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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
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.
Judge a Book By Its Cover: There is something arresting about this cover, but I don't think its representative of the book itself. It seems to be a beautiful picture, but it presents Daphne as so passive. I'm torn about this one, but my instinct is that it could be better.
Plot: Daphne lives in hell. She is the daughter of Lilith, Adam's first wife, and Lucifer. Hell is all she has ever known, besides what she learns from watching television. She has never ventured on Earth, but the disappearance of her brother stirs her to action. She must find him, and she must save him. So, she goes to the last person on Earth she knows has seen him: Truman, a deeply depressed young man who is struggling with alcoholism and the desire to end everything. Together they have to find Obie, and Daphne has to keep Truman alive.
I liked this a lot better than I thought I would. I think a lot of it has to do with the tone of the book. It was dark, but I liked it. Its had creepy undertones, but it fit with the idea that these people are struggling with hell and heaven. I also liked the settings, and how heaven and hell were represented. There was something really beautiful about how the author chose to represent both of these realities, and how she chose to make the angels just as disturbed as the demons.
I was also drawn in by the romance. I think it was built realistically, even though it was swift. I loved how the author described love, and I think Daphne and Truman made sense together.
“Love is when you care more about something else than you do about yourself.”
I also think that, unlike many stories I read, the romance should take center stage in a book like this. Because it was a book about love and sacrifice and finding out what that means, for both of these characters, so having a relationship between them where they find that out personally was an important step.
I would definitely recommend this, especially if you like YA literature, or you are a fan of a darker books. This book focuses on hell and demons and angels, but it is really a book about how to live a life on Earth.
Plot: Daphne lives in hell. She is the daughter of Lilith, Adam's first wife, and Lucifer. Hell is all she has ever known, besides what she learns from watching television. She has never ventured on Earth, but the disappearance of her brother stirs her to action. She must find him, and she must save him. So, she goes to the last person on Earth she knows has seen him: Truman, a deeply depressed young man who is struggling with alcoholism and the desire to end everything. Together they have to find Obie, and Daphne has to keep Truman alive.
I liked this a lot better than I thought I would. I think a lot of it has to do with the tone of the book. It was dark, but I liked it. Its had creepy undertones, but it fit with the idea that these people are struggling with hell and heaven. I also liked the settings, and how heaven and hell were represented. There was something really beautiful about how the author chose to represent both of these realities, and how she chose to make the angels just as disturbed as the demons.
I was also drawn in by the romance. I think it was built realistically, even though it was swift. I loved how the author described love, and I think Daphne and Truman made sense together.
“Love is when you care more about something else than you do about yourself.”
I also think that, unlike many stories I read, the romance should take center stage in a book like this. Because it was a book about love and sacrifice and finding out what that means, for both of these characters, so having a relationship between them where they find that out personally was an important step.
I would definitely recommend this, especially if you like YA literature, or you are a fan of a darker books. This book focuses on hell and demons and angels, but it is really a book about how to live a life on Earth.
Before my review, let me just state that it's refreshing to see a young adult author who doesn't feel the need to extend everything out to a trilogy. Brenna Yovanoff might be my favorite current YA author, on the strength of this novel and her latest [b:Paper Valentine|12109772|Paper Valentine|Brenna Yovanoff|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1350335466s/12109772.jpg|17393387].
The Space Between tells the story of Daphne, the half demon daughter of Lilith and Lucifer. How could I not read a book based on that premise? The hell of the novel is all steel and skyscrapers. Although it might be horrible, we see it through the eyes of Daphne. For her it is simply home, the only world she has ever known.
If the book has a weakness, it's that it quickly leaves this setting for earth. The story dictated that move, but I would love to read an entire novel set in the underworld. Daphne sets off to save her brother, who has left for the love of a human woman, and falls in love with a boy along the way. The romance is never the focus, and it's never overdone.
The pacing was good, though I did feel the end was a little thrown together. In the end I was confused by what had just taken place. But even so, this is a solid 4 stars. Yovanoff is an unusually poetic writer. It's easy to get lost in her world and ignore any minor quibbles. Recommended!
The Space Between tells the story of Daphne, the half demon daughter of Lilith and Lucifer. How could I not read a book based on that premise? The hell of the novel is all steel and skyscrapers. Although it might be horrible, we see it through the eyes of Daphne. For her it is simply home, the only world she has ever known.
If the book has a weakness, it's that it quickly leaves this setting for earth. The story dictated that move, but I would love to read an entire novel set in the underworld. Daphne sets off to save her brother, who has left for the love of a human woman, and falls in love with a boy along the way. The romance is never the focus, and it's never overdone.
The pacing was good, though I did feel the end was a little thrown together. In the end I was confused by what had just taken place. But even so, this is a solid 4 stars. Yovanoff is an unusually poetic writer. It's easy to get lost in her world and ignore any minor quibbles. Recommended!