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Angel of Darkness (Paperback)

by Charles de Lint (Author) "A WITCHES' BREW of sound ..." (more)
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Chad Baker was a rock star once, a real '60s hitmaker. Now he serves as benevolent angel of the Ottawa music scene, helping new bands make demos--and sometimes, secretly, helping a young beauty into his second, hidden recording studio. This is where Baker, a serial killer, records his victims' dying screams. When he combines the agonized vocalizations, he creates a hellish new music. Music that summons a different sort of angel--an unearthly and brutally vengeful Angel of Darkness.

Originally published in 1990 under the pen name Samuel M. Key, fantasy master Charles de Lint's Angel of Darkness betrays its early-novel status. The pacing is uneven. The Stephen King influence is occasionally too strong. And there are more characters involved than the younger, less experienced author was capable of juggling. --Cynthia Ward

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"One of the most original fantasy writers currently working ." --Booklist

"The best of the post-King contemporary fantasists, the one with the clearest vision of the possibilities of magic in a modern setting." --Orson Scott Card
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good start, easy read, but unsastisfying finish, Mar 23 2004
By A. Tsurukame (Lomita, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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The book is like eating bag of tasty chips -- the first few euphoric bites entice you to devour more & more till nothing is left and when peering at bottom of the now-empty bag, you get a not-so-good-feeling in the pit of your stomach of a having eaten an unsatisfactory meal.

The book's first few chapters about an evil song made up from screams and sufferings of human beings hooked me in like a good "Twilight Zone" episode and I was intrigued at this original preimise but like someone else mentioned, I eventually felt the characters were wooden and plot twists predicatable leaving me feeling a bit cheated out of a potentially very good story. While I won't give away the ending, it would have been nice if De Lint played more with the sonic aspect of his plot. Aside from the opening chapters, this aspect of the plot was ignored.

In anycase this was my first De Lint book, and I've heard great things about him so I'm optimistic that his other books will be better. While I don't recommend this one, there was enough spark here to make me consider reading his other Samuel Key books

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2.0 out of 5 stars What's all the fuss about?, May 12 2003
By lunaburning (Mansfield, OH United States) - See all my reviews
After reading all other reviews, I was eager to read this one. Now I'm left to ask myself what all the hype was about. I found the characters to be very wooden and the dialogue completely unbelievable. Everyone was either really really good or really really evil with no texture or subtlety. Still, DeLint used some good devices. He then proceeded to run them into the ground and use slight variations on the same scene over and over.
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5.0 out of 5 stars and now for something completely different..., Dec 30 2002
By G. Fleming - See all my reviews
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Highly recommended. Fresh de Lint in a new vein. The author says in the introduction that he felt compelled to write the book, and it shows. Different, powerful stuff.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent horror novel
Angel of Darkness was originally published in the early 90s under the byline Samuel M Key. Since it has been republished under de Lint's name, I decided to reread it. Read more
Published on Dec 18 2002 by L. K. Burwell

3.0 out of 5 stars Dark and evocative, an interesting contrast.
A different side to a familiar author, this book is much darker than the usual De Lint novel. True to its author, however, it captures you with the same pull that so many of his... Read more
Published on Dec 18 2002

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