| Granted, I only read the first of the series, but I thought it was a poorly written generic "thriller". The prose was so simplistic it made Dan Brown into a downright literary master. Plus, the visions of the Rapture, etc weren't nearly hellish enough. When I think Armageddon and Revelations, I think those horrific renaissance paintings (naked, diseased people fornicating with goats and shit), not a group of all-American heroes forming "Tribulation Force". Plus, the authors blatantly use the series as a ministry opportunity. Savvy evangelism, yes, but I'd rather read a book that stands on its own, rather than the extension of slick proselytizing franchise.
If you want a vision of apocalypse, read The Stand. |