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Nicolae (Left Behind #3)

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First they were Left Behind. Then they formed the Tribulation Force. Now they must face Nicolae. In the most explosive of the three books so far, the seven-year tribulation is nearing the end of its first quarter, when prophecy says that "the wrath of the Lamb" will be poured out upon the earth. Rayford Steele becomes the ears of the tribulation saints at the highest level ...more
Paperback, Large Print, 530 pages
Published December 3rd 2005 by Thorndike Press (first published 1997)
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Amanda
Jul 22, 2011 Amanda rated it it was amazing
First, I must dispute some of the claims made by other reviewers. They claim that this series is sexist, mainly because of the character of Hattie Durham. That is ridiculous, not only because such women exist in the world, but especially because there are other female characters (Chloe, for example) who do not behave in this manner. Additionally, there are male characters who have impure sexual motives as well. So, calling this book sexist is utterly unfounded. Secondly, they have called this bo ...more
Christy
Aug 14, 2011 Christy rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Once again, I am enthralled by the subject matter of these books but I am so confused as to why it was not executed better. The writing is so laughably lacking in any sort of creative realm it is almost painful to me. The use of metaphoric language is absolutely nonexistent in these novels. Basically, I read this book in a day. And while I am a fast reader, that is a feat I have rarely achieved. I am convinced I did it because they are so simple to read. Straightforward, no frills, just boom boo ...more
Lauren
Oct 10, 2014 Lauren rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audio
[audiobook]
At this point I'm only listening to these for laughs and because they don't require much thought to follow. Being the third book in the series, there's a lot of time spent recapping the entire premise of the original story and the previous books, but most of this doesn't show up until the last third of the book.
Again, the author shows that he has very limited knowledge of science despite attempting to throw terms into the book, even allowing for dating technology back about 15 years
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Alexander


This is the third novel in the Left Behind series. The novel continues to build off of where the last book left off. The book was really intense in some parts, while other parts felt like they were added into the novel to make the book longer. Overall it was a nice installment to the series.

Pros

Intense
Character development
Plot development
Clift hangers

Cons

A few slow parts
David Nichols
May 10, 2011 David Nichols rated it did not like it
Shelves: reviewed
In which 25% of the remaining Non-Raptured Persons (NRPs) is killed by meteors, the Global Community bombs a few cities for peace, and Rayford Steele tries to convince Hattie not to abort the Devil's Spawn.
Renee
Jul 07, 2011 Renee rated it really liked it
Nicolae , book three in the Left Behind Series, was especially exciting to re-read. Bombs are dropping where Chloe and Buck live in Chicago. Rayford is flying Nicolae Carpathia around to New Babylon, Iraq, and other exotic places, while spying on the man he’s convinced will soon be revealed as the Antichrist. The story expands to include Ken Ritz, Mac McCullum, and Amanda White, and returns to a familiar character, Hattie Durham, to give her another shot at redemption.

In Israel, biblical schola
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Amélie Rêverie
Jul 02, 2008 Amélie Rêverie rated it it was amazing
Shelves: spiritual-reads
Blogger and journalist Fred Clark has repeatedly attacked the book as being "Bad Writing and Bad Theology"[1] in a long running series of weekly posts[2]. He feels that after the Rapture the people of the world, including the heroes of the story, assimilate the disappearance of all the world's children with a monstrous rapidity that displays the ways that the authors have allowed their checklist of prophecies to be fulfilled to outweigh the consequences these events would have on the psyches of ...more
Laura
Feb 06, 2009 Laura rated it liked it
Shelves: thriller
I'm really enjoying these books for some reason. They're like a fluffy VC Andrews book without the incest. Granted, I find them a bit heavy-handed on the morals and 'thou shalt nots,' but what else would you expect from a novel about the rapture?
Ralph
Dec 20, 2008 Ralph rated it really liked it
This reminds me of someone in the news today.
Shannon
Feb 24, 2013 Shannon rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Meh. Meh. Meh. Lots of condescension and anti-intellectualism in this book as well, though I guess that's to be expected. Nothing of serious interest goes on, and Nicolae continues to be the most uninspiring and boring anti-Christ ever presented in book form. The Omen series was a good, somewhat schlocky set of movies dealing with the birth and rise of the anti-Christ. Sam Neill was an AWESOME son of the devil; charismatic, attractive, actually well spoken and wonderfully subtly evil. You could ...more
Nola
Oct 04, 2016 Nola rated it it was amazing
This book was a page turner. I recommend it to Christians who enjoy reading books that could be true.
Ashton
Jul 09, 2012 Ashton rated it liked it
I still hated the prologue of this book. When I am reading a series, especially one that's been out for a while, I hate rereading the same thing over again. I realize that it doesn't happen when the books first come out but I feel like it's poor style to write the same thing over again. It would be easy to show a new scene that would set the whole feeling for the rest of the book without relying on your old book.

Despite that, I actually think that I liked this book the best out of the first thr
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Amanda
Sep 24, 2007 Amanda rated it really liked it
Recommends it for: Christians/those interested in prophecy
Shelves: spiritual, disturbing
This book picks up where the last one left off, with Steele going to fly the new Global Community plane for Carpathia and Buck finding out about the slaughter of his friend Tsion's family.

As the bombing of major cities by the Global Community starts WWIII, Steele is equipped to listen to everything said beyond his cockpit by a secret intercom system installed for him by the maker of the plane and his good friend Earl.

Buck makes a trip overseas to save Tsion and brings him back to the church to
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Sherri Hunter
Jun 09, 2014 Sherri Hunter rated it it was amazing
Another awesome story in this series. I don't know if I should be irritated that each book ends with such a climatic cliffhanger that leaves me on the edge of my seat waiting for the next story to see what happens. This book also leaves me anticipating what will happen to the members of the Tribulation Force now that the Earth has been struck by the Wrath of the Lamb. Who has survived? Who didn't?

I highly recommend this series. This is the third book and there are nine more to go and I am eagerl
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Jessica
Aug 05, 2009 Jessica rated it it was ok
Although the book is called Nicolae, I really didn't learn much more about the anti-Christ than I had from reading the other 2 books. Pretty much the only storyline I was interested in (and that I hadn't heard in the other books)was that of Ben-Judah and his escape. I am over the cheesy conversations between Buck and Chloe, Ray and Chloe, or Ray and Amanda. Despite all this, I'll probably continue to read through the series because I really want to know what is supposedly in store for us.
Carly
Aug 06, 2016 Carly rated it did not like it
Shelves: novels
I think this is the one where the Antichrist proves his evilness by embracing all religions & espousing a humanist philosophy. (Sounds like someone has an agenda here.) This is the last book I read in the series. It's pretty hilarious. Also, I believe a good portion of the book is little more than an advertisement for the Land Rover. If you're an agnostic, this book will make you an atheist.
Hannah
Apr 30, 2016 Hannah rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
After seeing the Left Behind movies, I have always wanted to read this series. The first one was a little rough, the second one got more interesting, and now we are at this third chapter of the Left Behind series. I have to say that this one is by far my favorite of the three I've read so far! Excited to read number four!
Karen
Jul 25, 2010 Karen rated it really liked it
I am reading this series through to the end this summer. I finished book 3 and 4 on vacation. It is interesting reading and Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins make Scripture come to life with this series.
They are novels but they make you think...
Amanda
Apr 18, 2016 Amanda rated it really liked it
True to form this book in the series is a page Turner. for being the third book though I felt that there was a lot of recap from both book one and book two that I skimmed over. I hate realizing I can easily skim over parts of a book without really missing out on important information.
TheReadingKnitter/ Kasey
Ugh Nicolae makes me gag! He's annoying but I guess that's his character. Ready for the next book now :)
Brenda
Mar 07, 2016 Brenda rated it it was amazing
Recommends it for: unbelievers of the Rapture and God
This was my second time reading this book and enjoyed it as much or even more than the first time read.
Cami Romero
3.5
No me estaba gustando tanto esta tercera parte, pero el final la levantó.
Mia
Apr 26, 2016 Mia rated it it was amazing
I loved this book!!!!! The ending was GREAT!!!!
David Sarkies
Oct 04, 2014 David Sarkies rated it did not like it
Recommends it for: Nobody
Recommended to David by: Some Christian Fundamentalist
Shelves: christian
Another fictional account of the Christian end-times
18 August 2012

I believe that I finished this book and I read about three pages of the forth book before I thought 'this is rubbish' and metaphorically threw it away (because I was reading it on a laptop at the time – I didn't end up throwing away the laptop). I guess it was simply the really poor writing skills of the author that ended up putting me off because reading even one sentence would make me cringe. Granted there are a lot of cringewo
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Naomi Bowen
Jan 10, 2017 Naomi Bowen rated it really liked it
So, a lady from my church is lending me the Left Behind series which focuses on the Rapture and the End Times - topics that aren't easy to understand when you're reading Revelation and cause much discussion. Do we take things literally? Metaphorically? Are there verses that support the Rapture (I've personally been a bit sceptical...Of course, God can prove a vast deal of us wrong when the time comes)

Regardless of your beliefs about how our world will end, these are exciting reads in and of them
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Andrea
Mar 13, 2016 Andrea rated it really liked it
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Jason
Dec 23, 2016 Jason rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Continuing my second trip through the Left Behind series (the first time being about 15 years ago), I found this book to be pretty entertaining, though not of the can't-put-it-down variety (but maybe that's because I've read it before?).
Chloe
Oct 30, 2016 Chloe rated it it was amazing
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Briana
Dec 14, 2016 Briana rated it liked it
This is the last book I read in this series a year or so ago.

It was ok, I guess

3.0 stars

P.S that was a terrible review right there. Smh. This is why I don't wait for so long to write reviews haha
Rachel
This book moved much more quickly than book 2 did. I like the fast action and the lack of romance. lol...
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Timothy "Tim" F. LaHaye was an American evangelical Christian minister, author, and speaker, best known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-wrote with Jerry B. Jenkins.

He has written over 50 books, both fiction and non-fiction.
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Other Books in the Series

Left Behind (1 - 10 of 13 books)
  • Left Behind (Left Behind, #1)
  • Tribulation Force (Left Behind, #2)
  • Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides (Left Behind, #4)
  • Apollyon (Left Behind, #5)
  • Assassins (Left Behind, #6)
  • The Indwelling (Left Behind, #7)
  • The Mark (Left Behind, #8)
  • Desecration (Left Behind, #9)
  • The Remnant (Left Behind, #10)
  • Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages (Left Behind, #11)

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