| Angelology |  | Author: Danielle Trussoni
Publisher: VIKING ADULT
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Rating:  163 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,513
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 464
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
ASIN: B0030CVQ0S
Publication Date: January 19, 2010
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Product Description
A thrilling epic about an ancient clash reignited in our time- between a hidden society and heaven's darkest creatures
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them.
Genesis 6:5
Sister Evangeline was just a girl when her father entrusted her to the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in upstate New York. Now, at twenty-three, her discovery of a 1943 letter from the famous philanthropist Abigail Rockefeller to the late mother superior of Saint Rose Convent plunges Evangeline into a secret history that stretches back a thousand years: an ancient conflict between the Society of Angelologists and the monstrously beautiful descendants of angels and humans, the Nephilim.
For the secrets these letters guard are desperately coveted by the once-powerful Nephilim, who aim to perpetuate war, subvert the good in humanity, and dominate mankind. Generations of angelologists have devoted their lives to stopping them, and their shared mission, which Evangeline has long been destined to join, reaches from her bucolic abbey on the Hudson to the apex of insular wealth in New York, to the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris and the mountains of Bulgaria.
Rich in history, full of mesmerizing characters, and wondrously conceived, Angelology blends biblical lore, the myth of Orpheus and the Miltonic visions of Paradise Lost into a riveting tale of ordinary people engaged in a battle that will determine the fate of the world.
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 disappointing ending July 23, 2010
Monte Bobele (San Antonio, TX USA)
I enjoyed this book for the most part. It had an extremely disappointing ending. If this book is intended to be the first of a series, I would have liked a heads up about that. I am reluctant to commit to reading a series.
 Engrossing, but unsatisfying in the end July 21, 2010
Sarah K. Biggs (Phoenix)
I orderd the audio version of this book after seeing a review in O Magazine. I love all things supernatural and was really exicted about this book. I loved the concept of these evil angels. I really got into the story, I would stay up nights listening to it and during the day couldn't wait to get back to it. The story as told by Celestine is particularly engrossing. I found myself wanting to be an Angeloligist studying and traveling alongside Gaberiella (who I love). The story really starts to come together at the end, however, I just finished it and was like whaa??? I thought I was missing some CD's. There is so much more to go into from here. I really hope the movie flushes out the end of the story. I read somewhere on here that there will be a sequel, if that's the case I would advise on waiting until it comes out only because once you're done with this story you are left wanting so much more.
 Solid until it started to wrap up July 19, 2010
Heidi (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed reading this story about evil angels and the folks who seek them out until I got to the end. The descriptions are very thorough and rich. The author captures places so well. Her characters need more definition though and lack depth. My favorite part of the book ended up being the middle section set in the WWII era. When the story suddenly switched I was thrown, but then found that middle story to be more fleshed out than the other. It would be great to build on that part of the story more-it seemed more complex and real. The middle section is written as if Sister Celestine is having a dream. Yet when the section is over and we jump back to the present day, our heroine acts as if she's aware of all this dreaming backstory. But in the story she is never told. Odd.
The thing that really annoyed me was the ending. As the story started to spiral towards the end, it changed tone and speed. It feel contrived. I wondered about it and just glanced at the book covers casually. Discovered that the movie rights have already been sold and a director chosen. I suspect the author was writing a good solid book and would have given a lot more detail-BUT-her agent called with the movie news and told her wrap it up and give it some movie spice. The ending is full of "on location" settings that film well. The characters don't act like themselves. And the ending, well, the ending just stinks. It's soooooo contrived. I could almost hear her agent telling her to leave it hanging in case Hollywood wants a sequel.
Ugh.
 An Unrealistic Collage. July 18, 2010
Bogdanka Lee
Sorry Ms. Trussoni close but no cigar!!! At first when I started to read your book, I was excited...then it went down hill for me starting on page 50. The characters feelings, actions or even incidents they were involved in made no sense. I know that this story is fiction...but that is the beauty of fiction...it makes you believe that these things can happen when you read about it. Your story format just wasn't believable. I know it's easy for me to say and who am I to put down something that was very dear to you. I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but if I am to spend my hard earn money...I expect a good story in return. The Di Vinci Code made sense, Jesus could have had a wife and kids...Hopefully if you plan to write another one on Angels...that you do your homework. And remember, some collages don't make sense, even if they are put together to form a theme after all that hard work. But, this is how I feel about your book.
Couldn't finish it July 17, 2010
Lauren B. Davis (Princeton, New Jersey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well, should have said 'abandoned' not read. Stuck it out for about 15% of the book. Too cheesy, too much expository writing, too slow (oddly enough) and trying too hard to be the next Da Vinci Code (and God knows, we don't need another one of those).
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