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Originally Posted by venomus  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. |
It gets better as it continues on I think... though if you didnt like the first one at all I doubt you would really love the rest. I agree with faltigoth on this one. The series is a good vision on what would happen if revelations really happened. While "naked, diseased people fornicating with goats and shit" might make for more interesting reading material hehe... Its not really accurate when describing revelations. Remember books like The Stand (which btw I think is fantastic) all just show their own version on the "last days" but dont really follow revelations close at all, which is silly because thats basicly where they got the story anyway.
The rapture isnt suppose to be that hellish is the thing(though Lucifer does show up about half way through the series to finish what he started as do his closest demon.. er generals?). Alot of books like The Stand just really go overboard on the whole nightmarish-demonic atmosphere. The basic idea is that jesus says "tick tock bitches" and gives the people "left behind" 7 years to accept him, or follow Nicolae. Its a series about redemption more then post-apocalyptic horror.
At least thats my take on it.