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Left Behind: The Tribulation

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Saturday, November 22, 2008 What I'm reading Have you heard of the Left Behind series? Silly question. Of course you have. You're reading about it right now. I've finally decided I'd read it and "kindled" the book. Mistake. I probably should have taken it out of the library. Think about this. There are twelve-thirteen? books in the series. Each one costs between 5 and 10 dollar a piece. Figuring the usual $10 kindle price, if i were to buy twelve of these, it would (will) run me $120 For a book. That isn't a masterpiece or a piece of antiquity. So what's the draw for people to lay aside their hard-earned and possibly disappearing cash? It's not that well written. (Sorry Timothy LaHaye) It's simplistic and the characters are not well developed. Plus, redundancies! Don't even get me started. If they cut all the repetition, they'd probably have a long "The Stand" type novel. But, the story about the end of times, the coming of the Anti-Christ and the Tribulation; and, it has me hooked. So my point? Despite all it's deficiencies, it's a darned good story. And, by golly, it's brought my attention back to my bible. (even if it is to Revelations) A DARN GOOD STORY It's the key every time. Cheers Patricia A. Guthrie In the Arms of the Enemy 2007 Waterlilies Over My Grave 2008

The best paced so far!!	Customer Rating:
I really enjoyed the faster paced story,this kept me on the edge. I hope they keep the pace going on the rest of the series.

Simply Irresistable:))	Customer Rating:
Another enthtralling addition to the series. I can say nothing negative about this series. I love it and will continure to read on.

PERFECT	Customer Rating:
My goal is to read all of the "Left Behind" series and I'm almost there. It is very hard for me to put down these books. I enjoy them thoroughly and recommend them to all of you who find reading the bible boring.

A slow read...

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LaHaye and Jenkins' fourth book in the series, again offers a slow and winding ride to the Glorious Appearing of Christ. Though not as slow as Nicolae, it's still in the early stages to know if it's going to get better. Though I'm now 1/3 of the way to the end of the series, I have a sneaking suspicion they probably could've condensed it into seven books instead of twelve. I'm a Catholic and I love stories from the bible and am very interested in the Book of Revelations, so I had high hopes for this going in, but I feel like I'm going to end up with a 'meh' feeling at the end. Instead of increasing the urgency of the times, the authors take every chance they get to preach the word to every new person they meet. Okay, we get the point, accept Christ into your hearts or you won't be accepted into heaven. I don't mean to seem blase about the whole thing, but you want people to be entertained as well. The authors dispense with the obvious thrill aspect and fill it with boring exposition. Example: A quarter of the world just died...DIED. The horrors around them should be horrendous, the stench should be overwhelming. I wanted to feel that apocalyptic sense of urgency and yet it was played off like a day at the doctor's waiting room and "let's read the bible some more." It could've played out like a thrilling Christian movie on a grand scale, not a 17-hour sermon.