[P-Marlowe]

The Left Behind series is a major rip-off - the books are way over-priced and poorly written.

1) Have you priced other books?

2) Have you read any of the books in the series?

[LouD]

The Left Behind series is a major rip-off - the books are way over-priced and poorly written.

I'd have to agree. Irrespective of where you stand on the theology, the books are some of the worst prose I've ever read. These guys are complete hacks as writers.

[JenB]

I don't know about Valerie, but I've tried to read the Left Behind books because I wanted to be able to talk about them intelligently. By great force of will I finished the first and skimmed the second. In my opinion they are very badly written. Now, I am not a professional fiction writer (yet) but I have read literally thousands of books, and very few of them were as badly written as the Left Behind series.

Sadly, many so-called Christian novels are poorly written; even those I enjoy, such as most of Frank Peretti's works, are hardly great literature. It's like publishers figure they can slap a 'Christian' label on it and sell crap that would never sell in the secular market. Frankly I find it insulting, and more so when better-written Christian novels can't be found in Christian bookstores. (I'm thinking of Stephen Lawhead; his books are not carried at either of the two nearest Christian bookstore, so I have to buy them from Borders).

Look, Christian music was in the same place a few decades ago, and now look at it - it's great, there are hundreds of different groups out there... I'm just sad that Left Behind is doing so well, because it's sending the message of "it doesn't have to be good so long as it's Christian."

[Marysecretary]

Walmart's has them for around $9.00 a book. That's no more than any others. It's easy to read.