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Angelfall by Susan Ee

11 reviews

prashiie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

“When you're small enough to have to look up at everyone around you, there's no such thing as a dirty fight.”

Basically, the world as we know it has ended, angels are everywhere and humans are trying to survive. An interesting plot! We have angels against angels and Penryn who is trying to survive with her little sister who is in a wheelchair and mother who has schizophrenia and is both intriguing and scary. I didn’t expect her mother to survive and I was surprised to see how self-reliant she was when left on her own. I hope she’ll get a bigger role in the next two books.

The writing felt a little off in the beginning, mainly because of the over-explaining and this made it harder to really get into the book. But I have to say that it got better or maybe I just got used to it. The story also got more interesting later on, so that helps!

Now I’m debating whether to read the other books or not. I didn’t love this book, it was okay but on the other hand

I want to know how Paige ended up in a wheelchair–because I don’t believe it’s their mother’s fault–and why the angels are even on Earth and what is going on with them.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Slavery, and Vomit

bsmulca's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Mental illness

sam_malaika's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Mental illness, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, and Body horror

justkarlah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

I first read this series back when it first came out, and I fell in love with it. It was different from all the books that were popular back then, and my first time reading dark fantasy about angels (I still can't believe it's been over 10 years!). 

Reading it again now, my only complaint is how young Penryn is. Growing up makes you realize how YOUNG a 17-year-old really is. It's true she had to 'grow up' mentally and take care of her younger sister since their mother wasn't capable of doing so, but it still feels wrong how young she is. Especially when she's falling for an immortal angel.

I liked the characters, good and bad. They all seemed to have their own personalities and backgrounds, and didn't feel two-dimensional.

This was a fast-paced book; you're basically at the edge of your seat the entire time. Penryn's determination to save her sister forces her to join Raffe, an angel who's wings were cut off and who now has to walk back to where the angels are in San Francisco. Their alliance leads to an eventful trip full of danger, both from humans and monsters alike. 

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a dark fantasy series about angels and the end of the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

so beyond ableist i couldn't finish (DNF'd at page 71). but it gave me the opportunity to finally give myself permission to dnf books and the opportunity to get educated on ableist terms/phrases

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Medical trauma, Murder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, War, and Child abuse

Minor: Abandonment and Child death

karaboureview's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Cannibalism, Death, Child abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Sexism, and Ableism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Trafficking, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, War, and Abandonment

abesreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual harassment

Minor: Kidnapping

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Dementia, Cannibalism, Colonisation, War, Violence, Sexual harassment, Outing, Gore, Murder, Medical content, Vomit, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Torture, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

celery's review against another edition

None of the characters are likable. I couldn't understand how there was any chemistry between the two main characters and the protagonist was someone I couldn't root for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child death, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This is definitely a twist on the YA dystopian genre. I honestly didn't think it would be as dark as it was for a YA novel. It starts off with a bang and doesn't stop. It's a sprint to the end and your adrenaline is going and there's just a hint of conspiracy to give it another layer. And that ending? gooseflesh and tingles on the back of my neck... yeesh!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

kidnapping, dissection, and experimentation on children