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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
Originally I gave this title 5 stars. I am revising my stars to zero.
The reason I am doing so is that since reading this title, several things about my faith journey and expression have changed and I no longer subscribe to evangelical ideologies.
The reason I am doing so is that since reading this title, several things about my faith journey and expression have changed and I no longer subscribe to evangelical ideologies.
Good read
This one was a lot better because it wasn't so drug out. However the personal healings and visions and all that stuff is getting ridiculous.
This one was a lot better because it wasn't so drug out. However the personal healings and visions and all that stuff is getting ridiculous.
Not as good as I remember the other books in the series being, although I admittedly read them over 5 years ago. Still, action-packed and interesting enough that I do plan on finishing the series someday.
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
Why I got to Book Nine of this series before I stopped reading I'm not quite sure. It helped that these are written at about a second grade reading level, so you can whip through one on a reasonably long subway ride.
I can't believe I lasted as long as I did reading this wretched series. Looking back on it, I was completely suckered in by the apocalypse effect (as I often am). The writing is horrible, the evangelism is blatant and disgusting, the women were forced to make babies and clean up after the determined, patriarchal bastards known as men. Ugh, what a waste of time. Please don't be brainwashed by this crap like I was for nine books.
Desecration is another one of the Left Behind books that stuck out to me a little with its odd pacing compared to the other books. It was like the author had so many storylines that they wanted to include that they all got chopped up a bit and didn't get the full attention that they deserved. George was a new character that had a whole plotline just for himself, and it only seemed to be included to show off how cool George was. I didn't think he deserved so much screen time, but what do I know, maybe there was a bigger purpose for his inclusion. Anyway, the book was okay. It had a lot of action which made up for the pacing issues, and if I did a read-through of Left Behind again, I probably wouldn't skip it. Probably.
This one veers off in Saturday morning cartoon villain territory. The best line is when Ben Juda uses all the good works done in gods name as a reason to believe but logic requires you count all the bad stuff too. When you count all the wars, slavery, torture, discrimination and hatred done in gods name the best I can get to is still a less than zero. As always full if logical fallacies and doubled down on the hate mongering.