Glorious Appearing: The End of Days

This is surprisingly boring for how glorious the content is. But it's like the authors ran out of ability to create a story (note: I skipped books 2-10. Maybe they never had it.) so they spend the second half of the book having characters just quote scripture and have Bible studies. It really needed an editor to cut the length in half, as there just isn't enough that actually happens to be 400 pages long. The characters don't really _do_ much of anything. They think and talk, correctly, about how wonderful Jesus is, but that's about it.

One of the more frustrating things is that Jesus and the angels have very little personality. They mostly just quote scripture while moving from event to event. I counted up a good 33 pages of it. My show more heart longs, very imperfectly, for the Jesus who's good and creative and surprising enough to create a universe from nothing, complete with platypuses and black holes and sports teams. Such a God does not appear here. Mostly He is just an audiobook of the Bible that can deliver salvation (in every sense) and smite the wicked. Wonderful and necessary things, but such a letdown. show less

I should have left this book behind at the library! Out of all 12 books, this one was by far the most ridiculous. I can't believe I read them all - I'm still not sure how I managed that feat!

The authors stretched the arrival of Jesus to 400 pages. I could have done it in four sentences. (Jesus comes. Bad people die. Good people are reunited with their loved ones. The end.) At this point, the characters are almost cartoonish. Carpathia and Leon are so ridiculous, they could have been in the movie Dumb and Dumber. Even Jesus was disappointing - and he was Jesus!

I think I'm done with these books. No 'Left Behind: The Kids,' no prequels. I think the authors missed the money they were making so they continued the saga for as long as show more possible. They will have to continue it without me! show less

I didn't think I was ever going to finish this book. I had to force myself to finish. To me, it seemed as if there was very little story, but a whole lot of preaching (not that there's a thing wrong with preaching, I just wanted less of it in THIS book, and more actual story). The book seemed too drawn out as well. This one was definitely the worst one of the series, and thankfully, the last one that I'm reading.

I got bored with this series at about number 9, but thought I should read the last one. Sure enough, it follows the expectations of the Tribulation Force and concludes both the time of tribulation and the series. One day seems to take forever; the book is long-winded, sticking in as much preaching as possible - and there is still no character development. Only recommended for people who have read others in the series and want to know how it all ends.

I view these books in the Left Behind series as fiction. I am not a christian and I have absolutely no belief system that mirrors the authors. SO, I am looking at these books from really, more of a fantasy/paranormal slant.

And I have stuck with the story since the beginning - it has become like a train wreck for me. I/m cringing as I see the next novel coming - not wanting to read it for the pain it will cause - yet I can't stop myself from it anyway.

I enjoyed the story premise from the beginning. IT has been increasingly difficult for me to continue though. The writing is so stilted and to me without true character building that nearly everyone of thr characters thru out are one dimensional for me.

I think at least 4 of the books were show more stretched out far beyond what they should have been in order to get enough pages so they could wrap it up as a complete book. This series could have, should have, been so much shorter. It really dragged. show less

This is the final book in the left behind series. The book is still not well written, but it was able to build suspense. Like the people in the book, I kept anticipating the Glorious Appearing. And the story does keep moving. The book begins with the Battle already started and was able to surprise me (I won't be a spoiler). And ends with Jesus getting ready to start his reign.

They do tie up all the story lines. And get most of the biblical prophesies in. But it seemed sort of rushed at the end. Mainly so they could get in what they interpret the Bible to say. But we pay the price in that they neglect the personal storylines (feelings) of the main characters.

I am on page 101 and so far the very important people to the Tribulation force have died and i am not happy about it. The Devil himself left Carpathia's body and returned again only to start an army to prepare for war. All I can say is WOW I loved the entire series and really enjoyed rading this one the most.