The Indwelling

There's not much to say about The Indwelling. It is the 7th book of the popular Christian fiction series Left Behind. I'm reading the series (slowly) because I never have and because sometimes my brain needs a break. I read a lot of deep and dense books and if I don't read mindless easy-to-read fiction books from time to time I go on information overload.

If you've read one Left Behind book, you've read them all. You know what to expect: fast-paced action, precarious situations, the heroes (usually) beating almost impossible odds, and a very black-and-white good versus evil battle. Maybe even a slight twist. All of that's here, except the twist. This book is a bit different in that it takes place over only about 3 days. It's still fast-paced, just a bit more subtle than the previous books. It allows for a minimal amount of character development for Chloe and Rayford in particular, which is nice because their characters have gone through almost no development since the midway point of the first book.

I can't really talk too much about the book because it might contain spoilers. A character gets "saved," another dies, and the Carpathia administration makes one more step in its opposition to the Tribulation Force.

Overall, the plot is predictable, the characters still flat (I haven't built a connection with any characters yet), and the writing at a middle school level. It's popular fiction with a very obvious Christian slant.

In A Sentence: Lots of action but it loses its punch when you account for the fact that it's hard to relate to or connect to the overly flat and stereotyped characters.

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars (for being my favorite left behind book since the first)

Book completed March 28th...6 books, 28 days...at this rate I'll read 78 books