Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

  • Started on: 2011-06-05
  • Finished on: 2011-06-07
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

Het uur van de engelen (Angelology) is an historical adventure novel taking place in a world were angels are real. The children of humans and angels, the Nephilim, are terrible creatures who want to exterminate humankind. Angelologists, scientists who have been researching the Nephilim and angels since the beginning of time, try to win the war for the humans. In this book we follow Evangeline, a young nun from New York, but also the story of her grandmother and her friend.
The story has a nice historical element that tries to explain the mythology here. It’s not quite pro-Christian, but the author makes it clear that humanism, atheism, Darwinism and movements like these are developed or propagated by the evil Nephilim. That wasn’t necessary for me, but all in all I enjoyed the book as an entertaining read. The ending left room for a start of a series of Angelology books, so I was not surprised to see that there is already a sequel. Three out of four stars.

  • Started on: 2011-06-05
  • Finished on: 2011-06-07
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

Het uur van de engelen (Angelology) is an historical adventure novel taking place in a world were angels are real. The children of humans and angels, the Nephilim, are terrible creatures who want to exterminate humankind. Angelologists, scientists who have been researching the Nephilim and angels since the beginning of time, try to win the war for the humans. In this book we follow Evangeline, a young nun from New York, but also the story of her grandmother and her friend.
The story has a nice historical element that tries to explain the mythology here. It’s not quite pro-Christian, but the author makes it clear that humanism, atheism, Darwinism and movements like these are developed or propagated by the evil Nephilim. That wasn’t necessary for me, but all in all I enjoyed the book as an entertaining read. The ending left room for a start of a series of Angelology books, so I was not surprised to see that there is already a sequel. Three out of four stars.