Customer Reviews
Ayn Rand and Dan Brown do the rapture - By: C. Russell, 06 Jul 2008 
I brought this book for 50p expecting a ridiculous plot, wooden characters, & terrible philosophy.
The book exceeded my expectations. My only complaint concerns the lack of bad sex scenes.
The penultimate scene involves the anti-Christ gratuitously shooting someonein the head, while brainwashing an entire room of highly influential politicians, as our hero prays for his soulin the corner of the room. The anti-Christ concludes this by hitting on an air hostess, but no black mass/satanic orgy results.
While I respect the authors for recognizing that whatever goes on between the beast from the pit & this air hostess is their own business, I do hope this deficit will be correctedin the later books.
I recommend this book to all connoisseurs of the genre.
Trying - By: D. M. Lee, 22 Jun 2008 
Unless your a God botherer don't read this book. It's simply an excuse to bombard you with christian fundamentalist propaganda. The writing style is poor, the characters wooden & the word "scripture is probably mentioned over 150 times"
I persevered & managed to get partway through the second book before I gave upin disgust.
if you are a God botherer on the other hand then you'd probably not enjoy it cos the bible is frankly a better read.
WOW!!!! - By: Lady T, 10 Apr 2008 
If you're into action packed, cant-put-it-down, conspiracy-type stuff, this is definately the book for you!
The story line is brilliant & captivating. I've only finished reading it this morning & i'm gutted i have to wait a whole day till saturday to get the nextin the series. Great for Christians AND non-Christians alike. Not the least bit offensive to those from non Christian backgrounds/views but does allow opportunity (if you're the deep-thinking type) to 'soul-search' & consider your own thoughts & beliefs about God & Jesus as you 'get into' the minds of the main characters.
Leaves you wondering if there's the slightest possibility that these things could really happen & where you'd end up if it did come true..........scary but gripping!
So what should you do next? Pick up a copy............unless ya wanna be Left Behind! :)
Religious propaganda thinly disguised as science fiction - By: S. Bryant, 18 Jan 2008 This book made me feel distinctly queasy -in fact, so much so I wasn't able to get beyond three-quarters of it. However, if you enjoy reading full-on Christian fundamentalist progagandain the shaky guise of a futuristic drama, then this is definitely for you.
The scenario is that millions of people have disappeared - including all of Earth's children - with grief & horror on a colossal scale. You might think that this theme would be developed - or at least mentioned again! - through the book, but no, after three days everything seems to be back to normal & one of the 'heroes' has had a blinding revelation through watching a videotape! This blinkered, one-eyed effort is rounded off by stereotypical descriptions, wooden characters, banal dialogue, poor research (if any) - please note, we haven't drunk 'ales'in pubsin the UK within living memory - so that the end product is truly dire.
Physically, too, the book is a poor effort. My copy was printed on cheap paper, contained spelling inconsistencies, unnecessarily large margins & unjustified text. Visually, it appears to be aimed at gullible twelve year olds with severely challenged attention spans.
To sum up, I found this book disappointing, smug, offensive & insulting to my intelligence.
Read at your own peril - By: A. Dougherty, 10 Dec 2007 I am another of the many that picked this book up & flew through it, barely taking time to use the bathroom or eat. I am not a big reader, but found this to be very easy to read & fantastically gripping. From the first few pages the book had me immersed.
I must admit however that the next book or soin the series did slow down but they soon pick up speed again & soon you will just want to race through all of them. Only buy this book if you are happy with reading through an entire series as you'll be thirsty for more at the end.
