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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
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First, I’d like to ooh and aah over the cover for a bit. The design is just beautiful, even more so when you see it in person, and it certainly caught my eye when Goodreads recommended The Space Between to me over a year ago. And the cover art is actually relevant to the book for a change. Daphne, the protagonist, is the half-demon/half-fallen angel daughter of Lilith and Lucifer and lives in Pandemonium, a city in Hell where everything is made of metal (Pandemonium does have its own furnace, after all.). I think that the cover is an imaginative, accurate visualization of Pandemonium.
This book seriously blew my mind, and in a good way. It’s such a creative take on angels and demons and heaven and hell (mostly the demons and hell parts). I loved how some of the conventional notions involved in this type of story were maintained, like Hell being hot, while others were completely reversed. Daphne doesn’t want to be like her numerous sisters, the Lilim, who go to Earth for “a fix;” they prey on human men and take their dreams and memories from them. Whereas half-demon Daphne demonstrates a conscience, Azrael, the Angel of Death whose duty is to destroy demons on Earth, is portrayed as quite merciless. He calls upon his vicious monster, Dark Dreadful, to dispense with the demons who dare invade his turf. Dark Dreadful is every bit as scary as she sounds.
This novel had some creepy moments and some bizarre moments in it, yet I was 100% sold on the world. When Daphne first arrives on Earth, she’s rather overwhelmed. Her knowledge is limited to what her brother, Obie, whose job entails spending most of his time there, has told her. Daphne is pretty naïve to the ways of the human world, like when she thinks the guy behind the deli counter has said “Salome” because she doesn’t know what “salami” is. But this scene and others like it totally work and don’t make Daphne look silly because Brenna Yovanoff has written them in such a way that you couldn’t expect anything else from a character who’s lived in Hell all of her life.
The characterizations in The Space Between are incredible. Here’s a statement that I don’t think I could have gotten away with during my thirteen years of Catholic school: I really liked Beelzebub! He heads up Hell’s Collections Department; i.e. he’s in charge of reaping souls. He’s just cool and is the person whom Daphne turns to for help and advice. I also liked Obie and how strong his sibling bond was with his sister. The two look out for one another and are very much alike in the compassion that they both have for others.
I loved Daphne. I loved how she strove to be better than the Lilim and how big her heart was despite her doubts that she’d ever know what it meant to love. I just wanted to tell her, “But you already know, Daphne! You already know!” Even though her search for Obie takes her to a place that is alien to her and she’s nearly mugged soon after setting foot on Earth, Daphne keeps her wits about her. As she begins running out of time to help her brother, some cracks start to show in her poise, but it’s then that she finds support from an unlikely source: Truman Flynn.
Daphne first sees Truman when he makes a brief appearance in Hell following a suicide attempt. He’s sent back to Earth with Obie, who’d been looking after him and whose job it is to help the Lost Ones, the half-human offspring of fallen angels. Truman is Daphne’s only clue to Obie’s whereabouts, and when she encounters Truman again, he’s in really bad shape, passed out on a bathroom floor from too much drinking. Since his mother’s death, he’s set himself on a path to self-destruction that is heartbreaking to behold. Daphne, who so wrongly believes that she’s incapable of human empathy, has felt exactly that for Truman from the moment she met him. Truman, who so wrongly believes that he has nothing to live for, very slowly comes around to helping Daphne with her task. The relationship that gradually builds between these two is exquisitely crafted. My shabby description of it can’t even begin to properly capture it.
I was all set to unequivocally give The Space Between five stars until the novel started winding down toward its conclusion. It’s not that I didn’t like the ending itself; I just didn’t like the way events leading up to the ending unfolded. In fact, I was like, “WTF?!” I think this is just a case of me being me, though. Every single other aspect of this stellar novel deserves five stars, and that’s what I’m rating the book overall.
First, I’d like to ooh and aah over the cover for a bit. The design is just beautiful, even more so when you see it in person, and it certainly caught my eye when Goodreads recommended The Space Between to me over a year ago. And the cover art is actually relevant to the book for a change. Daphne, the protagonist, is the half-demon/half-fallen angel daughter of Lilith and Lucifer and lives in Pandemonium, a city in Hell where everything is made of metal (Pandemonium does have its own furnace, after all.). I think that the cover is an imaginative, accurate visualization of Pandemonium.
This book seriously blew my mind, and in a good way. It’s such a creative take on angels and demons and heaven and hell (mostly the demons and hell parts). I loved how some of the conventional notions involved in this type of story were maintained, like Hell being hot, while others were completely reversed. Daphne doesn’t want to be like her numerous sisters, the Lilim, who go to Earth for “a fix;” they prey on human men and take their dreams and memories from them. Whereas half-demon Daphne demonstrates a conscience, Azrael, the Angel of Death whose duty is to destroy demons on Earth, is portrayed as quite merciless. He calls upon his vicious monster, Dark Dreadful, to dispense with the demons who dare invade his turf. Dark Dreadful is every bit as scary as she sounds.
This novel had some creepy moments and some bizarre moments in it, yet I was 100% sold on the world. When Daphne first arrives on Earth, she’s rather overwhelmed. Her knowledge is limited to what her brother, Obie, whose job entails spending most of his time there, has told her. Daphne is pretty naïve to the ways of the human world, like when she thinks the guy behind the deli counter has said “Salome” because she doesn’t know what “salami” is. But this scene and others like it totally work and don’t make Daphne look silly because Brenna Yovanoff has written them in such a way that you couldn’t expect anything else from a character who’s lived in Hell all of her life.
The characterizations in The Space Between are incredible. Here’s a statement that I don’t think I could have gotten away with during my thirteen years of Catholic school: I really liked Beelzebub! He heads up Hell’s Collections Department; i.e. he’s in charge of reaping souls. He’s just cool and is the person whom Daphne turns to for help and advice. I also liked Obie and how strong his sibling bond was with his sister. The two look out for one another and are very much alike in the compassion that they both have for others.
I loved Daphne. I loved how she strove to be better than the Lilim and how big her heart was despite her doubts that she’d ever know what it meant to love. I just wanted to tell her, “But you already know, Daphne! You already know!” Even though her search for Obie takes her to a place that is alien to her and she’s nearly mugged soon after setting foot on Earth, Daphne keeps her wits about her. As she begins running out of time to help her brother, some cracks start to show in her poise, but it’s then that she finds support from an unlikely source: Truman Flynn.
Daphne first sees Truman when he makes a brief appearance in Hell following a suicide attempt. He’s sent back to Earth with Obie, who’d been looking after him and whose job it is to help the Lost Ones, the half-human offspring of fallen angels. Truman is Daphne’s only clue to Obie’s whereabouts, and when she encounters Truman again, he’s in really bad shape, passed out on a bathroom floor from too much drinking. Since his mother’s death, he’s set himself on a path to self-destruction that is heartbreaking to behold. Daphne, who so wrongly believes that she’s incapable of human empathy, has felt exactly that for Truman from the moment she met him. Truman, who so wrongly believes that he has nothing to live for, very slowly comes around to helping Daphne with her task. The relationship that gradually builds between these two is exquisitely crafted. My shabby description of it can’t even begin to properly capture it.
I was all set to unequivocally give The Space Between five stars until the novel started winding down toward its conclusion. It’s not that I didn’t like the ending itself; I just didn’t like the way events leading up to the ending unfolded. In fact, I was like, “WTF?!” I think this is just a case of me being me, though. Every single other aspect of this stellar novel deserves five stars, and that’s what I’m rating the book overall.
I love all the creative ideas that Brenna Yovanoff comes up with. Her books always surprise me, they are definitely unique. This book was really interesting and Daphne was a great character. A daughter of the devil and Lilith was a great concept. I really enjoyed all of the characters and the events throughout the book. Pandemonium seems like a really interesting place and Daphne's unique features are intriguing. Like I said I really liked the concept and I really enjoyed the whole book and its take on good and evil. The way some characters acted in the story really surprised me and there were definitely some crazy happenings.
I really liked Daphne, she has a lot of determination, she doesn't back down and she has cool powers. Despite her heritage, she was very sweet with Truman and Raymie. Truman was pretty messed and kind of really annoyed me for a while. Finally Daphne got him back to a functioning level and I liked him much better. The two of the them together later on in the book was so cute, I really liked the ending. Raymie was a totally surprise, but I absolutely loved her! I wish there had been more of her. Obie was another character I liked. There were a lot of other characters that were very complex and made for an interesting story.
Overall I loved the creativeness and weirdness of the book. I recommend it. Can't wait to see what Yovanoff will come up with next.
I really liked Daphne, she has a lot of determination, she doesn't back down and she has cool powers. Despite her heritage, she was very sweet with Truman and Raymie. Truman was pretty messed and kind of really annoyed me for a while. Finally Daphne got him back to a functioning level and I liked him much better. The two of the them together later on in the book was so cute, I really liked the ending. Raymie was a totally surprise, but I absolutely loved her! I wish there had been more of her. Obie was another character I liked. There were a lot of other characters that were very complex and made for an interesting story.
Overall I loved the creativeness and weirdness of the book. I recommend it. Can't wait to see what Yovanoff will come up with next.
Daphne is half angel and half demon. She is the offspring of Lillith (demon) and Lucifer (fallen, but angel nonetheless). She lives in a Hell were everything is steel and modern architecture. Daphne isn’t like her sisters, she has no interested in going to Earth or acting the role of succubus. However she does go to Earth to find her missing brother…the only offspring of Adam and Lillith. He’s left hell for the love of his life, another half-breed. Only Lillith discovers something has happened to her son and sends Daphne to try and find him.
This book had a very interesting take on hell and the fallen angels as well as the demons. Hell from Yovanof’s description sounded intriguing if you are living there as a supernatural being versus an evil soul sent there to be punished eternally.
Daphne, though inhuman, was interesting in her fascination with all things earthly. Daphne is in pain though she doesn’t really know why…she thinks it’s because she has no purpose. She meets Truman who is human and in terrible pain, so much so he’s killing himself slowly…he is also the last person who might have some idea where her brother is.
This was an incredibly poignant story. I cried throughout most of it. Love and loss, but there was also redemption, which made me smile through the tears! Yovanof certainly avoided the sophomore slump! I enjoyed this book so much more than The Replacements.
This book had a very interesting take on hell and the fallen angels as well as the demons. Hell from Yovanof’s description sounded intriguing if you are living there as a supernatural being versus an evil soul sent there to be punished eternally.
Daphne, though inhuman, was interesting in her fascination with all things earthly. Daphne is in pain though she doesn’t really know why…she thinks it’s because she has no purpose. She meets Truman who is human and in terrible pain, so much so he’s killing himself slowly…he is also the last person who might have some idea where her brother is.
This was an incredibly poignant story. I cried throughout most of it. Love and loss, but there was also redemption, which made me smile through the tears! Yovanof certainly avoided the sophomore slump! I enjoyed this book so much more than The Replacements.
GOOD ASS BOOK i love this book so much i read it when i was in middle school and then reread it a few years ago in high school. im definitely going to reread it soon, i dont know what it is about this book but it just itches a gothic YA shaped scratch
I came into this book with high expectations- and that may make this an unfair review. I had just finished Yovanoff's The Replacement, which I loved, and when I read the summary of this book I was even more excited to read more of her works. A book about the child of Lucifer and Lilith was not something I was going to pass up. The book was good, and the world interesting, but not complex. The whole book seemed sort of...flat. I'm unsure if this was done purposefully-to show the difference between demons and humans- but it really made it hard to connect or empathize with any of the characters. I ended up finishing the book so I could finish the book, not because I really wanted to know the ending.
This book was so hard to read! It dragged on and on and only got interesting the last 100 pages. It was interesting but took forever to get into!
Daphne is the daughter of Lilith and Lucifer. She lives in Pandemonium the city in Hell. She has a life of privilege and boredom. She is tormented by her sisters the Lilim, but protected by her brother Obie. Then one day Obie goes missing. She must leave Hell to find him and the only one who can help her is one of Obie's human charges...Truman. Truman is a damaged boy. His mother is dead and he had never quite gotten over that. He is on a path of self-destruction. Obie saved him once when he tried tried to commit suicide, but it hasn't stopped his downward slide into drinking, drugs and anything else he can find. Then Daphne saves him when he almost dies a second time. Together they set out to discover what happened to Obie. They must avoid the Avenging Angel, Azreal, and his pet monster Dark Dreadful, who are out to get all demons and who seem to have a special task in mind for Truman.
This is a story about Heaven and Hell, grief and despair, redemption and damnation. Daphne and Truman are not your typical teen novel characters. Daphne is a demon from hell; she has never known love or compassion or any of those types of emotions. She faces life like a blank slate at times and doesn't exhibit the emotions you would expect when say your sister is brutally murdered. It makes for an interesting character. Even when she is falling in love with Truman it is not your typical love story because she does not function like your typical person would. Truman is broken in so many ways but he is still human so his emotions do surface but he is also not typical. It is interesting to see these two atypical people discover the world (because really Truman has been oblivious to it as well as Daphne) and fall in love.
I found that I was more interested in Daphne and Truman's journey than the actual angel/demon plot that was behind it. I didn't think that plot was as well developed as it could be and at times I really got confused as to the motivations of the background characters. Sure it is all explained in the end but even then it still seemed a bit much. Even so, Daphne and Truman more than made up for what was lacking in the rest of the storytelling. I just found them so atypical and against the norm and that was refreshing and interesting.
This is a story about Heaven and Hell, grief and despair, redemption and damnation. Daphne and Truman are not your typical teen novel characters. Daphne is a demon from hell; she has never known love or compassion or any of those types of emotions. She faces life like a blank slate at times and doesn't exhibit the emotions you would expect when say your sister is brutally murdered. It makes for an interesting character. Even when she is falling in love with Truman it is not your typical love story because she does not function like your typical person would. Truman is broken in so many ways but he is still human so his emotions do surface but he is also not typical. It is interesting to see these two atypical people discover the world (because really Truman has been oblivious to it as well as Daphne) and fall in love.
I found that I was more interested in Daphne and Truman's journey than the actual angel/demon plot that was behind it. I didn't think that plot was as well developed as it could be and at times I really got confused as to the motivations of the background characters. Sure it is all explained in the end but even then it still seemed a bit much. Even so, Daphne and Truman more than made up for what was lacking in the rest of the storytelling. I just found them so atypical and against the norm and that was refreshing and interesting.