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Summary: Disappointing characters kill an interesting concept.
Review: I was excited when I found this book--I love angel stories, and to me it sounded like a really unique point of view from which to write a novel, from that of a fallen angel and his travails through the earth.The novel starts out blandly, and doesn't stop there, unfortunately. The main characters are, in a word, unlikeable. I couldn't muster up any feelings whatsoever for Tashum, Paladin, Fanny, Dickey or even Victor except for distaste. Even Misha didn't strike me as particularly angelic. The story is a let-down as well--none of the conflicts in the story are resolved at all, rather the author just slaps them onto an ever-growing pile of "Things to do wrap up later" and you're basically left with a 472 page prologue to the next book, full of guns, vampires, high speed chases, unethical people, and very little of angels. I had high hopes, and while I actually finished the book instead of putting it down in disgust, I can't say that I will pick up his next book. I didn't like any of the characters enough to care if they make it to the next episode of Mission:Impossible 2--oops, I mean Silence in Heaven 2.
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Summary: Great start-formula ending
Review: I was sorely disappointed in this book. It started very well with an awe-filled mytsical view of angels and the "fall" in pre-historic times. Then it hit the 15th century and exposed us and the angels to some of the horrors of that time. Then, all of the sudden, I'm reading a James Bond novel. The angels and their "minions" are driving BMW's and flying planes all over the streets and airways of modern Europe with Uzi's, AK47's and druggies. I suppose the author wanted to show some reality and that we can't keep a mystical view of angels in modern times but I was bored stiff. The angels aren't really much better than humans in their short-sightedness. I know that in the heat of battle all plans go out the window, but the protagonist had centuries to work out some kind of plan or even morality or something. Anyway I was hoping to have more interaction between angels and normal people with some sense of awe and wonder, but it is pretty much the angels vs. vampires and vampires vs. humans. The ending is very contrived and formulaic, the angel of course loses all his powers at the moment of most need, you know, the typical movie crap. If you like James Bond then this is for you.
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Summary: The Angelic Origin of Vampires
Review: In addition to a spell-binding story, what I found most fascinating about Mr. Lord-Wolff's book was a perfectly plausible and exciting explanation of how vampires came to exist. I've enjoyed Anne Rice for years, but we can only hope that Lord-Wolff keeps writing more books, because I have a hunch that his brand of story-telling and his fearlessness in exploring perplexing spiritual issues, will make his books far more popular than even the Queen of the... well, you know...
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Summary: Interesting premise, dull and wrongheaded execution.
Review: Just a few comments: The author failed to make his characters compelling or believable, even in a fantasy setting such as the one featured in this novel. Meaningless, overly cute dialoge abounds. Ridiculous vampires, one of which, as written, is so astonishingly boorish that finishing the novel might be something of a chore (the other two vampires are merely boring), take up too much of the novel's time. Quizzically, the author tries to force a comparison between the two male vampires and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
I do not understand the jacket comments praising this novel. Most claim that Lord-Wolff has done the miraculous in reinventing angels, much like Anne Rice did for vampires. But there are only four angels in the book, one of which isn't seen after the first chapter. Seriously, if one third of all the angels in heaven fell to earth, as the novel implies, one would think the writer would present a few more of them.
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Summary: Better movie, maybe
Review: Ms. Rice was never one of my favorite writers, but there is no comparison of her books to this one. I usually think that a book suffers by becoming a movie, but this would not -- I too kept thinking that it would make a better movie than novel due to Mr. Lord-Wolff's extensive reliance on plot and things visual. But the book has no sense of humor or irony about it at all, and has no ending. Open -ended non-endings work well in fiction that relies more on character development, but in a story like this, where plot is the entire impetus of the book, unresolved questions and ending in the middle of things don't succeed.
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Summary: A real page turner
Review: Peter Lord-wolff's 1st novel is wonderful,I could barely put it down. The characters are engaging and such great locations for the action packed book,with a cliff hanger ending, all I want now is part 2 and 3 of the trilogy!
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Summary: I've Fallen And I Can't Get To Heaven.
Review: Pure nonsense. I looked forward to reading a cool story about fallen angels and got a sort of story about a prissy angel who is a Lestat wannabe and a bunch of vampire idiots. Find something else to read. Thank goodness I checked this one out of the library. That would have been a waste of some good cash.
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Summary: One of the better ones, for sure!
Review: Quite honestly, I thought this book was one of a kind. No matter what your thoughts on religion are, you'll love it. When I started to read "The Scilence in Heaven" it took my imagination by storm. All you Anne Rice lovers should read this book. Not to compare, but to enjoy!
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Summary: Silence in Heaven
Review: Tashum, the fallen Angel. You fall in love with him. He's sensitive, caring and sexy. He wants to love,but isn't sure how. This book is wonderful, right up there with Anne Rice.Looking forward to the second book. Great work Peter!
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Summary: Interesting concept, poorly written
Review: The ideas behind this story are great (fallen angels, angelic creation of vampires, redemption) and the parts of the story that deal with them are engrossing. But the story line is too convuluted and I kept losing interest. The ending was open ended (and such an obvious ploy to get you to buy the next book) and I felt cheated when I finished it. I won't buy the next book.
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