The Mark

My latest read was The Mark by Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye, the 8th book in the Left Behind series. In this book, the Carpathia regime is beginning the push for global residents to receive "the mark" that identifies them as loyal followers of Carpathia, who has risen to deity-status in the minds of many after his death and resurrection. The "Tribulation Force" has to hatch a plan to survive without receiving the mark, because people who don't comply will be killed.

This is the first book I'm reading that I hadn't read in its entirety in High School. I think I read about half of it and put it down to never pick it up again until now. Like all of the Left Behind books, the writing is poor and the characters are flat and dull. Still, there's plenty of action, and the plot points continue to move forward at an accelerated rate. So it's an easy and somewhat entertaining book with little to no literary merit.

I'm reading out of curiosity, and the Left Behind books provide a nice break from denser material. I'll finish the original series (ending with the Glorious Appearance) mostly to see where the popular series goes.

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars


finished 5/1. 15 books, 62 days...at this rate I'll read 88 books.