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Aerie And Reckoning (2011)

by Thomas E. Sniegoski(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1442408634 (ISBN13: 9781442408630)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Simon Pulse

series

The Fallen

review 1: I like stories about religious mythology, and this one delivers with a focus on angelology. This edition collects the third and fourth books of the series. Overall, I think Aerie was better than Reckoning. With that said, there are numerous issues that affected my reading and rating of this book.First, writers who conceive of their stories over an arc of books are careful not to divulge too much too soon. In these two books, Sniegoski has some pretty big revelations. The problem is that the writing is flat, as if the writer writes through them as if they were part of the action. More than once I felt the writer could not write up to even his own expectations.Second, the inconsistent points of view were annoying. All of the major and most of the minor characters hav... moree had their POV represented, sometimes for as little as a page and a half. Yes, we even get Gabriel’s (the dog’s) POV. When writers shift POV without consistency, to me it indicates uncertainty with the major POV character telling the story. Sure this can be done well: GRRM for example; his PsOV are consistent and thorough and add dimension to the plot(s). With Sniegoski it is sloppy and serves to make me ask why we are getting so-and-so’s POV right now. Third, and most importantly, when dealing with fantasy or any genre that uses any type of magic, there has to be restraints on the use of magic otherwise the user would simply be all powerful. Case in point: Sniegoski does not have a grasp of how much power Aaron can draw. After a(nother) near-death experience/injury for Aaron, he recuperates in just two days and is ready to go fight the bad guy. During the fight, the writer tells us Aaron executes a maneuver “with the last of his reserves” (497). To me this means he is now spent of his energy; even his reserves have been tapped out. However, at the bottom of the page, Aaron “snarled as he leaped to his feet” to continue the battle with the bad guy. In fact, the fight goes on for several more pages. Where does this energy come from? Apparently he can summon energy from someplace for as much as he wants. The magic system needs to be defined and then adhered to by the writer for it to be believable fantasy.
review 2: By this the 2nd book I was really into this, God's Angels getting rid of what they thought was an abomination when in reality they were to be the chosen ones to save the world called the nephilium (half angel/half human) this had a little witchcraft but they are not called witches more like spell changers but this is a good series to read and then you have the Fallen angels who are God's angels but fell from his grace as they were jealous of the humans since God created them they thought God loved them more. The Fallen end up trying to save the Nephilium from God's Angels whom had lost site of their real task. less

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