Details of Israel's invasion in the last days: the scourge from the
north at Jerusalem

Chapter 28 sets before us the first elements of these final scenes in
the history of this wonderful people. The scourge comes from the
north. Ephraim is invaded as by an overflowing torrent, by a tempest
of hail that smites and destroys; he is trodden under foot. But in
that day Jehovah shall be for a crown of glory to the residue of His
people. The people morally besotted, do not hear. And this is the
judicial sentence of Jehovah who turns to Jerusalem in pronouncing
it. There they had made a covenant with death and the powers of
darkness, [1] that they might escape the overflowing torrent. But the
covenant shall be disannulled, the scourge shall overtake them; they
shall be trodden down, andthe fuss was about.

You can see the echo of Edward & Bella in Christian
& Ana, but C&A were much more developed and (for the most part)
realistic. Christian was the more
interesting of the two by far. His psychological
issues were fascinating. He could be ruthless
and controlling one minute and completely vulnerable the next, but it was done
is such a realistic and believable way.
Watching him grow and evolve throughout the three books was a joy.

Ana was stronger and more likable than Bella, but I had a
few issues with her character. First,
she starts off as a 21 year old virgin who is completely innocent and within a
very short time, she is begging to be trussed up and spanked. It was too radical of a shift, too quickly. Secondly, Ana kept talking about