Australian accents - shame there weren't any Pakistani or Australian characters in the book (I think he was going for Scottish and South African). Soooooo disappointed, won't be reading or listening to any more of his books. How did this guy write a best seller??
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Summary: Not up to your usual
Review: I have only one suggestion---Get Jerry Jenkins Back!!!!!!
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Summary: Left Behind Fan
Review: I read the entire Left Behind Series and have even started it over while waiting for book #12. This book was/is a great disappointment, I've been reading it now for a couple of months an am only in the middle of the book. I wouldn't let this book keep readers that read this before reading the Left Behind Series stay away from the LBS. It's an awesome series. I agree with many of the other reviewers the book was just all over the place and I'm sure if I were to continue reading it would make sense but I'm not motivated to do so. I struggled for a couple of months on making the 20 purchase because I'm on a tight budget. I should have read the reviews first like I normally do.
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Summary: So sorry, Mr. LaHaye!
Review: I respect Mr. LaHaye -- both as a Biblical scholar and a human being. As a freelance writer and journalist myself, I recognize good quality writing, and I have been a fan of the Left Behind series. So I had high hopes when I eagerly pulled this book off the shelf. What a disappointment! The plot was not even close to believable, and the characters were so shallow, they weren't even two-dimensional. So little care was given to the outlandish scenarios in the book that I honestly felt my intelligence was insulted, just reading it.
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Summary: Ashamed...
Review: I too am a fan of Left Behind, and a great many other Christian novels, but this is just poor writing. I have had to roll my eyes, and frankly, I'm embarrassed by the characterizations of Christians in this novel, and of the non-Christians as well. There are no shades of gray of morality in this book, and the implausibility is difficult to ignore. - At one point, a character with a broken windpipe lays in the hospital bed and we're told that the "pill" she was given was a heavy sedative. Now I ask you, who can swallow a pill with a broken windpipe? - After a major archaeological find -- a priceless artifact that could very well bolster the historical accuracy of a book of the Bible, the main character allows an undergraduate assistant to help verify its authenticity and then promptly takes into his class. Does this seem plausible? - At another point a simple bit of biblical reference graffiti written at a prominent site is characterized by the media as an "attack by Christian fanatics", which is seemingly believed by the public. Is this really the way people think and behave? I would hate to be treated the way the Christians in this book are treated by the fictional media and society illustrated, but perhaps more deeply, I would hate to be a non-christian in this tale even more because of the evil characterizations given all non-believers. I started reading this after reading The Da Vinci Code (DVC), by Dan Brown. DVC was a great novel, but deeply upset me because of all of the blatant belittling of Christianity and horrible factual errors that a great deal of avid readers in the world will take as fact. Despite my grief over these errors, I found DVC to be riveting, and must admit enjoying it. Babylon Rising has many similarities (both main characters are college professors, both deal with ancient symbols and biblical history, both have pale and mysterious looking murderers, and both seemingly "preach" their doctrines to their reader audience. The truth presented in Babylon Rising is unquestionably more accurate than that of DVC, but nobody will care about that because Babylon Rising is a much more shallow study, whereas DVC is teeming with cockamamie conspiracy nonsense that is made to sound believable. As such, DVC will have a far more greater influence on the beliefs of non-Christians, and the church as a whole will suffer for it. There is far too little excellent relevant Christian entertainment outlets available today, and I believe Tim LaHaye and Greg Dinallo have done a great disservice with Babylon Rising in writing for an already segmented church body. They SHOULD be writing for non-believers, instead of characterizing them as evil-doers in what I can only see as a method of self-aggrandizing their Christian following. I'm ashamed to be characterized like any of these characters, but that's okay. Anybody can see that they aren't "real".
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Summary: Embarrassing
Review: I was looking forward to reading this book. I loved the Left Behind series and believed that I would enjoy Tim LaHaye's new series of adventures based on the biblical prophesy. Almost from the beginning I was rolling my eyes and cringeing at the silliness of the plot and characters. As an Evangelical Christian, I was embarrassed at Mr. LaHaye's attempt to portray us as a poor, picked on, misunderstood minority of do-gooders. So he thinks that the future will have us seen as terrorists? Puleeease!!! I know that there are Evangelical Christians who will like this book because they want to believe that everyone is out to get them. For the sane members of the church and everyone else, don't waste your money.
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