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ISBN-13: 9780842329125 - ISBN-10: 0842329129 Publication Date: 1996 Pages: 320 |
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Book Reviews of Left Behind (Left Behind, Bk 1)
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10 member(s) found this review helpful.
I first started this series when I was 11. It was facinating then... however, from a Christian standpoint, I don't really see that the series has so much meritt as I originally gave them. They ARE novels... and so many Christians act like the end of the world will be like this word for word, almost to a damaging extent. The fact is the truth does NOT lie between the covers of this series. The truth is that we cannot even fathom what God has in store, which is why I believe the Bible has been written in the way it has been. So many things in it are a mystery because we are only finite and cannot truly fathom what lies in the words. I, unlike most Christians, do not believe that the book of Revelation was meant to be taken literally, which is exactly what these books do.
They are harmless, intersting reads. However, they do not contain much moral merrit, which is surprising in a Christian novel.
Jennifer R. (
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is probably one of the worst books I've ever read. From the beginning I knew what was going to happen, and half-way through the book the "climax" is given away before you get to the end. I really wanted to like this book, but at the end I just kept thinking I wasted my time.
As for the writing itself, the characters are standard cardboard cutouts, the dialogue is subpar, and the writing is dry.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is the first book in the Left Behind Series; these books are great and highly addictive! Once you start, you'll want to read all of them! Tells the story of the world beginning with the rapture of Christians; focuses on those "left behind", specifically Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, Buck Williams, and new characters who are continuously introduced.
Cindy B. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I decided to try it to see what it was about. I couldn't get into it, but know alot of others who really liked the books. I think it was the way it was written and not the story itself that I just didn't like.
CM C. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I tried really hard to complete the book. The writing was not engaging. I must be missing something here because is a HUGE following for this series.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very interesting book! Once you pick it up you don't want to put it down! And when you reach the end you are ready to dive into the next book of the series!
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Trite. I can't believe these things are so popular.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Brilliantly written. You'll be hooked after the first 5 minutes.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Action-packed and fast-paced novel of what could happen when Christ raptures the faithful. First of twelve novel series. Great read!!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have read through this series more than once, and though the first book may not be thouroughly engaging, it is a good start to a wonderful series. You will become attatched to the characters and will cry with them, laugh with them, and feel with them. It is truly a magnificent story.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
If you are looking for the "answer" to it all, you are looking in the wrong place. The authors of this series don't have God's mouth to their ears telling them exactly how the earth is going to end, etc.etc.etc., and finding the answer to prophecy, well, you might want to just put the book down and back away.
If, however, you are looking for an entertaining read based on Biblical scripture that will make you think twice before you keep that extra $5 the Wal-mart clerk handed you by mistake, then start reading now.
I don't claim to be a Bible scholar, but I do know what I've read and the authors do a great job basing this series on the Christian beliefs and Bible, and definitely had me on the edge of my seat.
I recommend this series.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I was a little hesitant to read these books as I didn't know what to expect. The more I read and heard about them, the more interested I became. Putting aside the backgrounds (and perhaps intentions) of the authors, I am hooked on this series. Religion and beliefs aside, this book remains to have a great 'what if' factor. I'm currently on the 3rd book in the series and sometimes have to pinch myself at all the similarities in what I'm reading and what's really happening in the world today.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Whether or not you believe in the Bible, Left Behind does make for an interesting tale of comfort through crisis (especially post 9/11), conspiracy, a father's relationship to his daughter, and how a newsman deals with removing his feelings to get to a story. The best way to read this series is as a fictional novel in which extraordinary events have happened, people will start to believe in religion. Details are taken out of the Book of Revelation and fiction is added to make it an enjoyable read. I enjoyed the book and the and the rest of the series intense action and feeling which makes them page turners.
LYNN K. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read this because I had heard such great reviews about this series. While it's an interesting concept, I just couldn't get into this book. I would say it was okay, but not all that great as I expected.
Michelle
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book! I am fascinated with the end times prophesies in the Bible, so this book naturally captivated me from page one. The book tends to sound a little preachy at times, and may irk adamant non-believers (although they might not be inclined to pick up this book anyway)
I found it to be a good read, and look forward to reading more in the series.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The original, very entertaining and full of scriptural prophecy. I recommend this book highly, as it opens pages of Revelations to those who have a hard time deciphering biblical liturgy.
Patty P.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A fascinating and engaging premise, but unfortunately the characters lacked depth, and the emotional responses to personal loss world-changing events were too uncomplicated and predictable.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The first of the Left Behind series. grabs you in fast. A good read.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
One day millions of people disappear all over the world, the story of the chaos that ensues and the theories as to why this happened.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I couldn't put these books down, great read throughout the series
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I simply loved it!!!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have read the whole series and loved evry chapter
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
In One cataclysmic monent, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. In the midst of global choas, arline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear.
Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes.
In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Sttele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The book that started it all. The first and best.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellant reading
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
great read-exciting-couldn't put it down.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. A novel of the earth's last days.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Utter garbage. Based on theology that has been completely discredited. Read it only if you are interested in being part of the brainwashing being done on America by rich, white men interested in using religion to keep their position of power. True Christians should be appalled by the graphic violence and hate in this series.
Has to be read in order for the series to make since. I thought the entire series was great. Unfortunately the balance of the series is gone from my library via someones garage sale. Would have been great for someone to get the entire series.
one of the best books i've ever read i had never read a series of books till i started on this one the whole series gets you hooked and thinkin what happens next it will make you laugh cry mad and more faithful and look to the lord for answers in your life
In the twinkling of an eye, chaos erupted everywhere! Some people vanished while others were left behind wondering where their loved ones went, and why... The first in a series. A great read.
Konnie K. (This was an amazing start to the series. You meet many characters but not enough to overload you! Everyone should read the book.It reads fast and is very exciting.You won't want to put it down.
AWESOME first book in a wonderful series! A must read!
This is the first in the series...if you haven't read it but are interested in religion at all it's a great series.
Excellent book... I really got hooked on this series. Great reading.
This book is just one of the series published by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Personally I really enjoyed this book, it kept me on the edge of my seat and gave an account of how things would be if we are "Left Behind" when Christ returns.
I loved this entire series and always looked forward to the next one!
One of those books you can't put down once you start!
I love this whole series. This is the first book in the series.
This book actually has a 1 1/2 inch tear on the front cover, but at the seam so it's not super noticeable. I still thought someone could enjoy it.
FANTASTIC BOOK!!! I read the whole series, one after another. I love them!!!
Dramatic account of what things may be like when that day comes...
Candy B. (The whole Left Behind series is amazing. Very insightful & inspiring. Keeps you wanting more until the very last page and then you can't wait to start the next book!
In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned,careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. In the midst of gloval chaos. airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.
Very good. Would recommend this to everyone. Even non-Christians will enjoy. Keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Nora S. (In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear.
Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes.
In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.
Even those who are not connoisseurs of fiction will be gripped by this novel. In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loves ones vanish before their eyes. In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.
Based on the apocalyptic prophesies of the Book of Revelation, this book tells the harrowing story of commercial airlines pilot Captain Rayford Steele, a wayward Christian who is left behind on earth following the end of the world. The first of 12 books in an astoundingly successful series of Christian action novels shows Rayford's gradual climb to self-awareness and repentance and introduces the Antichrist's seven-year reign of terror. LEFT BEHIND held a spot on the Publishers Weekly trade paperback best-seller list for 22 weeks.
Angel S. - Titus, AL reviewed on 7/31/2006...This was a very good book!
On a flight from Chicago to London, several passengers aboard Capt. Rayford Steele's plane suddenly and mysteriously disappear. When Steele radios to London to report the situation, he discovers that the incident on his plane is not an isolated phenomenon but a worldwide occurrence. As Steele begins his search for answers, he learns that the Christ has come to take the faithful with Him in preparation for the coming apocalyptic battle between good and evil and that those who have been left behind must face seven dark and chaotic years in which they must decide to join the forces of Christ or the forces of Anti-Christ. Jenkins, writer-in-residence at Moody Press, and LaHaye (A Nation Without a Conscience, Tyndale, 1994) have written a gripping thriller that captures the anxiety and fear that interpretations of Revelation often inspire.
LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW
This is the book that started off the series, and the concept for a TV show in the fall of '06 (which I'm sure won't be half as good as the book).
It's a Christian thriller- prophesy based fiction, a juiced-up morality tale. Thought provoking and very entertaining!
In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devstating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead....
Piloting his 747, Rayford Steele is musing about his wife Irene's irritating religiosity and contemplating the charms of his "drop-dead gorgeous" flight attendant, Hattie. First Irene was into Amway, then Tupperware, and now it's the Rapture of the Saints--the scary last story in the Bible in which Christians are swept to heaven and unbelievers are left behind to endure the Antichrist's Tribulation. Steele believes he'll put the plane on autopilot and go visit Hattie. But Hattie's in a panic: some of the passengers have disappeared! The Rapture has happened, abruptly driverless cars are crashing all over, and the slick, sinister Romanian Nicolae Carpathia plans to use the UN to establish one world government and religion. Resembling "a young Robert Redford" and silver-tongued in nine languages, Carpathia is named People's "Sexiest Man Alive." (This reviewer, a former People writer, finds this plot twist plausible.) Meanwhile, Steele teams up with Buck Williams, a buck-the-system newshound, to form the Tribulation Force, an underground of left-behind penitents battling the Antichrist.
This is a book that is marketed to all and so it is a pretty easy read. Not the best book I have ever read but not the worst. It has a pretty even writing style that semi-hides the fact that they want you to become a born again Christian. But what else would you expect from a book that is about the last days of Earth?
Stephanie D. (This book really makes you think about what could happen to people during the end times.
I'm not into Christian fiction, but this was actually a very intriguing book. It kept me entertained.
In one cataclysmic moment,millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles,suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish begore their eyes.
Great book, great series! Must read for every Christian!
Increible first book in the Left Behind series about the second coming of Christ. A thriller that you won't want to put down and will make you run to the book store for the books that follow!
Poorly written and totally implausible but will appeal to a certain type of person I guess.
First book in Left Behind Series.Food for thought. The Rapture . Some are left and some are taken.The whole series is worth reading. It is of course fiction.
Excellent read! A first in a series about the apocolypse.
Millions disappear suddenly, causing chaos, now empty cars careening out of control, etc.
Marcia L. (In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control.. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes.
In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearanes have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.
Bobbie L. (Although a little slow at first, this book is a must read for Christians and non-Christians alike. Though it was written in 1995 and many things have happened since then, this book deals with the what-ifs of the Rapture and the coming of Jesus Christ for his followers. With masterful storytelling that really DOES keep you turning the pages and a firm understanding of what the End Times could really be like, this should be madatory reading for members of the Christian Faith worldwide.
millions of people around the world disappear, the terror of knowing that the end is near.
the series is excellent i have them all, this one was a extra copy.
had anticipated reading this one and it wasnt a disappointment! a great first book for a coming series.. for me anyway!!
On a flight from Chicago to London, several passengers aboard Capt. Rayford Steele's plane suddenly and mysteriously disappear. When Steele radios to London to report the situation, he discovers that the incident on his plane is not an isolated phenomenon but a worldwide occurrence. As Steele begins his search for answers, he learns that the Christ has come to take the faithful with Him in preparation for the coming apocalyptic battle between good and evil and that those who have been left behind must face seven dark and chaotic years in which they must decide to join the forces of Christ or the forces of Anti-Christ.
In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead. A+++ #1 in the Left Behind Series...you won't be able to put these down!!!
In one cataclysmic moment, Millions around the globe dissapear. vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control.People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes.In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth, as devastating as the dissapearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.
Wonderful "what-if" story. People just disappear leaving their clothes where they sat. Christian literature.
This is the first in the series. It is good enough to read the whole series but the characters are not developed very well, and even though the books are fairly accurate to the scripture, the fiction parts are truly unbelievable, even for fiction.
J T. reviewed on 6/24/2005...On a flight from Chicago to London, several passengers aboard Capt. Rayford Steele's plane suddenly and mysteriously disappear. When Steele radios to London to report the situation, he discovers that the incident on his plane is not an isolated phenomenon but a worldwide occurrence. As Steele begins his search for answers, he learns that the Christ has come to take the faithful with Him in preparation for the coming apocalyptic battle between good and evil and that those who have been left behind must face seven dark and chaotic years in which they must decide to join the forces of Christ or the forces of Anti-Christ.
A wonderful series, you can't wait until you finish the book.
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