Due to certain reasons I have gotten back into the Left Behind series. I stopped reading at Desecration due to the death of a beloved character. How surprised was I when I found out there were four books added that I never heard of! One of them being Kingdom Come.
I picked it up in hopes of seeing said beloved character. While there is one small mention at the end of the book, it was not enough for me. I was hoping this book would go and visit everyone from the series, every believer that had died anyway. Of course we get Rayford, as he is the pivotal character of the series. And yet we are treated just to Chaim, Tsion, Irene Steele, Chloe, Cameron, Bruce Barnes, and Abdullah as the main characters. The last two were pretty good to have though as they were more fleshed out in this book.
However, Bruce's wife was also included in Rayford's little posse. Not a huge problem, but she was not even given a name! She was just "Bruce's wife" or "Mrs. Barnes". So along with not including many characters who made several books, this poor woman was denied a name.
I can understand not including some characters. The Tuttles, for example, were only around through Assassins. But more important characters, such as Hattie Durham, David Hassid, T, Ken Ritz, Steve Plank, the Miklos's, Doc Charles and Leah Rose tiny nods at the end, if even that? That was my biggest disappointment. It was a good book, tied in well with the series ending and Christ's kingdom, but due to my own expectations being dashed I do not expect myself to pick it up for a re-read.Get more detail about Kingdom Come.
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