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lara1977's review against another edition
3.0
Loved the character of Toby O’Dare. Wish the “mechanics” behind “Angel Time” had been more fleshed out. The details of Toby O’Dare’s past life and the story of Fluria and Meir were beautifully done. The ending doesn’t seem to fit with the rest of the story. Liked this, didn’t LOVE it.
emjay24's review against another edition
4.0
Anne Rice has been one of my favorite authors since I was a kid. I started reading the witch and vampire books when I was just 12 or something. Now she's starting a new series, and this is book #1. It's about a hit man who is visited by an angel, and recruited by him. There is your typical Anne Rice type stuff - New Orleans, tragedy, descriptions of places, churches, clothes, and the particular way that the people are, are just like the witches and vampires were. We also travel around in time. I read and liked the Jesus book, but this is more like the usual ones. It was really short though. I feel like she could have added on another book, or maybe I'm used to her books being really long (or maybe they just seemed really long?) but I felt just when I was really getting into it, it ended. I'm excited to see at the end, that the next volume comes out november 2010, which it is now, so yay. I'm hoping the next one will be twice as long as this one.
lmarcus01's review against another edition
5.0
This was a wonderful read, but if you are looking for a typical Anne Rice book you won't find much of that here. The descriptive nature is still there, but on the lighter side of the paranormal. A breath of fresh air. I was very skeptical at first, but truly enjoyed it!
alysian_fields's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
linthel's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
aliencatl0rd's review against another edition
3.0
Unfortunately this piece was not as entertaining as Rice's other works and is clearly influenced by her reintroduction to Christianity. However her style and eloquence remains strong so it's definitely worth a read if you're a fan of Rice or interested in Christian fiction.
erin_oriordan_is_reading_again's review against another edition
4.0
Even though this book is Anne Rice's return to the supernatural after her two Christ the Lord novels, and contains her signature attention to historical detail and passionate love of music and the arts, it reads more quickly - almost breezily - than her pre-Christ the Lord novels. Thematically, it's sort of a combination between the Jesus books (focusing on angels and a spiritual transformation) and [b:Violin|31333|Violin|Anne Rice|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1194197599s/31333.jpg|2925978]. Rice doesn't satisfactorily explain why things that happened in the past would still need resolution, but bear with this book. The attractive, blond hero, Toby O'Dare - an accomplished hitman when readers first meet him - is something like Lestat if he weren't already beyond redemption.
the_sassy_bookworm's review against another edition
3.0
I think I can safely say Anne Rice is one of my favorite authors of all time. The vampires, the witches...I read everything she wrote and loved it all. Then she found Religion, or God, doesn't matter. Bye bye went anything occult and in came God and the angels. This book was just OK for me, I don't think her novels since the conversion have had the same intensity, they have lost something in my opinion and that is a real shame. I enjoyed this one enough that I will check out the next in the series, but it is not anywhere near as good as her previous works. :(