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"Sunday school from Hell", I'd like to say that my title is more than a little harsh, but frankly I can't. I skimmed through probably 2/3rds of this book searching for when the droning sermons would end.
Quite frankly, I don't think Jesus is that boring, nor that cruel to make his children suffer through a holier than though monotone sermon that covers not one but up to six pages at a time. Nor do I think, as it's been pointed out from other reviewers, that He would get such manical pleasure in incinerating millions of people and as was pointed out from another, so many innocent horses.
One thing that really irritated me about this book is how all of sudden Nicolae/Lucifer is turned into the biggest bafoon in all of creation. My apologies to the everyone who had a hand in publishing this book, but Lucifer did not command an army of millions of angels during the great Battle, nor has he spun his charms on so much of mankind by being a complete idiot.
The fact that I am not a Christian will cause many to say that that is why I don't like the books, and I'm completely missing the message. The message I gleaned from this book, and many of the books in the series is that fear mongering is still a preferred method of recruitment into the Christian ranks. It is because of this philosophy that millions of others like me will fear not our Lord Creator, but those who would wish to murder us because we aren't self-defeating sheep and have the nerve to think for ourselves.


"An Amazing Thriller, Left Behind Series", This is the next to last book in the Left Behind series of books. They are all really great reads and keep you wanting more. They are fiction, but are Biblically based. It is great fiction regardless.

"The story dragged tremendously and was dull --- how can this be?!", I had to write my only review of the LB series with this installment novel because I expected it to be most exciting and rewarding of the series. Little did I know that the best writing was actually "left behind" several installments back. The best novels of the series (IMHO) were #1 (Left Behind), 3 (Nicolae), 6 (Assassins), 7 (The Indwelling), and 8 (The Mark).

One note: I have NOT read any of the reviews of this installment nor the series because I didn't want any reviews to taint my impressions of the writings while I am still reading them.

The actual writing itself for this installment was lifeless, dull, and sluggish. Talk about dragging it out!!! I no longer cared for any of the surviving characters, even though I could have cared. The "good" characters were used so incidentally when they were convenient to the storyline that you just wished Jesus would come already. The "bad" characters that made the other better novels somewhat interesting, like Leon Fortunato, Viv Ivins, and Suhail Akbar, were barely used. Nicolae is laughably evil and merely a caricature of what he once was. When a novel starts scrimping on the details for the main bad guy is when you know the story has got big, big problems.

Jesus' return to earth is one of the most anticipated events in all Christians' hopes. Not only was it disappointing overall, as portrayed in the book, but it took several hundred pages to get there. The story put me to sleep easily for many nights, which is not good to say for a novel.

I had never given one star reviews for ANY of the novels I have read. But for this effort, I am compelled. Sorry, Tim and Jerry. But you made money from me, and I need to write fairly to warn consumers.

"Faith vs. Content vs. Context vs. Spiritual Growth", I've read many of the reviews here of both very negative and positive critiques of the reviewers and can honestly say I'm very surprised on how visceral both sides have reviewed this book. I believe many of the reviewers may have lost sight of 'interpretation of factual prophecy' as it is interpreted by authors providing a 'possible' fictionalized future of events that are to come, and began to espouse how incorrect the authors or spot on.

Hopefully you'll find my review helpful as far as how the 'novel' is laid out and written as opposed to ones own personal beliefs and interpretations as I suppose we can all agree that the argument of the end times has divided both believers and non believers and the church itself.

As a whole, I found the first third of the book very slow at times and random plot threads that seemed irrelevant to both the climax and how the previous novels set forth the action. In it's totality, I honestly believe that a lot of superfluous dialogue and descriptions were overdone and actually detracted from the pace of the book. It may have flowed much better if a good 75-100 pages of 'fluff' with no substance could have been eliminated, but then again, I understand that the authors may felt the need to put out a 400 page novel to match the length of previous installments.

My other criticism of both 'Glorious Appearing' and many of the previous novels is what I personally believe as a very overly simplistic writing style that some may find either unrealistic or insulting. Not the content mind you, but interaction and conversations between characters seem to be 'dumbed' down to a sixth grade reading level at times. This may be intentional on the author's behalf as to not alienate a wide demographic of readers by using fancy words. I can understand with a subject matter like this that everyone has an opinion and you are always walking a fine line as to not to overtly offend or ostracize your readers. I believe that both LaHaye and Jenkins truly do care about the salvation of the human race and must make the content easy for anyone to understand no matter their faith. However, this can lend to a child like mentality in dialogue that some more mature people may find difficult to swallow. I kept thinking to myself that no one really actually talks like this. Even Christians that I know do not have this 1950's Leave It To Beaver like sanitized speech. In other words, while I find the story utterly fascinating and compelling, I'm often stymied with the too many 'Gosh darn & golly gee' speeches that just seem to silly.

It's these two points which lead me to giving it only three stars. If the dialogue was more realistic and secular it would come across as more intelligent and most likely gain another star from me.

As far as content and context to the end times itself and what is prophesized in the bible, I can't find much fault. Though I don't claim to be a theologian or bible scholar by any means, the authors interpretation paints a dim picture for non believers and really gives hope to those believers who have questions. Are the authors actually correct? I suppose only God and Christ know for sure, for it was Jesus who said "Only I know the hour and the day".

Speculation of the end times has dated back to almost 2000 years, but the faithful do believe it will happen. This is a taste, a 'what if' novel that we as readers can apply today looking at events and present day technology. Christ tells us to live our lives in a state of being 'ready' for we never know when that day will actually come, and despite the arguing many reviewers have espoused here on fact versus fiction, I think they are missing the point.

The overall theme is no matter how you personally think events may unfold, we must make a choice....accept or deny His fulfillment and paying our debt through His grace, love, and mercy.

Myself, as a Christian, was scared to read the final chapters. Some have argued that the Jesus presented here is a hateful, mean, unloving person. I didn't get that all....For me it was moving. I am scared because this novel made me look into the mirror at times and my spirit and soul ached not to ever be separated from Christ, whether in the end times or today. I wept for my friends and my family, and even myself. Any novel that can make me look at my own spirit and raise just as many questions about my own eternal destiny therefore transcends just pure entertainment value and has me wanting to make sure I reconnect with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I think His love is shown in abundance here as he give the people of this earth chance after chance after chance, and yet they still deny, mock, argue, and trivialize over petty things. The point of the novel was to illustrate these follies and let the reader realize that we are over-complicating our decisions and analysis of these events. This is still a novel after all. In the end, it really is broken down to a very simple choice: we are either accept Him today in faith, or we deny Him.....but we must make a decision, like it or not, as the end times may be here before we know it.


"PART OF THE LEFT BEHIND SERIES", This is one of the later books in the Left Behind Series. Similar to all the others. Fortunately is a story in itself, so if you don't get the whole series you can still get a good read.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"last of the set", great series. Even non-Christians should read at least the first book because the idea is great as fiction. A perfect ending.

"LEFT BEHIND GLORIOUS CONCLUSION!!", WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW VERY MUCH I HAVE ENJOYED THE LEFT BEHIND SERIES
AND THE CONCLUSION DID NOT LET ME DOWN. TIM LAHAYE AND JENKINS HAVE DONE
A BRILLIANT SERIES AND ENCOURAGE THE READERS TO LIVE BETTER, SHARE THE
WORD OF GOD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR US BELIEVERS.

"Amazing!", I have never read a book or seen a movie that could avoid an What If or a What Happens Now mindset. I read this book, I love this book and the entire series. At the end of the book every question I had was answered, what happens to everyone? What happens 'after'? Everything.

I finished reading the book, talked to my pastor who explained that yes it's all a fictional story, who wouldn't know that but it's based on the bible and explains to people like me that would need a lay-man type of answer to my questions of what is going to happen. The series helped me to have no worries about my future, how the end of the world will come and how things could be after Armageddon.

I've suggested the series to everyone that I know. Fantastic read.

"What Can I Say?", The book says that I die. It literally says that I, someone who has never met Timothy LaHaye in my life, deserve to be KILLED, and not just killed but eviscerated, and it celebrates my sentencing to a lake of fire as "righteous". WTF? This is how it describes my death:

"But even as they struggled, their own flesh dissolved, their eyes melted and their tongues disintegrated... leaving grotesque skeletons standing, before they, too, rattled to the pavement."

These aren't evil people. They're just people who don't believe in Jesus! That's what Jesus does to every single non-Evangelical and non-Christian on the planet in Timothy LaHaye's book. Take a good look, because there's only one type of person who could possibly enjoy reading this book, and if there were a benevolent God those people would be put away in a very distant place where they could no longer be a danger to the rest of us.

"Take it for what it is", I have not read this particular book. I only just finished Tribulation Force (2nd in the series) today. I came online to see about ordering the remainder of the books. After reading some of the reviews, only a handful of the almost three hundred posted, this seems to be more of a pulpit than a review board. Although I will mention my beliefs, I'm not writing this to preach, but to give my honest opinion on the Left Behind series.

I am an avid reader and lover of all books. I usually read 4-5 books a week. Book one of Left Behind was no exception; I read it in less than two days. The second book, however, was a major struggle for me. The first day I started it, I ended up throwing it across the room mere chapters from the ending. For three days, it sat where it landed. I talked to someone about my misgivings. He told me I was taking it too seriously, and that although I do believe whole-heartedly in the doctrine this series is based on, I would be wise to remember it is a work of fiction written for profit. After another two days of reflection, I picked the book back up and finished it with no problems, which brings me to my point.

This is a work of fiction. Yes, it is based on how the authors interpret the Bible, specifically Revelation. But it is to be read as any other fictitious book. Obviously, religion is a touching subject or there would not be the extensive list of posts. (I do mean touching and not touchy. Anger and hate are just as stirring as love and compassion.) These books are just like the Da Vinci Code. The author is passionate about his beliefs and wants to share them with as many people as possible. How better to do that than through a wide-spread publication? Also like the Da Vinci Code, the message has created confusion and confrontation, which I believe was Dan Brown's intention in order to attract people to his book and belief system. I don't believe this is what Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins wanted. For people who truly believe it, the Tribulation is one of the most intriuging, intense, exciting, confusing and terrifying aspects of Christian study. These two men are simply excited and chose writing as the means to demonstrate it. I don't think they meant it as a way of preaching to non-believers, but more as an avenue for believers to worship. Again, I have only read the first two, but just in those, it is obvious LaHaye and Jenkins are immensely steeped in knowledge of the Tribulation. Because of that, they would know how delicate it is for non or new believers to hear this message. This is what brings me to conclude the series was not written to lead people to Christ, but for those who already know Him.

That said, I come to my reccomendations. For true believers, I say read and enjoy, but do be careful. Remember it is fiction. No man can guess what it's really going to be like to endure the Tribulation. Don't get sucked in, as I did, and take it for more than its worth, which is man's imagination woven into the doctrine to make it readable.

For non-beleivers, stop after the first book. I believe the first one lays a great foundation for someone to find Christ. If you read it, and want to learn more, find a church whose heart is right in the Lord. For someone who does not know Christ, this series is only going to create confusion and anger. Some of the most devout Christians struggle with Revelation. As I said before, it is one of the most intriuging, intense, exciting, confusing and terrifying aspects of Christianity. We are not meant to understand it until we have a strong relationship with God. Even then most of its mysteries will not be revealed until the day of His return.

So, please, for anyone who reads this, just walk away with the warning all of the Left Behind books are not to be read lightly as they reflect the word of God, but remember they were written by men for the sake of other men.