Jane R. reviewed on 4/7/2010 + 7 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

I'm sorry that I bought it - Boring, depressing rather than fun.

So many well written books die in obscurity. It's a pity to see something like this sell so well. I thought that a bestseller had to be a good read, as well as have a great premise. But apparently, premise is enough...

I had a hard time pushing this book. The violence is depressing, and there's no feeling of triumph, despite some victories.

The author tells rather than shows. Repeatedly, characters that we barely know tell us that the protagonist "will be a great angelologist". But, she acts like a good little girl, a clerk and a nun. No action or memory showed that she was special.


***SPOILER***
The characters triumphed over their challenges too easily. Two scary thugs are taken out by a lucky shot from a moving car by someone who had never held a gun before. Suspense building, then nothing, flat. Oh, that was easy.

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