A review by ldv
In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy

3.0

I don't know what to make of this book. No complaints about the writing -- it was good, but nothing specific about it stood out to me. It's the story(s) that puzzle me. Five narrators interspersed, omitting only one significant character (the mother with dementia). Nardo was tortured in Chile and has to deal with his demons (real and/or imagined?); his therapist who seems to take on one of the demons (and the only character to narrate in first person); Michela who has relationship problems and has to care for two ailing parents; and Mikhal, her father, who has only a few longer chapters. There are themes of love and dealing with the past and brokenness, but I'm not sure what or if there was a larger point to the book that I missed. I don't think it's necessarily the book's fault; maybe this is one of those books that needs to be reread and studied to actually get.
Certainly different.