I have no idea why this book has been acclaimed by so many people– even by many Christians– as a great work of literature. The plot is weak and chock-full of bland, superfluous details. Buck’s part of the story is particularly uninteresting. There are just too many things going on all at once. His part of the story gives us the specifics of how he plugged in his computer to an outlet and how his subconscious waking system didn’t work one day when he wanted to get up at 8 and instead woke up 45 minutes later.
I also believe that the end-times view this book supports has no biblical backing, though this is not the reason why I dislike this book. I hold to the Postmillenialist viewpoint and would love to have a discussion if you have any questions/arguments about this particular viewpoint or end-times in general.