Glorious Appearing: The End of Days (Left Behind)

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Summary: Shouldn't have ended like this
Review: This is an overblown and long-winded description of the final days. Even when Jesus finally appears, it's an exciting chapter of the book, but you still have over a hundred pages to go before it's done. There's not much to read after that. You would think with the final book of the series, there would be more bang for your buck, but not here. Antichrist and the false prophet - Carpathia and Fortunato - who we've trudged along with for twelve books, are put away within a matter of paragraphs. I'm surprised the series went 12 books (12 tribes of Israel, I know, but still).

Jesus rarely speaks out of context, all He says are quotes from the Bible. I found myself skipping whole pages because that's all it was - quotes within quotes. It's not a good read when you're skipping pages. Don't look for anymore character exploration. The same old "biggest army ever" and "most converts ever" stuff is still in the book - old stuff if you've read all 12. The ending is very sparse without even a try of describing heaven. Clearly this book should have been written better, and it seems to me Jenkins wrote it to get the series over with. It's unfortunate that a book so hyped has to be so bad.

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Summary: The series ends with a fizzle
Review: This was by far the poorest book in the entire series. The series started out as a strong and creative interpretation of what Bible prophecies could mean, but also it was just plain great story-telling. It had an appeal to Christians and non-Christians alike because it was a good read. Somewhere along the line the authors lost the edge. It really shows in this final book, it is nothing more than page after page of direct scripture quotes and sorry attempts to tie together loose ends with side stories that read like afterthoughts. I never imagined the end times and return of Jesus could be portrayed to be so B-O-R-I-N-G!! It sounds more exciting in the Bible than in this horribly dry read.

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Summary: Don't waste your valuable time!
Review: To put it bluntly, this book was more tedious than a bad church sermon. I'm not a christian, and after reading this book, would definetly be less inclined then ever to convert! If I wanted a book which quoted scripture verbatim, and read like a sunday school primer, I would have bought one. To say this book is simple minded is to pay it a compliment! If heaven is filled with morons like this, sign me up for the flames baby....