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Summary: Wud have been 3.5 stars
Review: Character development leaves much to be desired as the story moves along at a breakneck pace, focusing more on the events that unfold rather than the protagonists.One notable effect of this is the time and place as the story reveals itself, the thing that erked me the most was how the author uses or rather misuses time. e.g21st November 1978.
bla bla bla... something happens. Then the next paragraph
8 years later.
bla bla bla more things happened because of the previous chain of events. Expect the timeline to progress rapidly from several days to several years. To make it a point. The story started in 1978 and by the end of book one. It's already 2020!!! The world is seen through the eyes of Decker, the journalist through twist of fate the adopted father to the clone of Jesus Christ - Christopher. I would not want to reveal the plot else this review will come as a spoiler but enuf said, the author tries to link events throughout history to come up with a probable scenario of how the end of days would be. Although lacking in style and finesse the author makes up with his knowledge of the UN as well as his background as a journalist and speech writer (There's one really grandiose speech by the UN secretary general) As you can see Decker pretty much mimics the author's life. As the proverbial saying goes writing is like going up on stage naked and slowly putting on ur clothes... I'd say, the author isn't all that pretty naked, and shud just keep his clothes on :) And you can't help but to wonder if the power struggles mimics the experience that the author has been through. To summarize, this book reads like a diary, the characters hardly stands out, but then, with the amount of action going on the book would probably be 3 times longer if character development is thrown in. Nontheless, kudos to the author for tying things up to make sense of the biblical and historical mumbo jumbo. To those who are already well versed with the bible, judaism and particularly revelations expect to be patronize by the author as this book is really for folks who don't really bother much about the historical elements that make up Judaism and Christianity. Would be alot cooler if Islamic elements is thrown in but unfortunately, you can sense that the author stayed clear of topics which he is not well versed in and focused primarily on his forte. Wud give it 3.5 but becoz of the research and gripping storyline I guess it can be a 4.
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Summary: loved it
Review: These books were awesome! So much better than the Left Behind books (which I've also read). The author is a Christian who is writing to bring in a more secular audience than say the LB books might. In the LB books, it's been said they are "preaching to the choir". In this selection, there is more guessing in who the bad guy is and what is going to happen (if you haven't read or heard about the Revelation prophecies that is). In this aspect, the author did a great job! Also, I believe Christopher (who seems like a nice guy and swayed people to his side) was more believable as the anti-Christ than Carpathia who is oozing evil the entire time. Well, that is my opinion anyway. Yes, he was VERY detailed, more than some people wanted I'm sure but he's so good at telling the little things! Also, yes he had you going one way with your thinking and then turns it around in the end (which we already knew if you believe what is supposed to happen in the end times) but for a non-believer, this might put them on the edge of their seat. wondering how it will end, etc... Anyway, when I read a review this wasn't exactly "like the end times" well I think he follows the steps in Rev. like other authors have done. This one just did a better job of making it more real for us. or to myself and those that I've discussed these books with. great books, I read them all in a week, they will get detailed in places but give them a try!
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Summary: Not for the Faint of Heart
Review: This series was a phenomenal read. You have to read it for yourself. Judging from other customer reviews you'll either love it or hate it, but most like me seem to love it. The guy is a genius. The tale is intricately woven with many loose ends tied up at the last possible moment. The level of detail is astounding as I found myself learning stuff about astronomy, the New Age movement, politics, and history to name just a few levels on which these books excel. Best of all, it's realistic! It seems to have been written from a secular vantage point describing supernatural events as an unbelieving world might describe them. Whatever doctrinal objections you may have with the author, don't let that stop you from enjoying one of the best fictional series of all time.
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Summary: Not for me
Review: What Mr. James BeauSeigneur needed desperately when he finished writing this book was an editor. It pains me to think that there are two more unedited installments out there just like this one. I am embarrassed for him. The subject matter, at first glance, is intriguing but the writing is so poor that I was unable to get passed page 185. Mr. BeauSeigneur committed an author's cardinal sin and that was that he bored his reader. I was incapable of connecting with any of the characters - or rather I was unable to find any characters at all. They were stick figures that stated emotions that Mr. BeauSeigneur never showed to the reader. I had a hard time caring about anyone much less his main pseudo person, Decker Hawthorne. I do not find it surprising that Mr. BeauSeigneur's credits include successfully writing technical manuals. There are no people in technical manuals. The author's lapses into the didactic, " . . . okay now I'm going to teach you some history," was tiresome. A good editor would have cut the superfluous dead wood and recommended that he weave the tedious stuff into the plot. As for the use of boldface, he needs to consult a punctuation book to discover the use of Italics. The front pages of any good dictionary are very informative. The point is anything that takes the reader's mind out of the story is inappropriate and the boldface, besides being incorrect, was intrusive. My recommendation is, don't buy this book.
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Summary: Starts as fascinating premise, just keeps getting better!
Review: It's hard to imagine how Mr. BeauSeigneur could go any further than a story about cloning Jesus from live cells found on the Shroud of Turin. But as if that's not earth-shaking enough, this premise is only the tip of the plot iceberg! For below the surface there lurks intrigue, destruction of Jerusalem's Wailing Wall, the mysterious "Disaster" that takes 15-20% of the world's population, Arab-Israeli religious war, conspiracy and nuclear destruction in Northern Asia, political deceit in the United Nations, the clone's reluctant rise to power, and war between India and Pakistan. And all of it is neatly and tightly held together. This is the kind of story line folks like Tom Clancy or Stephen King can only wish for. BeauSeigneur is a wonderous storyteller and this is an A+ plot.
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Summary: Engrossing and Masterful
Review: An engrossing blend of politics, religion, New Age, end-of-the-world prophecy, and science, James BeauSeigneur's In His Image keeps readers turning pages. His masterful plotting weaves an international cast of characters through world-changing events (including the cloning of Jesus and two nuclear holocausts) that are made entirely believable because of BeauSeigneur's meticulous research and eyewitness-quality detail.
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Summary: Best I've ever read
Review: A masterful job! Something for everyone. And the author has really set us up for a shocker in Book 3!
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Summary: Pure Genius!!!
Review: I wish I could write great reviews because the Christ Clone Trilogy deserves far better than I'm capable of writing. I could not put these books down! Just as the story begins to mellow you are shocked time and time again! James BeauSeigneur is a genius!
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Summary: I stand in complete awe!
Review: Superbly structured, marvelous manipulation of time constraints, artisitic delivery of each and every paragraph! I stand in complete awe, at the wonder of this series! It was great, I recommend it to ALL!
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Summary: Read The Omen
Review: Let's not write another Omen. This is another unoriginal cheat sheet disguised as a book. This one is extremely bad. If your going to copy at least be original and interesting when doing it. I have read alot of rehashed stuff that works if it's written well. This isn't.
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