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Originally Posted by Shopaholic
To me it sounds like someone making a joke/sly comment about a writer that they don't like and nothing more.
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Thanks, Shopaholic. I should have been clearer.
I'm an atheist but I greatly enjoy studying religion. I tried reading Tim LaHaye's 'Left Behind' series. I thought a novel about The Rapture would be intriguing and give me some insight into the thought processes of believers. (LaHaye is apparently a believer).
Left Behind One starts with a brilliant set-up - half the passengers on a trans Atlantic flight simply disappear from the plane. Any competent writer could have turned this into a thrilling, thought provoking read. But LaHaye and his co-author are so inept and wooden and illogical and clumsy... it was all I could do to struggle through the book without throwing it across the room.
According to my reading list, I read "Left Behind One" way back in April 2008. It was so bad that I am STILL annoyed!
I feel about LaHaye the way certain forum members feel about D*n Br**n. Maybe Hell is a library that stocks only D*n Br**n and Tim LaHaye. And you've got to read them for all eternity - except when you're allowed to watch TV - which is only "Dharma and Greg" re-runs.
