THE ANGELS WEEP

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Summary: Intresting book, a little too high on violence
Review: I started reading this book and finished it in around 12 days. Intrestingly this book takes you on a journey across the fate of a people and a nation. It has lots of violence but then Zimbabwe has has been a violent place. Ralph's homophobia was distressing and his brothers suicide in the book was unnerving. What i like the most is the manipulation of characters by the authour. They seem so real but at the same time so unreal. He tries to end the book in "all well that ends well" spirit. However i should say that its one of his best works that i ever read. When it comes to Africa, Smith sure knows how to write.

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Summary: Not for the faint of heart
Review: I think this book is one of Wilbur Smith's best books. It tells the history of the struggle between the blacks and whites in present-day Zimbabwe. This book probably has more violence and bloodshed than any book I've ever read. However, it tells an important story and has some powerful messages.

Rating:
Summary: Not for the faint of heart
Review: I think this book is one of Wilbur Smith's best books. It tells the history of the struggle between the blacks and whites in present-day Zimbabwe. This book probably has more violence and bloodshed than any book I've ever read. However, it tells an important story and has some powerful messages.

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Summary: Blood, gore, and other assorted violence
Review: If you revel in gratuitous and other violence, then this is the book for you. Thrill to non-indigenous settlers as they slaughter thousands of animals. Glory in indigenous people murdering and massacring, including pregnant women and unborn fetuses. Revel in insect and animal carrion eaters as they fulfill their role in nature. All this and more in Wilbur Smith's lurid melodrama of "life" (read:death) in southern Africa in the late 19th century. For those with other interests, discover that Cecil Rhodes was, shall we say, not interested in women. Sit back and enjoy the displeasure of the one of the main characters, whose brother has a relationship with Rhodes. If this is your thing, you will also like the blood and violence in Alaska, by Michener. As for me, I have destroyed my copy of The Angels Weep, and will purchase and destroy other copies if I find them at bookfairs.

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Summary: Blood, gore, and other assorted violence
Review: The Angels Weep does what few books can. Smith, as Africa's Michener, skillfully blends the history of Africa with fictional characters, to give the reader both historical insight and a very enjoyable read. This book is two pronged, as it covers the two most important eras of Rhodesian-Zimbabwean history. The late 1800's and 1977 are respectively the eras when the country of Rhodesia was founded, and 1977 the year a black-led revolution took place. In each of these eras, Smith blends a fabric of interwoven and interdependent characters, both black and white, who typify the strength, courage, and keen failures of a land that is both beautiful and dangerous. A warning to the faint of heart, the book is full of violence, a necessary feature of any story about this troubled land. This may be the best book written by a man I think is the world's best author, or at least a peer of the immortal Michener.

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Summary: The Angels Weep is an outstanding piece of workmanship
Review: The Angels Weep does what few books can. Smith, as Africa's Michener, skillfully blends the history of Africa with fictional characters, to give the reader both historical insight and a very enjoyable read. This book is two pronged, as it covers the two most important eras of Rhodesian-Zimbabwean history. The late 1800's and 1977 are respectively the eras when the country of Rhodesia was founded, and 1977 the year a black-led revolution took place. In each of these eras, Smith blends a fabric of interwoven and interdependent characters, both black and white, who typify the strength, courage, and keen failures of a land that is both beautiful and dangerous. A warning to the faint of heart, the book is full of violence, a necessary feature of any story about this troubled land. This may be the best book written by a man I think is the world's best author, or at least a peer of the immortal Michener.