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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay so this was a very beautiful book. I loved the story loved the character felt my heart break for Lucifer so many times (especially when michael sent him away the first time after the interaction with Uriel I just about died
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautiful story and wonderfully written. I just failed to connect with the characters. A great situation of when the flaw is with the reader not the book. I would still highly recommend this to certain people.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
beautiful and tragic and amazing and angering
i had so many feelings reading this
i had so many feelings reading this
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Easily my favorite read of the year now. This book wrecked me. There was so much that resonated as someone who grew up queer in a religious household, as someone who knows what it’s like to have abuse touted as love, and, heck, even as a neurodivergent person.
Now, you know how the book is going to end. This is a very old story, you couldn’t possibly spoil the ending. But the journey was so beautiful and tragic to go on. It was deep and impactful and lovely
The prose was quite beautiful as well but, I will say, there were some sentences that were written in a confusing way. It wasn’t enough of a bother for me to give this book a lesser rating and, indeed, the grammar devolves in a very intentional way towards the end as Lucifer is rising to the peak of his grief and rage. It did a wonderful job of giving a sense of fervor, mania, disorganization, and it wasn’t overwhelming or confusing.
Stunningly done, 10/10, would recommend
Now, you know how the book is going to end. This is a very old story, you couldn’t possibly spoil the ending. But the journey was so beautiful and tragic to go on. It was deep and impactful and lovely
The prose was quite beautiful as well but, I will say, there were some sentences that were written in a confusing way. It wasn’t enough of a bother for me to give this book a lesser rating and, indeed, the grammar devolves in a very intentional way towards the end as Lucifer is rising to the peak of his grief and rage. It did a wonderful job of giving a sense of fervor, mania, disorganization, and it wasn’t overwhelming or confusing.
Stunningly done, 10/10, would recommend
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Cannibalism
Okay so, I’ve got some thoughts.
The first part was so beautiful and tender, Lucifer’s such a sympathetic main characters. There were some aspects of the world building that I had to overlook but, all in all, it was heaven.
Then the second part came and we all know how it ends, it was quite heartbreaking (even though I did not cry). Unfortunately it’s also where all my main problems lie. The internal monologue became a bit too confusing and I’m not sure what happened and what didn’t. I also wish that lucifer’s acts of disobedience where more deliberate form earlier on, so that his corruption wouldn’t feel so sudden. Especially the part where he wants to became the new god, feel like we should have focused more on the “freedom to love someone more than god” bit, since that’s the reason his rebellion was born in this book.
But, even with all this faults, this story was still a joy to read and, now that I’ve finished it, I wish I could read it all over again.
Spoilers:
Would have really loved to see the corruption of Adam and Eve but alas we didn’t get that. And the part where lucifer’s fall caused the dinosaurs’ extinction really pulled my out of the story; I was supposed to be crying my eyes out because Lucifer and Michael were fighting I was not supposed to be laughing, poor dinosaurs.
Btw theologically speaking this book doesn’t make any sense, but I didn’t expect it to so all is well.
The first part was so beautiful and tender, Lucifer’s such a sympathetic main characters. There were some aspects of the world building that I had to overlook but, all in all, it was heaven.
Then the second part came and we all know how it ends, it was quite heartbreaking (even though I did not cry). Unfortunately it’s also where all my main problems lie. The internal monologue became a bit too confusing and I’m not sure what happened and what didn’t. I also wish that lucifer’s acts of disobedience where more deliberate form earlier on, so that his corruption wouldn’t feel so sudden. Especially the part where he wants to became the new god, feel like we should have focused more on the “freedom to love someone more than god” bit, since that’s the reason his rebellion was born in this book.
But, even with all this faults, this story was still a joy to read and, now that I’ve finished it, I wish I could read it all over again.
Spoilers:
Would have really loved to see the corruption of Adam and Eve but alas we didn’t get that. And the part where lucifer’s fall caused the dinosaurs’ extinction really pulled my out of the story; I was supposed to be crying my eyes out because Lucifer and Michael were fighting I was not supposed to be laughing, poor dinosaurs.
Btw theologically speaking this book doesn’t make any sense, but I didn’t expect it to so all is well.