![]() ![]() I would like to know more about what exactly happened the day the world all but ended. There was a great deal divulged, but slowly, very gradually – and, in the end, not enough. Reading Angelfall was possibly the only time I have ever wished for just one big old infodump. The drawback about the way the background was told was, simply, that it took it too far in the opposite direction of infodump. There was an excellent balance of explanation and subterfuge, doling out a morsel of knowledge here and a crumb there. ![]() And I have to say I’m impressed by the storytelling – the reveal of what happened with the angels’ arrival was nearly – nearly – flawless. It made me forget that it was set in the first-person present tense, which I’m still not fond of. In Angelfall the word is used more correctly, and to effect. In that book, the magic-using folk (wizarding world folk) were called Nephilim, which I strongly objected to it was one of many misuses or weird twistings of mythology. This was a funny book to read so soon after City of Bones. ![]()
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