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Summary: Great series
Review: I had gone to the library to find smething to read. I picked an aisle and went looking. All three books of the series were there so I checked them out. It was a good thing that the person I was training knew enough to let me just sit and answer some questions as I couldn't put the books down. I'd read most of the day at work, then go home and read till 12:30 or so (I am usually asleep by 10, I love my sleep). I liked the portrayal of Christopher as he is what I would expect of the anti-Christ. Very deceptive, likeable and blames everything on Yahweh. I was a bit scared in book two as Mr. Beauseigneur was making New Age appealing, as it very well may be after the rapture, but the truth was revealed in book three. I loved the coming of Jesus and his tears for the lost. Wonderful read.
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Summary: This is great stuff!
Review: I highly recommend this book. I'm not a big fiction reader. Most of what I read is related to my work. So when my father told me I had to read In His Image I was reluctant even though the idea of cloning Jesus certainly grabbed my attention. Just to see what it was about I started reading on my break at work. I won't say I was hooked in those ten minutes but it did grab me enough to keep reading later. When I really got hooked was when the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem was destroyed by terrorists. From then on I was at BeauSeigneur's mercy. His telling of the story of Revelation made it very real. I'm looking forward to book 2, Birth of an Age.
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Summary: Amazing mingling of fact and fiction
Review: It is easy to see why some are comparing the work of Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code) and James BeauSeigneur. Both Brown and BeauSeigneur deal masterfully with the more mysterious features of religion, politics, and science. Both bring to light amazing bits of information, which they weave into the intricate patterns of their stories. Both are highly imaginative and write with a ring of authenticity that makes for a compelling read. While Brown compresses labyrinthine plots into brief time periods to provide page-turning suspense, BeauSeigneur's trilogy is of epic proportion, covering several decades. While Brown applies the mysteries of history to the drama of "today," BeauSeigneur uses both history and prophecy (from perhaps a dozen major world religions) to transport the reader from the world of today, to the very dawning of a new age.One other difference is that BeauSeigneur has taken the novel (pun intended and forgiveness is asked) approach of including footnotes in his books of fiction. By doing so, he all but eliminates the necessity of suspending disbelief. Few authors employ such strong factual grounding as to make footnotes useful, but I believe Brown's work (and his readers) would benefit from BeauSeigneur's innovation.
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Summary: HO hum, when does it end??
Review: I trusted you all. I also enjoyed the Left Behind series, but after reading what this book was about and how others said it was as good as Left Behind, I went ahead and bought. Unfortunately our library didn't have it. It would have saved me some money if I could have discovered it there first. Now I am stuck with it. To tell you the truth I am only halfway through it, it is taking me forever to read. I will give it a second star in the hopes it improves. This is not one of those books I pick up when I have a few spare moments to read. I am going to try to finish it just to say I did. The idea of the story is great,intriguing, cloning Christ, wow. But the writing style. Where was the editor? I keep getting the characters mixed up because they are so unremarkable, the pace is slow, and much of the dialogue is predictable. I don't sense much emotion or passion in the book. The last book I read, Memories of a Geisha, now that was a great read, a flowing story that made you wonder what would happen next. Unfortunately with this book, I can't even think of the title right now, it is just bogging me down.
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Summary: Very Disappointed
Review: I bought the first book of this trilogy because it was so hyped on Amazon as being a more intelligent and better written version of the Left Behind books. I feel that I was seriously misled by the hype and the reviews.
What a silly, pretentious and poorly-written book! BeauSeigneur goes much more in depth into politics and history as he sets up his own "Last Days" fable, but it is still ridiculous and poorly told. Red herrings abound, the Bad Guys twirl their mustaches and cackle evilly, and the Jews slowly start to come to Christ.
The Left Behind books are by no means masterpieces of Western Literature, but they are more entertaining, less pretentious, and have more interesting characters than this schlock.
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Summary: Realistic and powerful
Review: This book was recommended to me by some people in a "Left Behind" reading group, and I enjoyed it immensely. This book is very realistic- much more so than the Left Behind books. Sure, there are the occasional profanities, but it is well within what those particular characters would actually say. Yes, the AntiChrist is evil and encourages his people to do terrible things later on, but isn't that what the AntiChrist will actually do? This author is a fundamentalist Christian who did extensive research in writing the series. Where else can you find footnotes in fiction, referring the reader to where he found the material backing up his fictional tale? If you want pleasantries, stick with the Left Behind books. They are good, but these are better. If you want a realistic and powerful portrayal of the End Times events, read this series now. These books will encourage anyone to become a believer so they can miss out on the Tribulation!
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Summary: In His Image
Review: I ordered this book because I had read the Left Behind series which follows the Book of Revelation without error, in my judgement, and was anxious to read another approach to this subject. It was a huge disappointment to me because, as a Christian, I found this near blasphemy. I was uncomfortable reading the book with such distortions of Biblical doctrine. Though I realized this book was not a historical account, I wasn't prepared for the twists and turns, which were written convincingly well, thinking all the time about those who read this but aren't well read in the Scriptures. The danger ever present in my mind was the harm that could be done to a person seeking spiritual significance when they are not founded in sound doctrine. What would such notions do to earnest seekers?
I cannot recommend this book.
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Summary: Get a clue people!
Review: Christian readers who say and write reviews that the Christ Clone trilogy is not scriptural need to get a clue. Christopher is the ANTICHRIST, people!! Of course what he says is going to include some lies! The difference between Left Behind and this series is not just that Christopher Goodman is WAY smarter than Nicolae Carpathia . . . Christopher Goodman is also smarter than some of the people who are reading the book!
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Summary: One of the best book series ever!
Review: I can't believe some people have actually given these books bad reviews. The Christ Clone Triology is one of the best series ever. If you just read the first one, you are truly missing out, because the series gets better as it progresses. I think the author did a wonderful job of intergrating scripture, many perspectives, and a new concept. The trilogy didn't leave me with any unanswered questions, which is unusual for a book. Cudos to James BeauSeigneur, your work has not gone unappreciated.
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Summary: An epic story spanning six millennia
Review: I received The Christ Clone Trilogy (paperback edition) as a gift three years ago from an old friend, Lacy, who raved about the books and was convinced I would like them as well. The problem was that I was just starting a masters program and had no time to read anything outside of my course work. I put the books aside and would never have gotten to them at all except that Lacy kept asking if I had read them yet. I finally began reading In His Image and within 50 pages began to understand why Lacy was so insistent that I read them. Over and over I was totally taken aback by the twists and turns in the plot. The more I read, the more difficult it became to free myself long enough to do things like eat and sleep. The cloning of Jesus was just the beginning. BeauSeigneur has fabulously woven historic events and biblical prophecy into his story and given richer meaning to both in a tapestry that spans six millennia. His characters are rich and real, and some are very different than they first appear. I am reluctant to give anything away, but the story also includes two nuclear wars, three asteroids, worldwide plagues, destruction of the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem, rebuilding the Jewish Temple, assassination, resurrection, the Apostle John (still alive after 2000 years -- having earlier been the subject of the Prester John legends associated with King Arthur and the Holy Grail, as well as the related reports by Marco Polo)...you can see why BeauSeigneur has taken the very unusual step of including footnotes. BeauSeigneur's use of footnotes to document the factual basis of his work is, to my knowledge, unique to him and Michael Crichton, and greatly enhanced the overall believability of the books. As with the works of Crichton and the other really good authors of techno-thrillers, I found myself skimming over some of the scientific, military and political details. I did not find this a distraction, but rather, like the footnotes, found it supportive of the story's credibility. The Christ Clone Trilogy is one of those series that was written as a single story and then split into three parts (e.g., The Lord of the Rings), so don't expect to be fully satisfied until you've read all three books. If you're the kind of reader who has to read the last page first, you may want to wait until you have all three of the books in front of you.
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