Divorce Is Not the End of the World : Zoe's And Evan's Coping Guide for Kids

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My 12 year old recommends this book to his friends.......2007-07-09

This book was recommended during my co-parenting class. I bought it for my then 10 year old son, he read the entire book and found a lot of helpful information. I appreciated hearing a kid's point of view regarding many of my concerns. The ideas definitely shaped how I deal with my son.

It's now 18 months after the divorce and my son is settled into having 2 homes and two families. He's recommending the book to his friends going through the same experience.

I'm buying another copy because I need one to share with friends.

pretty good book for kids on coping with divorce.......2000-11-21

This short book is pretty good for helping kids between 9 and 15, say, cope with separation and divorce. It's written by two (obviously unusually literate and relationship-savvy) kids, and their mom, who has written other books on related subjects. It discusses feelings of guilt, anger, managing belongings between two houses, planning birthdays and other events, avoiding manipulation by parents, sharing your thoughts with friends and parents, finding the bright side of a sad situation, dealing with parents' boyfriends/girlfriends, with step-parents, and with step-siblings. The book focuses on kids in the age range stated, so it wouldn't be as much help for much younger kids or for adult kids. It also assumes for the most part that the parents are communicating with each other and able to cooperate. The book is more concise and direct (less psychobabble) than many adult-oriented self-help books, and certainly much more incisive than the small-child-oriented books such as "Dinosaur's Divorce". It's short enough that you can read it cover to cover in the bookstore, as I did :-) .

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Love this book.
It's Not the End of the World
Still Good, Even After All These Years
GO JUDY BLUME!!!!!!!!!!!
funny things

It's Not the End of the World
Judy Blume
Manufacturer: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

Karen couldn't tell Mrs. Singer why she had to have her Viking diorama out of the sixthgrade showcase. She felt like yelling, To keep my parents from getting divorced. But she couldn't say it, and the whole class was looking at her anyway.

Karen's world was ending. Her father had moved out of the house weeks before; now he was going to Las Vegas to get divorced and her mother was pleased! She had only a few days to get the two of them together in the same room. Maybe, if she could, they would just forget about the divorce. Then the Newman family could be its old self again -- maybe. But Karen knew something she didn't know last winter: that sometimes people who shouldn't be apart are impossible together.

So she felt like yelling at Mrs. Singer. And then Mrs. Singer did a surprising thing....

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Love this book........2007-05-29

I have read many Judy Blume books, I grew up with them. I have purchased this for my 14 year old daughter - I guess I'm sharing the magic.

It's Not the End of the World.......2006-11-22

_It's Not the End of the World_, by Judy Blume, shows how Karen, a girl with divorced parents, or soon to be divorced parents, feels like it is the end of the world. By the end of the book, Karen accepts the fact that her parents would get a divorce. This book is filled with sad and interesting parts.Karen tries her best to get her parents back together, but most of her plans didnt work out the way she wanted it to.Judy Blume writes in such a great way that I thought that this book was a five star book.

Still Good, Even After All These Years.......2006-10-18

This book was witten in the early 70s, back when there were no cell phones and divorce laws were different. But, everything the family goes through holds true to today because feelings are timeless.

Karen Newman, the main character of the book is in sixth grade when her parents separate, and eventually divorce. She goes through a whole range of emotions from anger to sadness and hate to love, high hopes and hopelessness, as most families experience during a divorce. She also desperately wants to do whatever she can to get her parents back together.

Being so true to life, at least for me, is what makes this book so good. Karen is a very believable character, as well as the conflicts in this book. Judy Blume wasn't afraid to show how strong the emotions can get, even to the point of parents acting no better than a two year old. I would like to think that divorced parents can all be calm, and make things good for their children. But, knowing first hand from my own parents, I know that it's just not always so.

Karen's brother Jeff is also very true-to-life to me, and seems like a very real 14-year old boy.

I don't want to give away anything more about the book, so suffice to say I enjoyed it very much and would recommend it to young and older alike. It would help anyone who has or who is going through divorce, as well as anyone who would like to read a story about a character who prevails.

GO JUDY BLUME!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-03-14

It's not the End of the World is a wonderful book. I have read almost all of Judy's books and I still think this one is the best of all. The main character is a girl named Karen, her parents are getting a divorce and Karen THINKS it is the end of the world. I am not going to say any more about the book other wise I will wreck it. Spend your money on THIS book.

GO JUDY BLUME

funny things .......2005-05-03

Divorce. its the end of the world. At least that is what Karen thinks when he parents gets a divorce. Now Karen is trying to get them to talk face to face so they can realize that a divorce was a bad thing. Won't they? I like the book because it explains to people the divorce isn't the end of the world, and it is exciting also, and I think that everybody should read it so read this book if you want to laugh.

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Witty and Wonderful
Strange and layered book
Too clever, or not clever enough?
An Anthology Painting the Picture of the End of the World
Mystical

Not the End of the World
Kate Atkinson
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
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Binding: Paperback

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A stunning collection of thoughtful and highly readable short stories by Whitbread Award-winner, Kate Atkinson.

This is a daring, witty and provocative collection of twelve thematically-linked stories.

Inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses or, if you prefer, by Prada, Mary Poppins, Moschino and Barbie, these are stories of abandoned children and lonely adults, the seductiveness of our consumer society and fatalism in a post-Apocalyptic world.

From Charlene and Trudi, shopping madly while bombs explode outside, to gormless Eddie, a cataloguer of fish, and Meredith Zane who has discovered the secret to eternal life, each story brings to life a startling cast of characters. Linking the stories is an exploration of the infinite variety of ways in which people attempt to change the world around them, and themselves.

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Witty and Wonderful.......2007-01-18

I'm not normally a short story fan, preferring something "meatier", but I gobbled up this collection like a treat. I've re-discovered Kate Atkinson with her last two wonderful "mystery" novels, "Case Histories" and "One Good Turn" and am now going back to her earlier work. This collection is sharp, surprising, very witty, intelligent and thought-provoking.

Strange and layered book.......2005-02-20

The more I think about Not the End of the World, the more the book seems to mean to me. Generally, the progress works the other way around. It says a lot about Atkinson as a writer how powerfully the book manages to keep a hold on my mind.

Atkinson creates a layered confection of characters both real and mythic. They live in a time just bordering the apocalypse. The world in which they live is often shallow and full of troubles, but is beautiful in contrast to the great pit of nothing waiting past the implied boundary. It is not an uplifting book, and when I finished it I was left with a feeling of bleakness. This is time out of time, and it is more frightening than hopeful.

While I do not expect a book to give up its secrets too easily, it did sometimes feel as though Atkinson were being deliberately obscure. Several of the stories had the feel of letters that you find in the street, or a conversation half heard around the corner. She was not generous with the doors into to the developing project of the book. As a reader, there were times when I would have appreciated just a wee bit more transparency.

This is the first Atkinson that I have read. It will not be the last.

Too clever, or not clever enough?.......2005-02-01

It wasn't until I read the reviews here about "Not the End of the World" that I "got" what Kate Atkinson was trying to do. I went back and re-read the book with an eye toward the myths and the wrapping together of several characters across different stories. To be honest, even the second time around I was not that impressed with the stories. Yes, Kate Atkinson has a unique voice, one I loved in "Behind the Scenes at the Museum". Here, though, I felt like there was an inside conceit that was inaccessible to the reader. It's been a while since I took Latin, so it would've been nice to have the quotes translated. Atkinson teases us with characters that I would've liked to have seen more developed. It was difficult to muster up sympathy for the characters. Overall, if you are a fan of Atkinson's writing I'd say buy this. If you are approaching Atkinson for the first time, you are better starting with "Behind the Scenes at the Museum."

An Anthology Painting the Picture of the End of the World.......2004-05-13

Not the End of the World is an anthology of loosely related pieces. These stories all drift around the common theme of the End of the World. Whether it is on a global scale, or simply changing one's path through life, these World Ending events are never addressed directly. Like so many people, the characters in "Not the End of the World," rarely meet their fate directly. Then again, events that often appear to be the End of the World are not really the end of the world at all.

In keeping with the theme of not facing an event directly, what is most intriguing about these pieces is not the central plot, but rather the peripheral occurrences. For example, in the first piece "Charlene and Trudi Go Shopping," the plot is summed up by the first sentence, "'I want,' Charlene said to Trudi, 'to buy my mother a birthday present.'" In the end, Charlene finds a present; however, that is not what is fascinating about the story. What is fascinating are the details in the periphery hinting that the end of the world is nigh. It is a world where men see how drunk they can get before the curfew, bombs explode in the distance and the city runs out of diesel and gin. But these details do not directly relate to the selection of a birthday present.

In the subsequent pieces, the intriguing peripheral aspects come in the form of defining a larger picture. How are these vignettes related? On the surface, these pieces are related through the relationships between the characters of each story. There is though a deeper relationship, just waiting for reader to tease it out.

Despite the lack of a emphasis on plot, this collection is continuously fascinating. What "Not the End of the World," has to say about life is not something that can be easily expressed. Like any good magician, Kate Atkinson does not reveal how she performs her tricks.

Mystical.......2003-12-29

A thoroughly fabulous collection of short stories, the book opens with the very intriguing, ironic tale of two women who seem to be carrying on life as usual while in the middle of apocalyptic chaos. The rest of the stories in the book similarly are a mix of the completely mundane and usual and the mythical and extraordinary. Like the Greek myths updated for our time. On one hand the stories are about single mothers, college students, divorcees, troubled teens, hookers, orphans, nannies, office workers, best friends, and hapless husbands. But on the other they are stories of Eos, Artemis, Selene, mermaids, Nereids, Ra, Hades, and Helios. Kate Atkinson magically weaves these themes together in such a way that you are never bored and can never pinpoint the separation of fantasy from reality.

These Will Not Be Left Behind: True Stories of Changed Lives

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Great Devotional
Not very good..

These Will Not Be Left Behind: True Stories of Changed Lives
Tim LaHaye , and Jerry B. Jenkins
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
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While the characters in the Left Behind series of books are fiction, the people in this book are real. And the effect the series has had on their lives is just as real. With over two dozen real-life stories of Left Behind series readers, this book chronicles the miraculous ways that God has used the series to change their lives. Readers of this collection of stories will experience the many ways that God is using the series to draw people closer to him. This book will encourage readers and fans of the series to use it as a witnessing tool.

Customer Reviews:

Great Devotional.......2004-05-02

I am one of the people in the book so we received a copy free! :)

I truely wondered if people would really be interested in this so my wife and I read it together as a devotional and found many of the testimonies to be really touching. Some brought us to tears. We were giving glory to God for each one saved!

It is inspiring, encouraging, and even convicting to see how God worked in each person's life and how many were witnesses to those who were saved.

Not very good.........2004-01-05

I was disapointed with the choice of stories here. I understand that, 'Jesus Freaks' testamonies, the book, is much better. I didn't like this but I do like the Left Behind fiction series.

Let's Not Let A Little Thing Like The End Of The World Come Between Us

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Exciting Short Story Collection

Let's Not Let A Little Thing Like The End Of The World Come Between Us
James Marshall
Manufacturer: Thistledown Press
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Binding: Paperback

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A Jesus Christ look alike has trouble with his girlfriend . . . a bodybuilder does sit ups from the window of a speeding car . . . a burn victim and his freakishly beautiful love interest creatively loot homes while a forest fire approaches . . . a female cult member tries to convince a young man to let doctors harvest his recently-deceased wife’s organs . . .

In a second to none engagement of the reader, James Marshall’s stories bristle with fictional restlessness. This debut collection is a true literary &quotfind" and Marshall’s an exciting new voice.

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Exciting Short Story Collection.......2005-09-10

James Marshall's stories are both original and familiar. It's like getting someone else to hang out with people you're curious about, only to find we are all so similar. I might not follow forest fires, hang out in strip bars, or have a friend who looks just like Jesus, but after reading this book, I understand a world where I might. These stories are brilliant and funny, filled with a strange, lonely, and aggressive hope. I can't wait to see what this author is going to write next.

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A Judy Blume Collection
Judy Blume
Manufacturer: Atheneum
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Not the End of the World (Costa Children's Book Award (Awards))

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Beyond flannelgraph
Not the End of the World
A Different Perspective of Noah's Ark
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Not the End of the World (Costa Children's Book Award (Awards))
Geraldine Mccaughrean
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
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Binding: Hardcover

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Release Date: 2005-06-28

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What was it really like when the heavens opened and the world drowned?

Everyone knows the story of the Flood: The man called on by God to build an ark. The animals that came on board two by two. The rain that fell for forty days and forty nights.

But what about the rest of the story? What about Noah's wife and daughters-in-law? And what if there was a daughter as well? How would it feel to head into the unknown, with only each other and all those animals? What would it be like to turn away friends and neighbors struggling in the water? Could all of it really be part of God's Plan -- the hunger and pain and fear?

Carnegie Medalist Geraldine McCaughrean transforms the familiar story into a provocative new tale that is told through the voices of Noah's family, and even the animals. At the heart is a daughter who questions her father when no one else will.

Customer Reviews:

Beyond flannelgraph.......2007-01-08

I have often wondered how we can raise our children with a knowledge of the Bible without presenting its people as one-dimensional flannelgraph characters. I know I've struggled all my life to see God's people as just that, people.

While some people are not willing to entertain fictional retellings of Bible stories, I can see from reading this book that it is an exercise that can enhance your faith rather than destroy it. No, you will not get a theologically sound version of the Bible story here. Stop looking for it. What you will get is a very real sense of a disaster of this proportion. You'll experience the claustrophobia, the pettiness, the annoyances, the hardships, the revulsion, the agonizing split-second decisions that characterize daily life, wherever it happens to be unfolding.

While the characters too often are painted as black-and-white, all good or all bad, some nuances are evident, especially in the character of Noah. Our society too often depicts devoutly religious people as unsavory fanatics. Noah's faith and trust in God is not mocked here, but rather presented as a rock-solid moral compass. The members of his family may view that compass differently, some scorning it, but it is not in itself dismissed. I appreciated that.

I think what surprised me most was that this book, in the children or young adults category, is a gripping read for an adult, too. I haven't found that to be the case for many YA books. It has broadened my view of the Bible, helping me to imagine the very real people in its all-too-brief stories. You may not necessarily think that's a good thing, but I would say, read it for yourself before deciding.

Not the End of the World.......2007-01-04

If you're looking for a slavish retelling of the Bible story about Noah and the Flood, this book isn't for you. If you're hoping to read a book about pretty rainbows and obedient doves, this isn't for you. But if you want a story that will grip you from the beginning to the end with a realistic cast of human and animal characters, a plot that will keep you on the edge of your chair, and a setting that is both horrific and fascinating, then you must read this masterful book. Timna, Noah's daughter, is the main character and hero. What? You've never heard of her? Was she just another invisible woman from the Bible? Timna herself realizes the truth: " `Shem, Ham, and Japheth: sons of Noah.' They are the only ones who will be mentioned a hundred years from now when people tell our story. I know I won't figure" (p. 2). You must read until the very end to discover Timna's fate.
Timna isn't the only narrator in this book. Her three brothers, their wives, her mother, and even some of the suffering animals tell the tale from their various points of view. Each voice is expressive; each voice has a different cadence and leads us to a deeper understanding of the catastrophe of the Flood. Interestingly, Noah does not tell his side of the story. The author portrays him as a religious fanatic, a monomaniac. She leads us to question whether he is as "blameless" as the Bible story would suggest. Almost all the people on the Ark are cast in an unflattering light. After all, Noah's family saved themselves while thousands of people drowned: "The water boiled with people. They were swimming, or clutching hold of logs, doors, cartwheels. Animals, too, were swimming among them--dogs and horses, cattle, goats. The sky was full of displaced birds, circling, circling, with nowhere to land" (p.11). However, the family's faults--large and small--make them seem more human. Not likeable, but human.
McCaughrean tells this story through powerful language and imagery. The sensory world engulfs us. "Below us, in the bowels of the ship, along its entire length, beasts squealed and shrieked and keened, scrabbling with claws and talons and tails for some purchase on the rolling world . . . . Huge mounds of hot dung slid about the decking, dislodging small creatures in their path" (p.6). What did we expect? That all these animals would quietly behave themselves during the forty days and nights and all the claustrophobic days thereafter while they waited for the waters to recede? The Flood was not a pretty sight. Touches of humor and irony occasionally relieve the tragic events. Timna states: "No shortage of jobs for any of us. The end of the world is a busy time if you mean to outlive it" (p. 5). Without giving away the ending, let us say that some small hope sustains the survivors (and the reader). And perhaps even a grain of faith. In our time of natural disasters--hurricanes, tidal waves, earthquakes--the ancient story of Noah and the flood hits uncomfortably close to home. Highly recommended for ages 12 - 18.

Reviewed by Anne Dublin

A Different Perspective of Noah's Ark.......2006-09-15

Yearly floods have been getting worse, and Timna's father has built a great ship. Noah claims to be guided by God's Plan, and he has collected a great number of animals into the Ark, despite the derision of his neighbors.

The time on the Ark is an ordeal for all those aboard. When the floodwaters arrive, people who used to taunt Noah are now dashed against the sides and left to drown. The sheer mass of animals creates feeding, behavior, and sanitary problems. Almost worse for Timna, before the Flood reached the Ark, her brothers were directed to kidnap another girl to be her youngest brother's bride in the new society her father envisions.

When Timna finds two orphaned children clinging to life, she must make a fateful choice. Will she obey her father's--therefore God's--will that all the "demons" shall perish, or will she show compassion to frightened youngsters?

Geraldine McCaughrean takes on a revered Biblical tale from a perspective rarely imagined: that of a teenaged girl. She evokes all of the senses in her descriptions of day-to-day existence in the floating menagerie. Gone are the fluffy images of a happy boatful of animals, and in its place a swill of misery is led by a man and his son, both of whom claim to serve God's Plan.

While the story is primarily Timna's, the author employs other points of view throughout the book. Other characters are given voice in some chapters, as well as some of the animals who are captive below decks. This helps to round out the story, and each time another POV is used, it is clearly labeled; however, there are moments where it is easy for the reader to lose track of who is narrating.

The hardest part to quantify is the meaning of this book for people of different religious or philosophical persuasions. If read as a purely fictional tale, this is an interesting take on an old story. For someone who believes in the literal value of the Bible, the portrayal of Noah and his sons will be offensive, as they are seen as fanatic, if not mad, in this account.

This review is based on the literary value of this book from a mainstream perspective. Overall, it is a well-told story that will draw readers in through Timna's journey, as well as the reader's senses. It shows the depth of human character in a tough situation, and is worth the read to anyone open-minded enough to give it a try.

Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer
9/14/2006

Student Review.......2006-03-04

Not the End of the World written by Geraldine McCaughrean was an interesting book to read. It is a historical fiction about the events of Noah's Ark from the perspective of Noah's family. It takes place in the Middle East in the time of the Old Testament. The main character Timna who is about 10 years old, Noahs daughter,describes what life was like for her parents Noah and Ama, her brothers Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives Bashemath, Sarai, and Zillah Throughout the story the family encounters sicknesses, people calling to them for help, death, and unsanitary conditions. One day Timna goes as far as to hide a nine year old boy named Kittim and a baby girl named Adalya on the ark to save them from the flood. As time passes Timna begins to wonder if the two are demons and if they are the ones behind their misfortunes. By the end of the story Timna decides that they are not demons and that God has put them there for a purpose. After this she and Kittim escape on a raft late at night with the help of Ama and without her father Noah ever knowing. "It was as if someone had extinguished it, so as to deal out judgment in the dark... or to conceal a getaway." (pg.231). When they found land they began a new life.
What I liked best this book is that Geraldine McCaughrean described different views from the animals on the ark that seem pretty accurate as to how people would expect an animal to feel. She described how a rabbit, bird, and a lion felt. Another thing I liked is that she gave a good amount of details about the events that took place. She did not add too much detail, drag scenes out, nor did she make them too short. The details given were generally at a fast pace making the story easy and entertaining to read. This book was different from others because not too many other books give different points of views from different characters. The only other book that I have read that gave views from different characters was My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult. The author also used good imagery that gave me a better idea of what was happening on the ship. An example of this is "Our two bulging cats slump down asleep long before they can mop up all the mice." (pg. 76). All in all, this book was interesting, easy, and fast to read even though it was not completely factual. While reading this book I was interested with what the author had to say and I was impressed with how fast it was for me to read. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in reading about religious stories because it would be interesting to compare the original Noah's Ark story to this historical fiction story.

book review.......2006-01-13

The tidal wave came, and just as soon as it came, it passed. Timna, and her father Noah, her mother Ama, her brothers Japheth, Shem, Ham, their wives Zillah, Bashemath, Sarai, the baby adalya, the boy Kittim, and his baby sister. It was the time of the flood. God send the flood of forty days and forty nights to clean the earth. God send Noah a vision to build an ark to carry his family and two of each animal until the flood ends. After the flood, they were to repopulate the earth. Timna was shocked to see all the dying people that they couldn't help because God told them not to. It would ruin his plans, but Timna kept having a feeling of regret and wondering why God did this. She found a boy and a baby hanging from a tree. She could stand no longer to witness them die innocently. She hid them with the animals, without her parents knowing. Timna kept believing he was a demon and thought he was the one who caught the ark on fire, but then realized if it wasn't for him, she wouldn't know about it. She kept trying to believed that he, too, was a part of God's plans. Japheth's wife, Zillah, was very reluctant to marry Japheth, and was angry at the family for kidnapping her and not saving her family. They kept trying to tell her that she was lucky and should be thankful that God decided to spare her life, among many others. Bashemath, Shem's wife, delivered a baby while on the ark. It was a girl named Adalya. Shortly after it was born, it was killed by a mink, and Timna gave her Kittim's baby sister and Bashemath was very greatful. Once, Kittim and his sister, and Zillah, had a chance to swim to another boat, to safety from being killed for being thought of as devils. But Kittim refused to go without Timna, his best, and only, friend. Soon before the flood was over, Kittim was almost found, but Timna lied to her brothers and told them that she was the demon. The were about to drown her in the flood with the other demons, but her mom stepped up and said she should be the one to, since she brought Timna in this world. But instead, she sends her and Kittim away on a raft to survive.

This book was very exciting. It made me never want to stop or put the book down. I look forward to reading other books by McCaughrean. I deffinetely recommend this sad, true story of Noah's ark.

L. Dessoffy

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A Scotsman Trying to Play It Like He Knows Los Angeles
Excellent satire
A little disappointed
Dark Social Satire
Very Funny

Not the End of the World
Christopher Brookmyre
Manufacturer: Abacus
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Christopher Brookmyre's critically acclaimed, award-winning comic thrillers are a sensation in his native Britain. The Times (London) has praised his writing for being "perpetually in-your-face: sassy, irreverent, and stylish" with "a high-octane sense of the absurd," and the Literary Review has raved that his books are "very violent, very funny ... comedy with a political edge, which you take gleefully in one gulp." Now he has his much-anticipated American debut with Not the End of the World, a fast and furious novel set in Los Angeles at the near side of the millennium, at a point when the world is about to spin out of control -- and maybe out of existence. When an oceanic research vessel is discovered with all of its crew vanished, it sets off a chain of events that pulls Sergeant Larry Freeman of the L.A.P.D. out of the ho-hum assignment of overseeing the security for a B-movie film festival and headlong into a frenzied race to stop a terrorist plot. Along the way he must contend with aging porn stars, rabid evangelical Christians, and a mysterious Glaswegian photographer with an unknown agenda, all in a full-throttled -- and ultimately hysterical -- race against time.

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A Scotsman Trying to Play It Like He Knows Los Angeles.......2006-10-13

From referring to Santa Monica as "Santa M" repeatedly to having his main character claim that he grew up in Los Angeles, Brookmyre is miles away from any reality of Los Angeles. His thinks-he's-so-brilliant quips and cliches are tired and show him to be a dull imitator of greats like Irvine Welsh. The absolte funniest/worst part of the book was his made up translation of an ancient document found on the island of Crete, containing gems such as "Often have I wondered, watching the rhytons being filled in sacrifice from a quaking beast's throat, would we do the same were it a cold, clear water that issued forth, and not this liquid jewel, this decorative prize?"

In the end, Brookmyre's approach is too casual and cocky to be convincing and his prose is sub-par. Save yourself the 10 bucks of buying this book. Trust me.

Excellent satire.......2003-10-02

I actually bought this book because it, then, had a slight science fiction theme, and had received a sterling review in New Scientist. I ususally do not go for thrillers, but I do make now make exceptions for Christopher Brookmyre! This book is highly satirical, funny, grisly, and thoughtprovoking. The heroes work in porn industry, and the crooks are biblethumpers and "patriots".

A little disappointed.......2002-06-14

I am a big Brookmyre fan and was a little disappointed with his stab at a story set in the US. There Scottish connection is still there, with the main character a Scotsman, but the punch just wasn't there - which really is his trademark. Just read "Quite Ugly One Morning" and you will see. Don't get me wrong, I still liked the book, but it just wasn't up to his usual standard, that's all.

Dark Social Satire.......2002-01-28

NOT THE END OF THE WORLD is an apocalyptic millennial book that is dark comedy at its darkest. Although Brookmyre missed a bit on the facts and timing, this tale of fanatical religious zealots trying to destroy America and rebuild it in their image is unfortunately all too timely. The zealots in this fictional account are Christian, not Moslem; but when dealing with fanaticism the exact flavor scarcely matters. However, Brookmyre uses his book to mount a scathing attack on fundamentalism of any sort and simultaneously makes a compelling, albeit tragically jaded, case for atheism: "Some wee old spinster in Coatsbridge, in her hairy coat, plastic Rainmate and furry boots, nipping into the Co-op minimarket for a half-pound of cheap mince on the way home from the chapel, Scottish Catholic Universe under her arm, might tell herself she wasn't, spiritually speaking, doing any harm. But she'd be kidding herself. And acting the humble innocent wouldn't help. Hardline Islamics would have her on the dress-code, for a start. Vain, shameless slattern, flaunting herself like that in public, for all the world to see. Hindus wouldn't go a bundle on her planned ingestion of bloody flesh, or her wider complicity in the sacred animal's slaughter. Attendance at the 'temple of the Satanic anti-Christ of Rome' remains something of a no-no as far as the Scottish Free Presbyterians and Ian Paisley's mob are concerned. And as for a woman being able to read, well, ask the Taleban about that in Kabul. Then duck. Cumulatively, the world's religions could provide a God-given justification to hate anything about anybody. Steff had decided some years ago to hate them all back." And there is much more. In fact, Brookmyre's apparent vitriol toward organized religion is so strong that I am surprised the book was published in America at all.

But those of us who are not offended by that point of view will find NOT THE END OF THE WORLD a terrific thriller, with a fascinating and ever-twisting plot that engages the reader throughout. Just when I thought I knew what would happen next the action took another unexpected but plausible turn. And the characterizations were engaging; even the villains had some sympathetic motivations to their heinous plans.

Brookmyre has a darkly wicked sense of humor and pays homage to the Monty Python gang and Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, among others. All in all, NOT THE END OF THE WORLD is definitely worth a read, even though the dates in the book didn't quite pan out. People are still reading 1984, aren't they?

Very Funny.......2001-10-19

Christopher Brookmyre is an unusual writer. His works are sort of detective fiction, sort of block buster thriller and sort of left wing satire. Until this book all of his books were set in Scotland. His first book quite ugly one morning introduced a new sort of hero, a short sarcastic investigative reporter called Parlabane.

This book is set in Los Angles but one of the main characters is a visiting Scots photographer. The plot is as with his other works somewhat convoluted and ends in a climax which would not be out of place in a Bruce Willis movie. Along the way there is a ferocious satire of Baptist Evangelical Sects and the consumerist aspects of American life.

The main attraction of the book apart from the non stop action is the fact that it is side splittingly funny. Brookmyre is one of the most amusing authors to write mystery fiction. The humour however has a distinctly adult bite to it.

The Apocalypse Conspiracy: Why the World May Not End As Soon As You Think and What You Should Be Doing in the Meantime
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Dispensationalists take note; your time really is short!

My Second Favorite Book! The Bible is #1.

My Second Favorite Book! The Bible is #1.

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The Apocalypse Conspiracy: Why the World May Not End As Soon As You Think and What You Should Be Doing in the Meantime
John Noe
Manufacturer: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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Author John Noe explodes this conspiracy and reveals the conspirators behind it. You'll find that many are sincere, well-meaning people and organizations that have unwittingly aided the conspiracy. Others are more intentional in their efforts. All are blinding masses of people to the crucial, present-day realities of God and to the continual fulfillment of the prophecy of the book of Revelation in every generation. Noe Challenges you to re-think your view of prophecy. To measure what you may have been told against the scriptures of the Word of God. To experience the beauty, blessings and fulfillment of the book of Revelation, now.

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Dispensationalists take note; your time really is short!.......2006-06-13

Having many cassette tapes I have made
from listening to John Noe and other
'Preterists' (i.e. fulfilled prophesy)
Christians on John Anderson's fine
Voice of Reason show, I was familiar
with Mr Noe before reading his book.
I can vouch for his sincerity and
studious approach to what is a sur-
prisingly simple subject! Simply put,
Mr. Moyer also wrote a very good review
which I hope gets widely circulated.
Mr. Noe is correct. It all transpired
in 70 A.D. Period. All is complete in
Jesus!

My Second Favorite Book! The Bible is #1........2000-09-05

I was brought up a dispensationalist without knowing it but this book changed my belief. Today I have a much more optimistic outlook in regard to the plan the Lord has for the church and earth. I have been freed, no more confusion or fear of the end times. Thank the Lord! I never knew there was any other interpretation of end times things until this book. I would recommend to all christians that they look at other possible views on this before they choose. The Word even tells us " My people perish for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6.

While I was reading this some of the ideas were VERY strange to me but others bore witness to my spirit. With continual prayer and trusting in the Holy Spirit to help me separate the wheat from the chafe I continued. I had to read it a few times and study the Word as well. I still don't know if I agree with everything addressed in the book but what I gained in new revelation of the truth far outweighed any possible error.

I this book John Noe did not overwhelm me with terms I did not understand such as preterism, dispensationalism, postmillennial, eschatology, etc. and this helped me embrace the teaching more easily. But what really changed me was the scripture reference . The book was not the complete answer to all the questions it raised in me, but a more in depth study of the Bible finalized the change. I recommend finding this book (not real likely) or better yet go to John Noe's web site and keep watching for him to reprint this which was mentioned would happen next year. His site is at www.prophecyrefi.org.

Jesus already won the battle and has COMPLETE victory! He is seated at the throne NOW reigning and ruling in that victory! The Holy Spirit has been sent to empower us to win the Great Commission and He will not fail! It is time to rejoice in the victory and stop worrying and planning for the end destruction. We are called to think on those thing that are pure and pleasing to the Lord. We need to believe the good report in the good news of the gospel and stop walking by sight but by faith.

My Second Favorite Book! The Bible is #1........2000-09-01

I read this book quite a number of years ago and it changed everything I thought I knew about the end-times. It set me free, no more fear or confusion. Now I read the bible with a much better understand and I have more victory and joy in my life. I am not waiting for some future victory of Jesus, He has already won the victory at the cross! His blood was enough! I have yet to read a book that addresses the end-times as this one does. It was the use of scripture that allowed me to study this out for myself and I finally understand and agree with most of what he addresses in this book.

It was just recently I found out John Noe and I are not alone in this understanding of the end-times. And here I had thought everyone else were premillennialists. But there are a couple of groups that have similar understandings. There are preterists and the postmillennialists but he never used terms like these in his book. I am glad to be honest, labels turn me off. I just want to be Christ-like not Luther-like or Calvin-like or any one else for that matter. If you don't know what these labels mean don't worry it is not as important as understanding what the bible says about the end-times. What you think you know now could be someone else's interpretation of what the bible says and maybe you should look at a few before agreeing with one. I am glad I did.

Please bring back to print.......2000-01-24

I have not yet laid my hands on a copy of this book,although I earnestly continue to look. I am hoping that this work reappears in publish. I can comment on his most recent work 'Beyound the End Times'and will say this one is a classic! I would have to sit and ponder for a moment to remember one that I read on eschatology that surpasses this one. It is truely an incredible work. I could only look forward to getting up the next day to continue where I left off. I implore Amazon.com to put this book into their already outstanding stock of material. Go with God!

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For Jerusalem's sake I will not rest
Basilea Schlink
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