Here he tries to assure everyone of his open and passive nature. After being exonerated of earlier accusations of the murder of his family, Tsion Ben-Judah is given “permission” to come back to his homeland of Israel to speak to the 144,000 witnesses prophesied about in the book of revelations.Ĭarpathia, not wanting to be outshone, makes a special guest appearance. With the so-called blessing of the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia, the great conference of witnesses is scheduled to occur in Israel. Getting further into the Tribulation-the period after the Rapture but before the Glorious Appearing- the world’s surviving population is facing yet another large blow to its numbers. Things continue to pick up as the world faces more and more Trumpet Judgements. I will definitely continue on in this series.Īppollyon is the fifth book in the Left Behind Series. And finally, they do a good job keeping you guessing with who is the 'good guy' and who is an 'impostor.' It really puts you in a place to relate to what the characters must be feeling. There is no immediate gratification when something mysterious comes up - sometimes you have to wait several chapters to find out what is going on. Also, the writers have gotten better at building suspense. They learn, they grow, they make mistakes, they are as human as fictional characters could be. I feel that the writers have come a good distance with character development, as I find myself actually caring what happens to them and feeling some emotion with what they are going through. In fact, you can even see that the writers probably felt obligated to respond to those claims by giving the character Chloe some strange dialogue, such as telling Tsion that she felt insulted when he called her a 'precious little one.' At any rate, Chloe's character is as strong a female lead as a reader can ever hope for.Īnyway, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Secondly, as to the complaints that the books are sexist, that's just silly. Well, every writer has his voice, and how interesting would the world be if everyone wrote or spoke exactly the same way? Yes, the writing style is simple, but that just makes the book(s) easier too read.

First of all, some complain that the writing style is too sophomoric. As one who always reads other reviews before reading and reviewing a book, I feel like I should respond to what some of the other reviewers have to say.

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