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Angels Before Man

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4.13 AVERAGE

stxrmblessed's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

hillier's review against another edition

4.25

dark sad medium-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

the_escapist_reader's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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Excellent premise made boring

yamuna_rai's review against another edition

1.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

love_bookswillbetheendofme's review against another edition

3.25

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

samsbookcorner's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective tense 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

mariah_is_awkward's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aok_reads's review against another edition

4.25

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allforthegame's review against another edition

3.0

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when i am shaking and crying i am thinking of this book

tamtasticbooks's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

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If you would have given me only the second half of the book, I might would have loved it. Unfortunately for my enjoyment, the second half of the book is plagued by the first half of the book, which is exceedingly slow and languorous. Beautifully written? Sure.

This could have been a very interesting take on the fall of Lucifer with a queer spin, but it ended up being nearly 200 pages of Lucifer being unsure of and uncomfortable with himself, then a flurry of his descent into madness (?). 
 
I also felt like so many characters were one-dimensional. For a book that took on Lucifer and God and the like, it didn't have much to say. Literally, next to nothing happens until near the end. There was so much space to explore so much more instead of constantly being like, "Lucifer is so beautiful. He is uncomfortable by his beauty. What is his purpose?"
 
In conclusion, it was fine. I think I disliked it, despite being so excited for it. But once the tone was set for the first 50-60%, it was over for the rest of the book, no matter how good it was.