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Showing posts with label the ninth circle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the ninth circle. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The Ninth Circle

Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Author:Alex Bell
i wasnt really planning to buy this book but reading the tittle from the bookshelves of Bestsellers a month ago, it caught my attention. The cover art was interesting as well. The author is unknown for as i read its summary from behind i found it this is the author's debut novel. Ah the ninth circle, the title has me interested it has a ring of Dante's inferno. The very poem of which countless novels/stories/movies has sprouted from. the most detailed account on what Hell might look like and how every sinner is being punished. Ah the very book i asked my mom to buy it for me and she gladly did for before i wouldnt even touch a book let alone read it. After reading it i have developed some fixation about everything that is written there
Anyway.. going back to this book... reading the back cover the story is about a man who woke up not knowing who he was.. no idea where he is and why in short he woke up on a pool of his blood having an amnesia. The writing on the back of the book promises a dark and morbid past to the main character of the book and for that it made me more interested by the book. But as i saw the price it was rather expensive but the book was calling me saying buy me and i couldnt resists its call so i end up buying the book.

And lol.... this book didnt disappoint me. The price was worth-it. *giggles* who would think i will be meeting demons and angels in this book... i thought the title of the book is figurative but hey... it is interesting. The author really researched about the demons and angels and i like the author's concept. The book was full of surprises. There was the time when i thought i already guessed the main character's true identity but reading towards the end i was proven wrong. This is the type of books i like to read. Books/stories that is unpredictable.

But beware if you read this book... it may change your view about angels and demons. If u asked me if my view was changed after i read this book. my answer is no. coz i totally agree on each and every argument in the book between good and evil. lol

i totally love this book, i consider it a gothic classic novel ^_^.

its like Gaiman and pratchet's Good omens minus the humor of it ^_^