Customer Reviews

DARK ANGEL NIGHT WORLD 4

5 star:		(22)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I believe that you shouldn't take all reviews into account when purchasing a book. Because the reviews for this book was pretty dismal i decided not to buy it, but my sister had other thoughts and gave it to me on my birthday and i have to say thank god!

This book isn't as bad as everyone says. Okay sure, Gillian appears a little superficial at the start but then everyone is superficial, even if it's only a tad. Miss Smith makes the reader relate to Gillian though and as you get to know her you see that she isn't all that superficial, she just wants to fit in like every teenager.

The plot was more four star but the characters were believeable, good and the dialoge and pace was great. Over all it was a four and a half star but you only have four or five so i stepped it up half a star.

I really enjoyed this book and Gillian's story mostly because she's someone I can relate to. Like Gillian I was never popular, and very shy. And in this story, Gillian is given the chance to have the popularity that she's always wanted, the guy she's always wanted, and something almsot magical. I loved this book and reccomend it to anyone who loves the Night World Series.

I would just like to say that that 'Dark Angel' is one of the best Night World books! I am fed up of people thinking it's boring because it isn't! So what if Gillian is not a super heroine like the ones in the other Night World books? It makes a nice change. Everyone says that it's stupid she wants to be popular but wouldn't you(unless you already are)? Everyone seems to hate David as well but I think he's a great guy. He cheated in the SATs but then he was desperate. The other characters in this book are really funny as well. My advice is to go get it! NOW!

It's true, this book wasn't completely like all the other books in the series, but... so what? Although most people find Gillian wimpy, I found her easier to relate to than some legendary type of heroine. I loved the characters, and this is the book that latched me onto the series. Lisa Jane Smith has done it again!

I liked this book. Call me crazy but I thought it was great. Gillian may not have been the normal female character but she was still pretty cool. David sounded like a god and Angel who was really Gary was like ghost of my dreams. Plus for an added bonus we got to see Ash again and he saved Gillian's life even though he thought she was human. Which means he's trying to good and slay dragons for his soulmate. Yeah I guess it wasn't totally Ms. Smith's normal book but I loved it. It was the first time we heard about the lost Harman babies which came into play in WhitchLight. Did anybody else notice that Gillian and Ilianna are like second cousins? Also the Night world was always there lurking in the background. Angel was the night world. The bad guy, the dark one. I've read this book over seven times and it always gets better. If you've got comments email me. ~Shadow~

I am a huge LJS fan, I have read almost all of her books well over 10 times except this one. It was so boring I really disliked to book. It didn't have anything to do with the NW until the book was almost done, and Gillian was so pathetic and whimpy. David.... I really didn't like his character at all.

This is a really good book, about a girl named Gillian who comes back from a near-death experience with "Angel", an entity that only Gillian can see and hear. He teaches her to be popular, and gets her the guy she's always wanted, David Blackburn. But then Angel starts asking her to do weird stuff that hurts the people near her, and she has to find out who or what he is, before he destroys everything she loves. It's a good book, as I said before, and a nice addition to the ever-growing tapestry of the Night World series. It has interesting characters, and a new Harman witch in it, which I think is really great. I also like how she puts Ash in there, too, so that you know he's still around. I can't wait until Black Dawn comes out. It can't come too soon! ~Sunn

This is the first of the Night World books that I've read, so I can't really judge it by comparison. I found this book (as a seperate entity) to be a very good book! Gillian is smart and a bit socially awkward. She doesn't think very much of herself at all, especially since no one at her school knows that she exists and her home life is crumbling. Angel is a compelling character, having hidden motives, unknown origins and witty dialogue. I can agree that David was less than superb... But he wasn't really the main focus of the book anyway! As the book progresses we see the developing of a bond between Angel and Gillian, an explanation for Gillian's home problems, an exploration of witchcraft, and an overall view of teenage life (which can really suck).

Anyway, I found this to be a very enjoyable book that I kept coming back to in any free moment of my day.

This book was kind of different from the other Night World series, but it was my absolute favorite. once i started reading, it was impossible to put down. The story is amazing and it is full of surprises and things you don't expect and it just makes you bite down on your lip in anticipation of what's to come. It is soooooo good. People need to read this. I think the only reason other people did not like it as much as the other books in the series is because you don't know of the night world until probably the mid-end of the book. IT IS FREAKING AMAZING THOUGH.

READ IT.

For some reason, out of all the Night World Books, 'Dark Angel' always scores the lowest. For me, however, Dark Angel was one of the better books. Take Gillian for example. Sure she's not especially daring or a vampire hunter or an experienced martial artist, but that's what makes her special. She's US. She is the average teen girl, unsure of herself, with family problems, and complete with the crush on the popular guy. Sure, she longs to be popular, but that doesn't make her 'shallow' as most people like to put. Every one of us has longed for popularity in school. And if you say you 'didn't care about such things' then you are fooling yourself. What I liked best about this book is that we got to see the Night World from an outsider; Gillian knew nothing about it, all she had to go on was the snippets she heard here and there, mostly from Angel and from her own deduction. (as well as the witch character in the store) And yes, there wasn't as much action in Dark Angel as there was in say, 'Huntress' or 'The Chosen', but that doesn't make it bad. It was a relief for me to see a highschool student being NORMAL. Jez and Rashel (Jez especially) rather got on my nerves at times with their reckless behavior and their super-woman, over confident ways. It was nice to see a girl that was actually just a GIRL. It made me feel as though I wasn't under-achieved. The only reason I gave this book a '4' and not a '5' was because the ending seemed a little weak to me. As for the whole David/Angel thing, yes. I WAS voting for Angel and Gillian to get together..he had a certain charm to him that was absent from David. After seeing guys like Ash, Delos, and Quinn, David didn't quite measure up. Or maybe it was because he was just a normal human, not of the nightworld. He wasn't mysterious or powerful..just an average, teenage highschooler doing average, teenage things.

Regardless, this book is an excellent addition to your L.J Smith Collection.