Reviews for Murder of angels

The average rating for Murder of angels based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-17 00:00:00 Johnny Dawson Although it doesn't say it anywhere on/in the book, this is a sequel to 'Silk.' I've already read Silk, so that was convenient. However, this works perfectly well as a stand-alone novel. The events of the past are a significant, driving force to the plot, but they're explained, as necessary, as the book moves forward. The overall feeling is like that of real life, when one meets a person and significant events have already occurred in their lives. Fiction often fails to convey that; this succeeds. I wouldn't say the book is completely successful, however. The setup is good - Niki is a disturbed, seemingly schizophrenic woman, taken care of by her frequently absent, rock star wife, Daria, who has her own problems. Niki cannot get past the horrific, supernatural events of ten years prior, and isn't sure if they are the product of her mental illness or not. As this is a supernatural horror novel, it's not much of a spoiler to say "they're not." However, I felt that the fantasy world that ends up figuring in the plot wasn't as sharply drawn as it could have been, and the big showdown lacks the dramatic tension it had the potential for. Still, I do like this writer.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-07 00:00:00 Tracey Young I picked up this book because of Kiernan's fabulous and very creepy short story in Lovecraft Unbound, "Houses Under the Sea". This horror novel is disturbing and weird in the best way, and I can see why she is the Lovecraftian heir after reading it. The writing is beautiful and nightmarish but I'm not sure I followed all of the plot; then again, with the unreliable narrators (schizophrenics and alcoholics and other tormented people), I'm not sure it's supposed to be wholly figured out. The setting -- the real world and this Lovecraftian alternate reality -- are equally vivid and it's upsetting for everybody when they start bleeding together. This is a tough one to rate -- I wasn't hanging on every second (in fact, I put it down a few times and forced myself to pick it back up) because sometimes the internal narratives got too weighty and I didn't see how it all came together, but Kiernan's writing is so fabulous that I was constantly in awe.