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La Malédiction des anges by Danielle Trussoni

deetour8's review against another edition

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1.0

Sister Evangeline is a young nun living in a convent in upstate New York, living a life of peace and solitude until Verlaine, an art historian, comes to the convent archives she works at requesting letters written by Abigail Rockefeller. The letters pipe Evangeline’s interest and leads her to discover the world of Angelology, a secret society of people trying to rescue the world from the Nephlim, the offspring of the Fallen Angels and humans, which her family happen to be famous members of. After her discovery, she must leave the world she knew forever. Evangeline and Verlaine join Angelologist on a hunt to find a magical object that Abigail Rockefeller has hidden before the Nephlim who believe it will give them even more control over humanity than they already have.

The story line itself is interesting, but the novel lacks the depth to engage the reader. The characters lack vigor, and are hard for the reader to relate to and feel sympathy towards. The pacing of the novel is too slow to keep you on your toes, and nearly puts you to sleep. While the basic story line is good in theory and sounds as though it will be nonstop action, Trussoni fails to bring the elements that make a thriller to their full scale leaving bits and pieces weaved together by a never-ending story.

jbarbs33's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

Little slow, but half way through it hooks uoy

mollywetta's review against another edition

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4.0

I'm a fan of "stiff & flowerly", as Madeline described this book, so it was an epic win for me (is my slang right, Maddy?) But seriously, I thought the structure of this book was very interesting-- the main third person omniscient, the first person narration, the ancient diary-- the mix was fun. I liked the descriptiveness, and it did stretch my vocabulary. The story was compelling and I was interested the whole way through.

tovetott's review against another edition

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DNF at 100 pages. 

I'm bummed bcs it sounded really interesting, and the people comparing it to Dan Brown gave me hope bcs I always liked the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons and the detailed references to real life things ykno, but the exposition and writing in this one was just SO SLOW and DRAWN OUT and I can't imagine all of it woll actually be relevant later on.

At 100 pages I still feel absolutely nothing for any of the characters and I can't see how I will grow to actually care anytime soon jsjdbdbd

The short scene with the angels were cool tho ! Glad for y'all who enjoyed this and probably got a lot more cool scenes with badass angel fights! 

ptothelo's review against another edition

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2.0

I think I first read about the book in Entertainment Weekly. Having watched a somewhat entertaining miniseries about Nephilim couple of years ago (the actor who portrayed the main character now, funnily enough, plays one of the lead vampires on Vampire Diaries) I was curious to know more.

While the story was interesting, I don't think I ever really got into it.

chantawn's review against another edition

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4.0

While I thought the book was well written, I'm not sure if I liked the ending. I guess after 452 pages I was hoping for a little closure. Maybe she will write a sequel to this book, I sure hope so because the end just left me hanging. Would I recommend this book to others, sure it was a good book to read although it took some time for me to really get into the story. To anyone thinking of reading this book, enjoy!

gioclair's review against another edition

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2.0

A badly written guilty pleasure. I liked the beginning, with that insight into convent life. The part set in Paris was nice, and I wanted to know how the story would end, but, besides the protag, the characters are cardboardish and the plot ludicrous in places, not to mention the last (supposedly) climactic battle. I also spotted a few glaring mistakes concerning esoteric tradition and symbology.

To sum it up: a pulp novel that tries to be something more and fails, but enjoyable nonetheless, if you are "bon public" (I notoriously am).

alisonjfields's review against another edition

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1.0

This was entertaining, if sort of ideologically confused. Totally fell apart for me at the end, though.

beastreader's review against another edition

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4.0

Evangeline is the newest Sister to join Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. Evangeline works in the library answering mail. One day Evangeline receives a strange piece of mail addressed to the Adoration. The letter talks about Abigail Aldrich Rockfeller whom corresponded with Mother Innocenta back in 1943-1944. The letter is signed by a V.A. Verlaine who requests permission to visit the Adoration to see all the other letters between Abigail and Mother Innocenta.

At first Evangeline brushes Elaine’s request off but then she becomes intrigued by his request and does some investigating. Evangeline learns that Abigail did correspond with Mother Innocenta all the way up until the fire in 1944. That wasn’t all. There was more. Before Evangeline realizes it, she and Verlaine are deep in over their heads.

When I first saw this book the thing that drew me to it was the cover. The next thing was the concept of Angelology. I opened this book and was instantly transported into the story. The mixture of mythology and fiction was a nice balance. I have to admit though that I found the story line involving Evangeline and Verlaine more interesting then the store line in the past. Of course, this isn’t to say that I didn’t find this part also interesting as it did help to tell the story and explain what Evangeline and Verlaine were looking for. I do agree with the other readers that the ending felt a bit rushed. Here the suspense was building throughout the book and then the ending felt a bit like a cop out. Overall through Angelology is worth checking out.

laurenjrva's review against another edition

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5.0

Thought it was a good, easy summer read. Sweeps you up quickly. The description is accurate. It is like Indiana Jones meets the Da Vinci Code.