Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed (Left Behind #5) Reviews

• I'm tiring of the structure and plot, but sticking with it.

  
  By A2LM27BJE2AO52 on 2000-01-25
  A number of people have written reviews here recommending another Endtimes suspense thriller called THE LAST DAY, by Kleier. I didn't read it until I'd finished all the LEFT BEHIND series to date, but when I did, I understood what is missing in the LEFT BEHIND books. I've never read a book that made me feel closer to the real presence of God than LAST DAY. It exceeds the LEFT BEHIND novels on all levels: plot, characters, story line, suspense, and downright fear of God. No, it's not a witnessing tool. Far from it. LEFT BEHIND is better for that purpose. But if you want a novel to make you think, and make you better understand how Man has warped religion away from God's initial design and more toward Man's purposes, LAST DAY will stand the hair up on the back of your neck. I recommend it unconditionally over LEFT BEHIND. In just one book, it covers vastly more spiritual ground than the entire LEFT BEHIND series combined, and that's a fact.
  
  

• Should you be left behined?

  
  By on 1999-11-16
  I read this book and I found that I could not put itdown. Which I didn't. It keept me interested the whole time. It wokeme up from my dull life and showed me that I need to tell my friends about Christ.
  
  

• About end-times books

  
  By AZXFZ1NZMGMA6 on 2001-08-30
  The comparisons between end-times novels which have been made by other reviewers is probably useful, so here's my take on the matter.

  Last Day makes no attempt at all to adhere to scriptural prophecy. It is, in fact, less accurate scripturally than The Omen movies or End of Days. If you want a fun read and don't care whether the story has any connection to scripture, it's okay.

  Left Behind is an action adventure written primarily for Christians with a huge cross-over into the secular market. It sticks very closely to scripture and to prophecy of the time during the Tribulation. There is never any doubt of the authors' position and which characters are good and which are bad. Beyond that, there's been so much said about Left Behind by other readers that probably every possible opinion has been expressed. Some love it. Some hate it. Personally, I like the Left Behind series a lot.

  The Christ Clone Trilogy, my definite favorite among the list, is written for a secular audience with a big cross-over into the Christian market. Through most of the 3 books you don't know what the author's position is or which (if any) of the characters speak for him. Only in the last book do you find out he is a Christian and that he is using his story telling ability to reach the lost with the Gospel and the danger that faces them if they do not accept it.

  We All Fall Down is a story of a man forced to make decisions about himself and God when faced by undeniable evidence that the Bible is true. It's an interesting exploration in character but the author's development of the events of the Tribulation is muddled and very thin. The thing most Christians object to about We All Fall Down is the non-stop use of extreme profanity by the main character. It was hard for me to get past all the f-words, and I certainly would not say I enjoyed it, still it made me think.
  
  

• There are much better endtime thrillers out there

  
  By on 1999-11-07
  When you have a topic as rich with possibilities as this, readers should expect: #1 terrific writing, #2 strong characters, #3 chills, thrills and hair curling suspense. Unfortunately, the LEFT BEHIND series disappoints on all levels. This is very lightweight stuff, people, in my opinion. The very finest of all endtimes novels, without question, is the quintessential Judgment Day suspense thriller, THE LAST DAY (Glenn Kleier, 1998, Warner books). If you want to read a gripping, intelligent and thought stimulating drama that will alternately fascinate you, amuse you, scare the living bejeebies out of you, and keep your mind boggled till the wee hours, there is none better. LAST DAY is the ultimate Last Day experience, and if you haven't read it yet, you're in for a soul-quaking treat. Not a one of these LEFT BEHIND novels comes anywhere close
  
  

• A stumble on the way to the finish

  
  By A1HYPKEHXT4QH6 on 2000-02-05
  While I have enjoyed the series, and await the next installment, Apollyon is just a little disappointing to me. As in the second book, we suddenly have a lapse of several months in which nothing really happened, and we sum it up in a paragraph. However, the most disturbing part of the book is the astronomy reference: a shooting star that is coming toward earth, but many light years away, that maybe is not as far as we thought, that has its own light, but also reflects the light of the sun and moon and stars, ad infinitum. It's almost as if this book was on a deadline and Jerry Jenkins just did not have enough time to consult with his astronomy expert. This is what I have despised about most Christian apocalyptic novels -- the weak points that scientists will laugh at.

  Having put that criticism aside, there are some white-knuckle chases and escapes, some tense moments, and there is enough here to keep me coming back for more. This is the lowest rating I have given any of the books, and I hope to see the quality return. Perhaps the pressure to expand the series to twelve caused the momentary fluctuation in quality. I expect the next ones to be better. We've been through nearly half the tribulation together. It's too late to turn back now.

  I recommend this one only as a necessary bridge from Soul Harvest to Assassins. But the series still ranks highly with me!
  
  

• Oh no, not another one....
  By A10V4JWZOWWOHJ on 2000-11-20
  Wasn't this series supposed to be completed by now? When this series first started, it was fast-paced, intriguing, had a great story line and was an excellent read. It was also supposed to only be a trilogy. Well, by the second book it was obvious that it wasn't going to be a trilogy and by the fourth book I don't think anyone knew exactly how many books there really would be in this series.

  So now we find ourselves at the fifth book, and frankly not much has changed in the past three books. The first third of the book is spent reviewing what happened in the last book of the series, and then the remaining two-thirds is spent dragging along trying to extend the plot so this series can last for what seems like eternity.

  I liken this series to a great athlete that does not retire until his career falls totally apart. This book had the potential to be "Hall of Fame" material, but with the dragging on of the series the books have lost their edge and I'm afraid all that people will remember are the last set of books in this series. They are no longer fast paced like the first two were, the plot is continually reiterated (probably so people can remember what the whole series is about) and the character development has halted entirely.

  One wonders whether the authors have any idea how these books are going to end as well! Which might not be so bad if it wasn't supposed to be a trilogy!
  
  

• A good series, but not great
  By A2L9IIE3FF0NVH on 2002-03-11
  I've just finished book nine from the series, Desecration and find myself agreeing with many other reviewers. This is a good series, but not great. The characters never really come alive and the plot definitly seems to begin slowing down in order to strech it out to cover more books. Still, these novels are simple, easy reads and go into some pretty good depth when it comes to the particulars of Revelations. I could see this series as being very good for teen-agers, although as an adult, they aren't as challenging as they could be. If you're looking for greatness, I agree with many others that We All Fall Down by Caldwell and The Christ Clone Trilogy by BeauSeigneur are still the best of the genre- intellegent, well written, and very powerful.
  
  
• The most gripping and suspenseful so far!
  By A17PEWCWG3TAGJ on 2000-07-06
  Just before I started reading these books, I had recomitted myself to the Lord Jesus Christ. After reading these books, it became even more clear to me how serious this really was, even though I knew it before, and my faith has grown stronger every day with the knowledge I have obtained in these books together with the knowledge I have been receiving from my Bible. This book by far was, I feel, the most suspenseful and gripping book that I have read yet in the series. My heart was pounding during the escape scenes, and I wept and mourned with the Tribulation Force when a member of theirs was struck down in the name of their cause. It is truly an eye opener for me and I hope that these books can reach farther than just those who already know God, and that somehow it will touch other peoples lives as well as it has touched my own. I highly recommend these series of books. One day this will happen. Even though these are fictional books, they are biblically based and people should take that into consideration and be rethinking a lot about their own lives, and whether or not they want to be left behind to deal with the atrocities as prophesized in the Bible. Nobody wishes this upon anyone and God is giving everyone so many chances to come to him, through all the blessings that he shows us everyday, that when the time comes and he is forced to take the drastic measures as outlined in the book of Revelations, it is only to get your attention and to hopefully bring you closer to Him and realize that He is the way, the truth and the light! God bless!
  
  
• The Emperor has no clothes.
  By A3KIAAV855TXMR on 2000-01-29
  First of all I am an evangelical Christian so I have no particular axe to grind with these books from a spiritual perspective. In fact the biblical scholorship here is interesting and is the sole redeeming factor.The fact is that these guys are completely incapable of writing fiction. I'll bet there are Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries that are more well written than these books and Apollyon is the bottom of the barrel.It's really an embarrasment.It's been my experience as a Christian that we always seem to close ranks behind christian anything and nobody ever tells the truth about how they feel about things lest we be judged by other christians for having a heretical perspective.Sorry,I refuse to play.The emperor has no clothes.THESE BOOKS STINK! The authors are milking these books for all they are worth and have eliminated quality completely.
  
  
• Hungry for the Word
  By A2PGKLWL6IZMT on 2000-03-14
  I first learned of these books about a month and a half ago, I went out immediatly and bought the first of the series "Left Behind",(and finished all six in a little over two weeks)not only did the novel keep me on my toes, the more I read the more hungry I became to learn. As I read I kept my bible near, and I read scripture quoted in these books (the doubting Thomas...I had to see for my self that "it truly was the word)I found it strange that in the first book, I recognized my character right away, and the more I read on, the more real she became, I found myself urging her to believe, to accept what was true....that "Jesus is our Lord and Savior".....then it dawned on me....I realized I was not really urging the character ....I was urging myself! When I got to book 5 "Apollyon", I could not comprehend how one could not possibly believe NOW, I mean....what does it take, but still....many did not believe. If I wasn't sure by now....I surly would be after the Demon Locusts....

  Your books re-affirmed what I thought I believed, and made me even a stronger believer and christian. When I finished the last of the series...I seemed to have found a peace within me that I have not ever had, but had often prayed for....I guess it comes in "God's Time". Your books have ministered to me, and I am forever grateful to you. You can be sure I will pass these on!
  
  

• Boys & Girls, This is Ludicrous
  By APGUTZRRMRPJW on 1999-10-28
  The first book was not well written. By this time, I would expect some improvement, but no-o-o! Not these folks!

  Not only is the writing just as wooden, just as scarily unconnected, now there are active contradictions. Not minor stuff, either. Steele's wife's name. Behavior. Actions.

  Look, characterization isn't that hard. Neither is writing emotions that convince the reader. These people don't experience faith, or fear, or any other feeling. We're told about it.

  Spare me! Stop writing this stuff! Or write better, one or the other. I know you can sell millions of these awful, thinly-plotted, badly characterized screeds because believers have far too little to read that entertains, enlightens and instructs. But please, work harder! And you readers! Just because it's about Christians facing the apocolypse doesn't mean it's any good. Figure that out and stop giving this stuff five stars!

  Ok, I've vented. But don't read this! It's gone beyond bad to squirmingly embarassing.
  
  

• EXCELLENT
  By on 1999-11-01
  I HAVE READ ALL SIX OF THE EXISTING BOOKS IN THE LEFT BEHIND SERIES. EACH BOOK TAKES YOU THROUGH A JOURNEY. YOU NEED TO STAY FOCUS THROUGH SOME PARTS IN SOUL HARVEST. I HAVE BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR 13 YEARS, BUT STILL ENJOYED HOW THE SERIES WAS WRITTEN EVEN FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A CLUE TO BIBLICAL PROPHECY. I COMMEND MR. JENKINS AND MR. LAHAYE FOR WRITING THESE BOOKS AND LETTING THE WORD OF GOD BE REVEALED TO THE LOST. I COMMEND EVERYONE IN THE WORLD TO READ, LISTEN TO THE AUDIOS OR HOWEVER THEY NEED TO GET THIS INTO THEM. THIS IS TRULY A JOB WELL DONE AND I WISH BOOK 7 WERE ALREADY PUBLISHED.
  
  
• Running out of time? Or just ideas?
  By A1CHM200OEN65X on 2000-01-11
  I approached the opening book of the Left Behind series skeptically. I've grown up in the church world, hearing the mish-mash of prophecy and fear shoved in the faces of the pew-dwellers, sometimes for honorable intentions, other times not. Pleasantly, I was surprised by the readability of the first book. Though it's description may or may not be the way God closes history, at least it challenged readers to weigh their own life and actions. Unfortunately, as the series has progressed, the writing has stumbled, the plot has thinned, and the message has become redundant. Like a bag of chips, the series got me addicted to the salt and fat, but now I'm merely overstuffed. Let's have some true meat, not only in the message, but in the method. Should Christians lower their artistic standards to rush the latest fictional sermon to the masses? I challenge all of you who, like me, love Jesus and His creativity, to reconsider our view of telling the Good News. Many of my non-believing friends refuse to read a novel unless it rises above the level of creative mediocrity. Should we expect them to dip down to lap at the rivers of life? Or can we raise the truth to them in chalices of well-crafted writing? Yes, God can use the simple to confound the wise. But He's also an incredible Creator, and we're made in His image. Jenkins and LaHaye initially hit on something special, but the record's been played one too many times. I'm looking for a novel that deals with the struggles of today, challenging and encouraging while telling a great story. We may be running out of time, but we haven't come close to stirring all the ideas available to writers who live in the shadow of our Almighty Creator.
  
  
• Not for the weak minded
  By on 2000-02-18
  Parents Beware! These books are NOT suitable for children. These books deal with mass disapearances, death, plague, Evil figures, Satan and brainwashing. These books are poorly written and deal with VERY Evil events. These Books are not for young minds who are easily influenced and impressionalble. Imagine if they start to run around the school yard believing that all this is true? Schools should pull these novels from their shelves. Book stores should prohibit the sale of these books unless the child has written permission.

  Want to give your children some books that will stimulate their imagination? Give them a Harry Potter book.
  
  

• I look forward to commuting by bus to read the series.
  By AQCQFKWZ7IDVV on 1999-11-01
  Other than the morning paper, I have never been one to read much. That all changed when my brother sent me the first five books of the "Left Behind" series. I have just received the sixth and look forward to reading it every day. The story is thrilling and action packed; the message from God extremely clear despite its interpretation of the Book of Revelations, a subject that is anything but clear to most people. I highly recommend these books to all, believer and non-believer. I sense God's presence as I read these books and a desire to get my life in order. I can only wish the same for everyone else. God Bless!
  
  
• Offending Propaganda
  By on 2001-01-19
  The author uses this book to, aside from make money, express all of his far right ideas. He shoves the message of "Christianity is best" every few pages, and also shows his anti-abortion status. As a "non-believer" (who LaHaye and Jenkins were kind enough to tell me would be tortured by demon locusts by their loving God of kindness and mercy, just because I didn't believe in their religion. Question: What religion was Jesus, Moses and Abraham?) I found this book offensive propaganda. Furthormore, it is very badly written. You get the impression someone just read Revelation, strung a few stereotypical characters, and tried to fill the pages that weren't filled with "Christ is Great" propaganda with monologue scenes.
  
  
• stupid, stupid book
  By A1QRKZR9EQP9VT on 2001-11-01
  i wish i could have given it less than one star, but they don't allow that.

  poorly written, limited point of view, not even really written by tim lahaye. jenkins does all the work.

  i should have been reading harry potter instead.
  
  

• It Just keeps getting better
  By A2VUTVOQ52BO4P on 2000-01-30
  Before I started the first Left Behind book, I was not a Christian. Now that I am, I see these books as very helpful to anyone that is looking for answers. This is a work of fiction, keep in mind, but it has so many references to the Bible, it is hard to ignore. APOLLYON is the best book that I have read yet, and I cannot wait to read the next one. The charaters are life-like, and both Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins write in the fashion of Tom Clancy or John Grisham (in the way they hold your attention). I highly recommend the whole series, and share it with the ones you love, it may just be what they were looking for.
  
  
• Consistent and edgy-a page turner!
  By on 2000-02-27
  Mounting passions and suspense-terrifying sequences that paint haunting visions. It's showtime! If these books fail to grab your attention, it isn't the theme or the message not getting through, it's the stubborn refusal to permit a disturbing future to shake one's non-belief. Several reviewers here have been dismissive to the point of scorn. Even so, millions are reading these books and for many it has been a life changing experience. I would encourage everyone to also read Jerry Furland's "Transfer-the end of the beginning". For all but the most hardened and cynical, "Transfer" and the Left Behind" series will make you see things differently. If you like the way you are now and cannot afford to change your thinking, by all means avoid these books.
  
  
• THIS BOOK. . .
  By A2VYK77GNFJDMS on 2002-02-14
  . . .. . .concerns me for a number of reasons.

  Reason One) The writing is really poor. For someone like myself, who grew up reading the Classics -- and who was always challenged to "reach" and to "strech myself" with regard to my reading, the quality of the writing (or lack thereof) was a significant "turn-off".

  Reason Two) The character development is virtually on-existent. While great writers (Charles Dickens comes to mind) frequently used "flat characters" as a literary device, the authors of this series seem ONLY to use "flat characters". The "Left Behind" characters seem to be "all good" or "all evil" and make the "jump" from evil (or unsaved) to good with a minimum of struggle. I don't see this as realistic. As the series progresses, the only truly interesting character -- and the only character who seems to be developing a personality is Nicolae! (And I don't think that it is the intent of the authors to promote sympathy for the bad guy!)

  Reason Three) The theology presented is presented as "the" correct interpretation of Revelation, embraced by all "true believers". This is nonsense. The theology of Revelation propounded in this series is a 19th century invention, accepted by only a very small minority of Protestant Christians. It does not represent what most Christians (regardless of denominational affiliation) have believed about Last Things for the entire history of Christianity.

  Reason Four) I find the underlying anti-Catholicism derogatory and offensive. If the authors have theological disagreements with
  Catholicism, I freely respect that. However, Catholicism is not accurately portrayed here -- rather, it is caricatured. Again, the identity of the "false prophet" is clear; the concept that the "false prophet" will be Pope is also clear -- and that Rome (and specifically the Vatican) will be the headquarters for the new "World Religion" is also clear. As a student of history and theology, I find this offensive in the extreme....
  
  

• Awesome!
  By A3QCF0GDZ5GI79 on 2000-04-05
  I've come attached to the characters in this series, so that tells you that the writers develop characters well. Also, I loved the Trib force's pumping escape from Israel! Read the whole series, they are great!
  
  
• Great Idea...Not-So-Great Writing
  By A2VKHOVA0KVU67 on 2003-09-14
  I knew that these books were to be taken as fiction and not a building block for a biblical eschatology. I read them because I am a pastor and I knew that many of my church members would be reading this series and I wanted to have some idea as to what "all the fuss" was about. The first book was enjoyable, but each book in the series became progressively more predictable, shallow, and under developed. I made it to book 5, and by this time, the storyline had become a bit hard to swallow, even with ample grains of salt sitting on my shelf in very close proximity to this series. The fact that a group of "Tribulation Force" computer hacks were able to secure a website on a server somewhere in the world that could simultaneously handle millions of hits a day and elude detection by an enemy who controls virtually all telecommunication was a too much for me. Add to this the poorly written dialogue and run of the mill characters and you have a series which goes to show that securing a spot on the NY Times bestseller list only proves that Americans will buy anything.
  
  
• Frightfully descriptive
  By on 1999-11-11
  Once again, LaHaye and Jenkins have taken the passages of the Bible and put them into a context that any person can understand. I loved the little locusts, even though they are demons. Jenkins and LaHaye gave a description f them that matches the Biblical but brings them to life in a way that is incredibly detailed. I also liked the fact thatCarpathia had a deformed child. Loooks like the antichrist has some of Satans genes in him all ready.
  
  
• Two steps forward, three steps back
  By AYT4FJYVCHYLE on 2000-10-18
  After reading the fifth in the Left Behind series I guess I should start with the positive. LaHaye and Jenkins manage to keep the momentum moving that for me really just started with "Soul Harvest." The action kicks off in Israel with a religious summit that culminates in a breakneck escape for Chloe,Buck, & Tsion. This is what these guys do best; Write great action sequences. Unfortunately even these feel strained with unbelievability this time out.To have Buck Williams fall off an ascending plane and only wind up with scratches and abrasions in almost laughable. There is on the other hand a detailed and suspenseful sequence when the destroyer, Apollyon, unleashes his demon locusts to attack the nonbelievers. The interesting thing about all the books is how the authors are going to dramatically handle what the book of Revelations has prophesized. And now that the seals and trumpets are being opened and sounded, there's plenty of obsticles for the protagonists to battle. Still, the problems I've had with the earlier books have maintained their annoying aspects. Dialogue still sounds like a bad 1940s tv show, and characters and relationships are still one dimensional. Hattie still remains the most deplorable victim of this, making her so annoying I wish they'd knock her off and put all of us out of our misery. Not to mention,who knows why the authors chose to make mention of her one remaining relative who's also unsaved and just happens to be working in an abortion clinic. (Cause that's where bad people would work.) It had nothing to do with the plot, and the character never turned up again. Gee, had they found her in the last book she could've arranged for Hattie to get that abortion she wanted and be rid of the Antichrist's baby sooner.

  Whatever.

  Again, as I've said at the end of my reviews of the other books in the series, I'll continue to read the rest of them. Despite their abundant flaws I still want to see who makes it to the end.
  
  

• Real Thriller
  By A2908V4ITWBKII on 2001-02-01
  In this fifth book, God's Judgment continues to pound the earth and the faithful band of believers are forced underground when Global Community Potentate Nicolae Carpathia declares them international fugitives. Hattie Durham, the former airline attendant and mistress of the antichrist, ponders what to do about the approaching birth of her illegitimate child. Rayford Steele continues to pilot Carpathia's plane, and questions the mounting evidence that his late wife, Amanda, may have been a false believer. Buck and his wife Chloe debate whether to have a child when the future of the world is so uncertain. Believers increasingly rely upon the Internet for underground communication and for following what's happening. Many contemplate violence as a way of combating the forces of evil that are overtaking the world. They gather in Jerusalem for the Meeting of Witnesses and showdown with Nicolae Carpathia. They gain a little bit of time to resolve their respective personal crises when demon locusts are dispatched as a divine plague to attack those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

  Apollyon is a thriller that will keep you riveted until the last page. It is one of the better written of the series. One can't help but feel emotionally involved with Buck, Chloe, and Rayford and the events they are experiencing ... the excitement at the stadium, the decisions of faith made, and the agony of the non-believers enduring the bites of the locust. An exhilarating read that will keep you in suspense as it realistically characterizes the horrors of the tribulation.
  
  

• What a wonderful time to be a Christian lover of literature!
  By AOYKZHA8QR31R on 2001-11-08
  For so many years, a Christian's only real option to read quality Christian literature was to read the marevelous C.S. Lewis. I feel blessed in the the last couple of years with the outpouring of quality literature now available. What's more, the different books are all very different. Left Behind is a wonderful introduction to the theology behind the End Times and a great series for all ages. We All fall down is a great book for more mature, intellegent Christians who wsnt to explore the individual ramifications of the End Times and the one on one relationship of a man who has fallen away from God. The Christ Clone Trilogy is a thrilling, Tom Clancey like look at these events, full of unexpected twists and turns. I know some people like to argue the various merits of these books as compared to each other, but I think they are all worth reading and feel lucky to finally have such a wide variety of GREAT Christian literature available.
  
  
• Same thing over and over and over......
  By on 2000-02-02
  I am not a believer in the Rapture but found the first book very informative on what it is all about. However, the following 4 books are pretty much the same stuff repeated. I am hanging in there just because I started but they are getting quite boring.
  
  
• Content vs. Theory vs. Writing
  By A6DPWU2T7V4XF on 2000-08-01
  I am going to put the same review on each of the "Left Behind" series books because my reaction to each of them is basically the same. (For actual content, read Amazon's description above. For my bent on the series, read on.)

  There are basically three main theories concerning Christ's return, based off scripture, and though I won't get into them here, this one is off the pre-tribulation theory. (Which is actually the same one I believe in.) The problem is, I know why I believe in this particular theory, whereas other Christian may simply read this book and say, "Oh, so that's what's going to happen!" Well, before you do that, check your Bible and other sources, and don't just base it off these books. OK, time to step off my soapbox...

  As far as writing talent, I have been VERY disappointed with all the books in this series. At first, I gave them the benefit of the doubt, thinking the writing was so simplistic so younger kids could read them too, until I discovered they have a young kids version out for this series, at which point I was just saddened. So don't expect a well-written novel, as I feel each book's writing has become more and more simple with each release. And by this, I don't mean the story doesn't flow, because it does. It's just written in such simply words that even a grade-schooler could read it without any problems.

  As far as content, you'll find stuff in here you like, I don't doubt that, but if you're like me, you'll be skimming many areas because you don't care about every single step that every single person takes to get from point A to point B. It's a tedious read at parts, but if you like the study of the end times, as do I, or like reading Christian novels, as do I, then these books will suffice. But don't base your belief system off them until you know more than just what's presented here, and certainly DON'T read them if literary content is your main goal as you won't find well-WRITTEN novels here. If it weren't for that fact alone, I'd be devouring these books as they came out, but as it is, I've read them after friends buy them and are done with them since I am interested in the story, but not the work it takes for me to constantly forgive the writing.
  
  

• This entire series has captivated me!
  By A16DVPLMSD3QON on 1999-12-11
  From the very first volume LEFT BEHIND to APOLLYON, I have been captivated! I have never been much of a reader, and the book of Revelation has been a mystery that has intrigued me. But now I find myself going back and looking at with a different understanding because of the writing of Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins and the Left Behind series. This is a first rate series, and I look forward to reading the rest of them as they come out.
  
  
• how about a zero star rating, guys?
  By on 1999-09-06
  This LaHaye guy is basically the modern-day equivalent of the old tent-revival preachers, except that he is pocketing millions instead of pocket change. His books do achieve one worthy thing, though: they actually make organized religion seem dumber than it already is. This one panders shamelessly to the pre-millenial panic crowd, and I'm sure a lot of them will stock up on copies of LaHaye's books along with the Spam and portable generators. Verdict: just another end-time huckster trying to make a few million bucks before the big nothing at the end of the century. A side note: since when did fundamentalists become so interested in computers, anyway?
  
  

• Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist (Left Behind No. 6)
• Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides (Left Behind No. 4)
• The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession (Left Behind No. 7)
• Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist (Left Behind No. 3)
• The Mark: The Beast Rules the World (Left Behind No. 8)