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A review by athenian_frog
Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás
Did not finish book. Stopped at 64%.
I was super, super excited to read this book. I never expected that I would keep bouncing between dropping it and trying to finish another chapter. I saw glowing reviews from people whose opinions I respect, so I think this might be a me problem...
There are some really cool and interesting scenes (Lucifer realizing his talents, the conversations with God) and I found the relationship between Luci and Michael fairly compelling, too. I have no doubt that Mr. nicolás is passionate about this work.
But nine times out of ten, the pacing feels like a sloooooow crawwwwwl. Maybe the point was that in comparison to the mortal realm, the bountifulness of Heaven makes it stagnant? But it really hurt the actual reading.
A lot of characters also felt a bit flat, like they were there just for plot reasons. I didn't feel all that attached. The other thing that prob contributed to the slow feeling was how densely packed the descriptions were. There was a LOT of description loading on the reader, some of it was very hard for me to conceptualize.
I would read a few chapters, put it down, then be reluctant to pick it back up again. The last time I made good progress (over ten pages) on this book before I set it free was a whole two months ago, and I didn't think about it twice. That's kinda what made me say: "okay, what am I doing this for?"
I will check out other rafeal nicolás works just in case another one piques my interest, but I think Angels Before Man might just not be my thing.
There are some really cool and interesting scenes (Lucifer realizing his talents, the conversations with God) and I found the relationship between Luci and Michael fairly compelling, too. I have no doubt that Mr. nicolás is passionate about this work.
But nine times out of ten, the pacing feels like a sloooooow crawwwwwl. Maybe the point was that in comparison to the mortal realm, the bountifulness of Heaven makes it stagnant? But it really hurt the actual reading.
A lot of characters also felt a bit flat, like they were there just for plot reasons. I didn't feel all that attached. The other thing that prob contributed to the slow feeling was how densely packed the descriptions were. There was a LOT of description loading on the reader, some of it was very hard for me to conceptualize.
I would read a few chapters, put it down, then be reluctant to pick it back up again. The last time I made good progress (over ten pages) on this book before I set it free was a whole two months ago, and I didn't think about it twice. That's kinda what made me say: "okay, what am I doing this for?"
I will check out other rafeal nicolás works just in case another one piques my interest, but I think Angels Before Man might just not be my thing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Blood