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Title: Angel Time
Subtitle: The Songs of the Seraphim
Author: Anne Rice
Narrator: Paul Michael
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-27-09
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 211 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
The novel opens in the present. At its center: Toby O'Dare - a contract killer of underground fame on assignment to kill once again. A soulless soul, a dead man walking, he lives under a series of aliases - just now, Lucky the Fox - and takes his orders from "The Right Man."
Into O'Dare's nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions comes a mysterious stranger, a seraph, who offers him a chance to save rather than destroy lives. O'Dare, who long ago dreamt of being a priest but instead came to embody danger and violence, seizes his chance. Now he is carried back through the ages to 13th-century England, to dark realms where accusations of ritual murder have been made against Jews, where children suddenly die or disappear.
In this primitive setting, O'Dare begins his perilous quest for salvation, a journey of danger and flight, loyalty and betrayal, selflessness and love.
Members Reviews:
Good, but the resolution felt a bit anticlimactic
As usual, Anne Rice's writing voice is mesmerizing, and she makes you care for and get involved with her characters. In this book, though, the main character was built up so well at the beginning and had so much to overcome in order to be redeemed that the ultimate conclusion of his mission felt a bit anticlimactic. I guess I was looking for a bit more action than introspection, but I still enjoyed the book.
Great story, too short, like a teaser
I liked the book. I've always liked Anne Rice, and was curious about this "new" Anne. I liked it, all in all. But I wanted more. I thought it would be one of many lessons, not just the one. I wasn't paying attention to how much time was left in the story. If I had been reading in a book, I guess I would have been more prepared. I was disappointed in the end, like I had missed the second part of the book. Perhaps there is another coming. It was too short. I really felt like I only got half the story.
Promising beginning, but the rest not so much...
What would have made Angel Time better?
If Rice hadn't changed the story halfway through. It started out as a story about a modern day assassin seeking redemption, and ended as a story about a jewish couple being persecuted in England during the dark ages.
What do you think your next listen will be?
As a long time Anne Rice fan, I returned to a former favourite: Interview with the vampire
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment
Any additional comments?
I like the idea behind Angel Time. It had the opportunity to be an interesting philosophical delving into eternal questions and the serach for redemption (even though very influenced by what I take to be Anne Rice's own spiritual journey) - but unfortunately, I don't think Rice pulled it off. Instead of exploring these questions more, she made the story revolve too much about a couple experiencing persecution at the hands of stupid and fanatic people. Unfortunately, this seems like an 'easy way out' of complex questions, and made me not want to read/listen more of this series.
Not happy
I LOVE Anne Rice and have read everything she has written. I was so excited to read this new book. At the end I was so disappointed, it was like the story was going one way and then out of nowhere it turned left.
