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Babylon Rising - Christian fiction

Last post 04-17-2006, 1:19 PM by Andrew. 0 replies.


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04-17-2006, 1:19 PM 12

Andrew
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Babylon Rising - Christian fiction

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Babylon Rising is the first in a new series by the Left Behind series author Tim LaHaye. I should say the "popular" Left Behind series, which it was, even though I couldn't maintain my interest in the series long enough to reach the half-way point.

Looking for an alternative to some of the secular pop fiction I have been reading recently, I thought I would give LaHaye's new series a quick read. As I mentioned Babylon Rising is the first in the series, and in my opinion, it is about average for its genre.

I did like LaHaye's use of re-telling the story from the Book of Daniel in the Bible through a 3rd-person action/adventure point of view. Connecting Daniel's story to the main modern day plot of the book is a nice touch. I enjoyed reading the story of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar re-told as a novel, although this was only a small part of the book.

Overall, the story kept my interest enough that I read the next two in the series to see which direction the quality of writing would go, but in the end I know this book is going to go on the tall pile of literature I'll never open again.

Would you recommend Babylon Rising to other readers?

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