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really did not like the split story line, While the historical aspect was maintained, the three different story lines made for an unsatisfactory story, The author should have kept to the main story, I felt that the story of Nephi getting the plates was rushed and did not offer the usual insights that have been so characteristic of the previous three novels in this series.
Bookwere compelling in that they opened up the world at the time ofB, C. and helped place the Book of Mormon in historical context, The story lines comparing Old Jerusalem and the Restoration had very little connection with the main focus of this series, While the information was compelling, I feel it made for a poor novel, I give it two because the story overall moved forward and the details regarding the obtaining the plates was interesting, However, the KaterinaDanny romance never really developed and was merely a distraction, The detailing of Joseph Smith obtaining the plates in conjunction with the Day of Remembrance was interesting, but again a distraction, Hopefully, the next novel will get back to what the first three novels established, Not thrilled with the writing, or how he organized the book with the three separate story lines, Regardless, loving historical fiction as I do, I couldn't help but read it, enjoy it, and be inspired by certain parts, This is the final volume in the series, which I really enjoyed, The series takes you with Nephi's family from their departure from Jersulam to their arrival in the America's and their split after Lehi's death.
However, bookis a split novel showing how Joseph got the plates and the parrell story of how Nephi got them out of Jersulam.
Very interesting concept and I loved the similaries between the two events, both of would have taken place on Rosh Hassah or The Day of Remembrance on Sept.
nd. I love historical fiction so this was up my alley, The author has a lot of those historical references docmented so it's not a quick read but one worth reading, Not a bad read, but not the best, It is the fourth of a series, It has three or four stories going on at once, A little confusing. On the plus side, I hadn't known much about the Day of Remembrance in Jewish culture, so I learned some interesting things,

On the negative side, I didn't like the jumping between so many different storylines, I also didn't understand why the author even included the Jerusalem's storyline at all,

Just okay. I liked that the author finally got around to having Nephi and his brothers get the plates, but after dragging out the story in three previous large books, I was disappointed with how quickly it went in this book.
It was smaller than the others and jumped around from the Lehi story, the story of how Joseph Smith got the plates, and a story about some jewish people in Jerusalem at the time of Joseph Smith which I felt confused as to why it was included.
I felt that there were too many loose ends left at the end of the book knowing this is supposed to be the last book.
This would have been a fairly decent story if the author had:

, decided which story he wanted to tell
, opted to leave out the sections about Joseph Smith
, not tried so hard to prove his theory and
, had not talked down to his reader as if they didn't know anything,

A simple way to improve the book would have been to kept the course he started with this series and remained purely Book of Mormon times historical fiction.
There was plenty enough story to tell and the addition of the story about the Jewish family which would have made a great book all on its own and the poorly retold and toooft told by novelists Joseph Smith story weakened the overall text.


Another great installment in this wellthought out and researched series, I was afraid he had stopped the series for some reason, so I was very glad to see this one come out, I hope others are forthcoming, I liked this book better, It was much more fast pace, more interesting, I felt like he finally weeded out things that were boring or unnecessary, and kept what was interesting and informational, I was glad to be done with this series, but I felt like it ended with a lot of open ends, many things left unexplained.
Then I laughed when I got on the author's website and saw that ath book just came out in September, It is nice to know there's more to the story, but I was very ready to be done and moving on, So anyway, sometime in the future I will read that one! I give this book,stars, I enjoyed it more than the others, but didn't love it, This series has been enjoyable and informational, but I probably won't ever read it again, I'm glad that the series continued, but I found this volume less satisfying than the first three, The addition of new characters and the retelling of Joseph Smith and the gold plates were unnecessary, I thought, Still, it was a great continuance of the original story, I usually really, really like the books of this series, This has been my least favorite so far, Honestly I think the jumping back and forth through time really bothered me, This was the easiest of the books so far to read, because of the two side stories are a bit easier to understand,
Personally, I enjoy the Book of Mormon/Bible settings better,
What I do like best about these books are the research and notes placed in the back to help explain the studies and historical evidences of how he has created a story that we really don't know much about.
In this case, the importance of the "Day of Rememberance", I have enjoyed this series, seems well researched, and it really brings Book of Mormon characters to life, My only complaint is, this is the fourth Long book in the series, and they just barely got throughNephi chapter! It's the "Promised Land" Series, but how many more books do I have to wait for and it was a long wait to getto get them to the Promised Land! This would have been a fairly decent story if the author had:

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decided which story he wanted to tell
, opted to leave out the sections about Joseph Smith
, not tried so hard to prove his theory and
, had not talked down to his reader as if they didn't know anything,

A simple way to improve the book would have been to kept the course he started with this series and remained purely Book of Mormon times historical fiction.
There was plenty enough story to tell and the addition of the story about the Jewish family which would have made a great book all on its own and the poorly retold and toooft told by novelists Joseph Smith story weakened the overall text.
Theth volume in the Promised Land series revolves around a holy Jewish day known as the Feast of Trumpets, which is also known as the Day of Remembrance.
Set in three different time periods the Old World inB, C. , early's Jerusalem, and the time period in which Joseph Smith is visited by Moroni and begins his tutelage before receiving the gold plates, the novel beautifully demonstrates God's love for his children and his immaculate planning that was set in place before the world began.
As Nephi and his brothers must make the journey back to Jerusalem for the brass plates, Jeremiah the prophet is anxious to add his important prophecies to the brass plates to be preserved for an important purpose.
Baruch the scribe puts himself in grave danger to assist Jeremiah, Zoram, and Elizabeth daughter of Jonathan the blacksmith in this holy task, Meanwhile, Laban's plans to use his inherited relics the sword of Joseph and the brass plates to usurp the throne from Zedekiah consume his every action and thought, and the danger to any who oppose his plans increase.
What sacrifices will have to be made in order to ensure that Israel remembers her covenants with the Lord in times to come Amazing, amazing book.
Probably my favorite volume yet, By far the weakest of the books in the series, The inclusion of the Joseph Smith story seemed out of place and felt like it was included only to give the book enough length to publish.
Also, I felt the resolution of the book left too many unresolved issues with many characters, I was somewhat disappointed with this one, but not enough to give it less thanstars, The series finally starts to pick up with this book! Though I highly recommend HB Moore's "Out of Jeruselem" series, Woolley did his homework.
Too bad this well researched text suffers from an overload of weak character arcs and confusing plotlines,
The madness continues in bookof this series as he weaves in the story of Joseph Smith and his first visit by the angel Moroni.
Just when I thought I couldn't handle another new character and timeline, Woolley caught my interest by including these little known facts about Joseph Smith.
Gerald Lund's series never mentioned this! Like thearea records showing a brief warm spell in early spring, meaning the First Vision probably took place in March and that Joseph waited almost two years before confiding to his family the answer he received on that historic day when he went into the woods to pray.
Fascinating!
Hey, Woolley! Ditch the Lehi story, it's going nowhere fast, Your readers have already figured out that romance between Zoram and what'shername is never going to happen.
Have you even readNephi And that whole thing with Zoram being the son of the prophet Yeah, better stick with Joseph Smith, I love historical fiction and I'm wishing you'd done a Work and the Glorytype series now instead of Book of Mormon, This was a different weave of stories within stories, Once I figured out how the story line was running I was able to wrap my mind around the years and the significance of them.
I loved the little love story, . . would have liked for it to have turned out differently though, Volumeof the Promised Land Series took a totally different track than the first three volumes, While you still follow the lives of Lehi's family in approx,BC, the author intertwined the story of Joseph Smith receiving the gold plates to translate the Book of Mormon in the's, and a fictional family set in Jerusalem at the same time Joseph Smith is in New York.
The author drew many parallels to Jewish Feast dates with the timing of Joseph receiving the gold plates, There are no coincidences in Heavenly Father's plan for his children, I learned a great deal about Jewish customs and some new things about what transpired with Joseph Smith, Again, the author's endnotes were extremely informative, Reading this series has definitely strengthened my testimony! I really enjoyed the book, I like how much character development there is, Woolley spends his words telling a story that is rewarding and insightful, I have been very unsatisfied by most books I've been reading lately this is a welcome change, The different threads are finally coming together now which has relieved my confusion, Especially on why the jewish story is here, I am glad there is another book I want all the details on how things will be resolved, Is there a sixth book I can't find anything online, I have really enjoyed this series of books, It is a historical fiction series kind of like the "The Work and the Glory Books" but based

on the Book of Mormon instead.
It is incredible how much research has gone into the writing of these books, Volume I starts with I Nephi Chapterand this Fourth Volume concludes with I Nephi Chapterand the slaying of Captain Laban and Nephi obtaining the brass plates.
So these four volumes only cover nine pages in I Nephi, It gave me a very good feel and better understanding of the times and the customs, I understand there is another volume in the making but I can't imagine he will finish the entire Book of Mormon, Another great installment in this series, Different from the other books with its multiple storylines but I enjoyed the way they all tied in together, I've enjoyed this series, but this one was the least interesting for me, I found myself kind of bored, which is ironic, since this is the book where the boys finally go back to Jeruselem for the plates, and Cpt Laban finally loses his head.
Should've been more gripping than it was, I should not have waited so long to pick up this book after finishing the others in the series, It took my overtaxed memory a while to get back into the characters, especially those whose names aren't familiar to me from religious texts.
I love the entire Jerusalem and wilderness story, Expanding upon what Nephi and his family went through and then adding in Jeremiah was brilliantly written, I really could have done without the Joseph Smith inclusion, Though I see what the author was trying to do juxtaposing acquiring both sets of plates, it didn't work for me, And, the side story of the Jewish family set in the time period of Joseph was interesting but felt like it should be its own novel, expanded and not linked to this story.
Still, I liked everything well enough to finish out the series, And, I will read number five soon so I don't forget the rest, Old World,BC: Under mandate from their prophetfather, the sons of Lehi face treachery and lethal danger as they seek to secure the brass plates from the ruthless Captain Laban.
Meanwhile, Zoram and Elizabeth work feverishly to smith new plates for engraving the prophecies of Jeremiah a vital task that must be completed before the Feast of the Trumpets, also known as the Day of Remembrance.


Old World,th century: In his home built above the remains of Labans treasury, Sephardic Jew Reuben Kessler anticipates the marriage of his son Danny on the Day of Remembrance.
But when tragedy strikes on the blessed day, the devastated fathers of the bride and groom must cling to their faith that God will remember His covenant people.


New World,th century: Commissioned by the angel Moroni, Joseph Smith Jr, endures harrowing challenges as he prepares to receive the plates of gold and translate them into the Book of Mormon, The fulfillment of ancient promises draws near as Joseph returns each year to the Hill Cumorah on the Day of Remembrance,

Three families, three stories yet in the grand design of the Lord, they intertwine as one, This fourth volume in the Promised Land saga bridges ancient and modern times to reveal the unfolding of a marvelous work and a wonder.
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