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4.0 out of 5 stars
A quick, easy and fun read., June 29, 2000
This review is from: Redemption (Angel) (Mass Market Paperback)
As a big fan of the Buffy show, and it's new spinoff Angel, I'm always leery of picking up books on the shows. It seems as though some books based on tv shows lose something in the transalations (no, I'm not just talking about the visuals :), but this one gets it right. I liked all elements of this novel. The characterizations of Angel, Cordy and Doyle were spot on and the original characters were interesting. I really did like the Blood Cadre. I liked how Angel's inner struggle was shown. He has to constantly fight his urges and live with his guilt. The flashbacks were handled well, I think. I usually don't like flashbacks, but they worked here. They were exciting and fun. A vampire pirate, now that's something different! All in all, an exciting story that moved along at a good pace and keep the feel of the series. Some suprises here and there make for a very enjoyable book indeed. Good job, Mel!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good story, good dialogue, some weaknesses in narrative, August 1, 2003
This review is from: Redemption (Angel) (Mass Market Paperback)
Overall, this was a pretty good book. The story was interesting, the dialogue true to the characters (for the most part) and the pacing good. The problem I had with the book is that it read like the author wrote it in one draft and then submitted it for printing without editing. You would read along for a couple of pages, really getting into it, and then a sentence would pop up that was awkwardly written or a descriptive word thrown in that would harshly snap you back to reality. An example of this would be during a fight scene where all of a sudden the author Odom describes Angel as scampering along. Angel may do may things, but he doesn't scamper. The other problem that I had was with Doyle's character meeting up with a loan shark and a seer. Both of these characters were interesting to a point, and the scenes were well written, but they ultimately had nothing to do with the story. They could have been written out completely and the rest of the story would have remained the same. In fact, the loan shark storyline is completely left dangling. He forgives Doyle's loan as long as Doyle agrees to introduce him to Angel. Interesting, you might think. And then you would read the rest of the book wondering what business this loan shark would have with Angel. But you would never find out, because Odom never goes back to this subplot. It is just left dangling at the end. Very disappointing. But getting past the occasional misplaced word or sentence and the subplot that goes nowhere, there was a lot of good in this book as well. For the most part the characters read like those in the show (which isn't always the case in tv tie-in novels)and the rest of the plot is pretty tight. The introductory scene hooks you right in, and for a while at least you are intrigued by the mystery woman who Angel had met and fought over a century ago and who is now not only still alive and well, but doesn't seem to recognize him. I bought this book at a garage sale for a quarter. I got my money's worth. I don't know if I would feel the same if I had picked it up at cover price.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good read, keeps you guessing to the end, May 13, 2002
This review is from: Redemption (Angel) (Mass Market Paperback)
I have to say this is soooooo much better than "Not Forgotten!" It took me a while to get into it, but once the action started I couldn't put it down! The plot is full of twists and keeps you guessing untill the end. This book has more of a mystery element to it and I like the way the present day story fits in with flashbacks to Angel's past. It centres around a young, pretty hollywood actress - Whitney Tyler who stars in her own T.V series - Dark Midnight about a female vampire detective. However, the actress soon starts receiving death treats from a cult who believe she is a real live vampire. Angel is called on to get to the bottom of the mysterious threats and deaths - while protecting the woman from further harm. Angel somehow feels Whitney Tyler is very familliar, and he begins to have flashbacks to his past. The actress is identical to a young woman the evil Angelus fought on The Handsome Jack, a ship, hundreds of years ago. Angel must somehow find what links the two very different women together, and he must do it fast before even more people die at the hands of an evil creature from his past... I really enjoyed this book. The plot is gripping and is very well thought out - if you enjoy mystery stories this is the Angel book for you. You can also rely on Cordelia and Doyle to bring some humour and comic moments into the book too.
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