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Title: The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession (Left Behind No. 7) by Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins ISBN: 0-8423-2929-3 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.49 (425 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Revelation
Comment: All the "Left Behind" books are clumsy attempts to transpose the Book of Revelation of John into our times. Revelation was ridiculouss at the time it was written, and it is much more so today. The dragon, the first beast and the second beast, the 4 riders of the Apocalypse etc. were creatures invented by the author of Revelation to cow a superstitious and credulous audience into submission. The goal hasn't changed, only the audience. Common people today know much less about religion than they did in the 2nd C AD, and are therefore easier to manipulate.
Rating: 2
Summary: More tribulation, please!
Comment: I've read comments on this book that complain about the padding - the spacing out of one dramatic event per book. (This time it's the indwelling of Carpathia by Satan, not that I expect his behavior to change much, since it's not as if the character was given any depth beforehand. In fact, now that I think of it, I wonder why the authors have never written from Carpathia's viewpoint. Or, for that matter, the viewpoint of any non-saved character. Wouldn't it be interesting to actually get inside, say, Chaim's interior turmoil rather than hearing him say "I am too stubborn to convert" a zillion times before finally converting in a moment of duress? But I digress.) I don't care about the pacing; I just want something interesting to happen between biblical events.
Or perhaps my idea of what would be interesting is way off the spirit of this series. For all I know, the authors intended Chloe's "struggle" with whether or not to kill Kenny to be a searingly dramatic look into Chloe's soul. Could it be that our favorite 22 year old mom and Stanford dropout is not perfect? GOLLY! (I am more certain that they did not intend a South Park reference.) I appreciate the effort, but as someone with secular tastes, I found it pretty undramatic. I mean, it's not as if "GC" forces were knocking down the door. She's sitting around chatting with Tsion when she declares she's ready to off Kenny rather than let him fall into GC hands. Of course, as I understand the theology, once you're saved, you're saved, so she'd be set for the Glorious Appearing anyway. But maybe I'm wrong.
And speaking of filler - I can't begin to recall the number of times drama has involved taking off in an airplane or having oneself saved by the fortunate appearance of God's wrath (locusts, spirit horsemen, etc.) How about the inherent drama of, oh, I don't know, living in a country where the infrastructure has got to be shot? At this point, since about a third of the world's population has been killed and the water routinely turns to blood (about a quarter of it, I think, which must make showers no fun), our characters should be having trouble finding food and medicine and fuel. Instead, they fly around the world and RENT CARS! I half expected Chloe to go shopping with Kenny in a doublewide stroller at the mall!
Still, I look forward to the Satanic bar codes of THE MARK.
Rating: 2
Summary: Woulda coulda shoulda...
Comment: I know about eight hundred other people have said this, but there is no reason whatsoever that this book couldn't have been combined with Assassins. There were no more than four events that absolutely needed to be said---everything else was literally filler. The writing is at its most pedestrian; the beginning has an extremely ham-handed reference to abortion (and I'm as pro-life as they get). Such an interesting part of the Revelation prophecy; the book could've been so much better than it was.
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Title: Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne (Left Behind No. 9) by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins ISBN: 0842332294 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: The Remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon (Left Behind, 10) by Tim F. Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins ISBN: 0842332308 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides (Left Behind No. 4) by Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins ISBN: 0842329250 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages (Left Behind #11) by Tim F. LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins ISBN: 0842332340 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist (Left Behind No. 3) by Tim F. Lahaye, Tim F. LaHaye ISBN: 0842329242 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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