How I read this: Free ebook copy received through blog tour
The Angel of Evil seems very different from the others in the series. Right from the end ofHow I read this: Free ebook copy received through blog tour
The Angel of Evil seems very different from the others in the series. Right from the end of book 3, it’s been clear that the story would take a darker, more mature turn – and it did. Where it was playful before, now even demons say, you shouldn’t have such a dark outlook at the world. Even they think Philip’s become too much like a demon – more so even than real demons. Because they know it’s simply their job, their nature – but for Philip, he lets it consume him – his hate becomes everything. And that is terrifying to see.
Philip struggles a lot with the good and evil in his heart. It’s a tough choice, especially when you’re in hell and there are all these motivations to just be bad, because it’s what they do here. But Philip is tortured by dreams and regrets. I liked one part in particular – where Philip does something bad to someone, and is then haunted by dreams, seeing himself do the same thing – but not to the other, rather to himself. It’s a message of the fact that ultimately, when we are hurting someone, we are really destroying ourselves, hurting ourselves.
I loved it how this book builds everything up both in the story arc of Hell, as well as Philip’s arc. Things wrap up – the war is finally waged, and Philip also ends up learning some things about himself, realizing some goals, making serious decisions.
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Triggers: (view spoiler)[A lot of the characters get tortured. Some people, as well as innocent people, get killed – some of them graphically. Hell, even Philip does some torturing. Hell actually becomes Hell, and all the stories up to this point seem to just have been child’s play. This book is a lot gorier and darker. (hide spoiler)]
I thank the author and The Write Reads tours for giving me a free copy in exchange to an honest review. This has not affected my opinion.
There were many things I didn't like, but only three of them are truly the table flipping kind. Here they are.
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There were many things I didn't like, but only three of them are truly the table flipping kind. Here they are.
1. There's a girl who's so pretty she is assumed to be perfect of character, innocent and divine - just because she's unearthly beautiful. That's how the world works when guys write books, after all.
2. In contrast, there's a girl who is disfigured. Naturally, she knows her place in the world and that she would never be loved by the man she wants. So she basically lets herself die because she's so flawed.
3. There's also a girl who is perfectly independent (and I'd even venture to say badass), and the relationship she has been in for the past few years seems only full of animosity and nothing else. However, she decides to go back on her decision not to marry him as soon as she sees a little danger and now she's dripping with love again - it was incredibly out of character. Despite kicking ass for years, she's now getting married because she suddenly needs a man to protect her. Oh, and that only happens to further the drama in the story anyway, so who cares, right?
Pullman, WHAT THE ROYAL HELL???
I honestly don't know how this same writer could write His Dark Materials and THIS.
I was supposed to review this after we'd read the entire series, but since I'm buddy reading it with boyfriend, I might go gray before we finish the sI was supposed to review this after we'd read the entire series, but since I'm buddy reading it with boyfriend, I might go gray before we finish the series :D
I suppose you could say I liked this book alright, but it doesn't hold a candle to The Big Series By The Genius That Is Pullman (you know which one I mean). The characters are written nicely, it reads fast and the intrigue is truly great. If I read this when I was a teen, I would have probably gobbled it up! But when you read something like this after you've read Pullman's Greatest Masterpiece, it's just hard to think of it too highly.
So basically, read it, but read it before you read His Dark Materials xD otherwise, it's a great book!...more
Actually... I am utterly baffled. This book has been a disapppointment in many ways, but one of them is the strange niggling feeling inside that eiActually... I am utterly baffled. This book has been a disapppointment in many ways, but one of them is the strange niggling feeling inside that either I've grown too simple to understand literary, or literary has grown too elusive. I have reviewed this book in my typical buddy read format with my friend JJ, so if you want to read the reasons why I didn’t really like it, you can read them here.
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