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A Rosary of Stones and Thorns (editie 2016)

door M.C.A. Hogarth

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When the angel Asrial discovers that the halos of the Fallen have been kept in Heaven against their eventual return, she speaks out against Archangel Michael's plan to make war on them on Earth. For her insolence, she is driven from grace and ends up in the parking lot of a Jesuit high school. But can she, a priest, a demon and two high school kids stop the Apocalypse. . . and redeem the Fallen?… (meer)
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Titel:A Rosary of Stones and Thorns
Auteurs:M.C.A. Hogarth
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Oof. That's...quite a story. Some very different angles on religion, particularly Christianity. And a magnificent story, and amazing characters - kind of what I expect from M.C.A. Hogarth, of course. Also the part where the characters suffer serious mental and physical pain - here inflicted by others, more than by themselves or their circumstances (well, for most of them, at least). I had to read the last third of the book, at least, through tears. The grackle is...peculiar. Not a creature that's usually thought of as a holy messenger... Very glad I read this, and I suspect I'll read it again - but not for a while, it's not a light book. ( )
  jjmcgaffey | May 13, 2021 |
Walking into this novel, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’d found [a:M.C.A. Hogarth|65211|M.C.A. Hogarth|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1294085991p2/65211.jpg] in a circle on online writers I knew on Twitter, and saw that she had started a Kickstarter to make her novel, Rosary, into a full book as opposed to the serial it had started as. I had just obtained my Nook Tablet, and saw that for not too much money, I could donate and obtain the e-book. Also, it had something to do with angels – an easy way to sell me. I chipped in, and when the Kickstarter was funded, I got my e-book. I read a few chapters in, and then got distracted and had to put it down.

But when I picked it back up again…oh, that time – there was no putting it down.

Rosary is a new and unusual look into the world of angels and religion, in a sense. We follow a Jesuit priest, by the name of Stephen, and the angel Asrial in a quest against the end of the world. When an angel is kicked out of heaven – like Lucifer and his kin – the angel is stripped of his or her halo. However, Asrial finds that the halos of all the fallen are kept and preserved by God – and runs to the Archangel Michael to urge him into action. Being an angel of war, Michael has no time for her, and pushes her out of heaven himself for thinking such things. She finds herself in a parking lot – where she meets Stephen – and together with a little help from a few friends, they begin to try and mend the damage done by finding her a way to heaven – and hopefully, a way for the fallen to reclaim their halos.

I’ve been working on a series with angels in it myself lately, thus the basic premise caught my attention first. But what Hogarth does at the book progresses is textbook: she sets up a simple plot line, sets in it interesting characters, and lets them grow in it and twist it as they will – and makes us care about them all the while. You feel for Asrial’s passion – the desire to see the wrong righted, and you push for her to succeed…and cringe when she falls. (I told the author, I had to stop reading at one point because I was flinching away from the book and had my breath caught in my throat.) You breathe with Stephen, keeping calm even when everything he’s known as a priest is on a razor’s edge – and the times he’s truly tested, you hold your breath for him, waiting to see his response. Even the more sideline members of the party draw you in: the demon they find quickly became one of my favorite characters, and the two highschoolers roped in for the ride are perfect humor.

The other characters that really struck me are the ones that battle a little more prominently with the religion of the book – characters like Michael and Gabriel, and of course, Lucifer himself. Written with grace and ease, Hogarth manages to create believable and sympathetic characters without leaving a reader born into the Christian faith feeling like they’ve been made into puppets to her will. There were more than a few times that I was left yelling at the screen of my Nook at Michael for his actions – but as a herald of war, I’m not surprised by it. Lucifer especially was handled exceptionally well, and the concept of how he and the others fell into Hell, an superb explanation. Using the common beliefs of the Christian (and especially Jesuit/Roman Catholic) faith, it takes some things that believers know for certain and others that were never dreamed of, and puts them all at risk for re-interpretation – but not without explanation and care being given to the original tale. (A personal satisfaction was the drop-in mention of Judas Iscariot, and how that particular line of belief was handled. What can I say; I’m a sucker for Iscariot.) And above all, the major twist in Stephen’s faith when they’re first entering Hell is one of the most chilling moments I’ve felt in fiction in a long time – and handled perfectly.

Overall, I think this is a book well worth the money paid. It will stay contently on my Nook – and when I have a bit more flex room, it will likely join the bookshelf as a tangible book (an honor only afforded to those books that I truly enjoy). If you like books with a captivating narrative style, enjoyable characters, with just a flair of Pratchett/Gaiman Good Omens humor peeking through now and then, pick up this book. You won’t be disappointed. ( )
  KOrionFray | Oct 5, 2019 |
[From the Amazon review]

As with all books, what the reader brings to the reading will influence what the reader feels the book is about. I am pretty darn sure that the author didn't intend some of *my* readings -- there's a certain character I just wanted to drop an anvil on, plain and simple, with no sympathy for that sort of behavior -- but I enjoyed it anyway, so I'd say that's a win.

I don't have much experience with Christian-oriented books; I mostly avoid them, being someone who tends to check "Other" on the appropriate box, and who got enough of being preached at when growing up. However, this book, though it deals with angels and priests, is *not* one I'd want to avoid. The elements of spirituality are inclusive, not excluding (unlike many of the people who preached at me when I was a kid).

So even if "religious" elements might turn you off... try a sample. These are not traditional angels, being neither greeting-card-pale nor inhumanly stern. These are not traditional demons; they are neither malevolent nor anti-heroes. And the grackle... Well, bring your own experiences to the reading, and see what you come away with. Me, I came away with a lot of enjoyment. ( )
  Elizabeth_McCoy | Jun 23, 2012 |
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When the angel Asrial discovers that the halos of the Fallen have been kept in Heaven against their eventual return, she speaks out against Archangel Michael's plan to make war on them on Earth. For her insolence, she is driven from grace and ends up in the parking lot of a Jesuit high school. But can she, a priest, a demon and two high school kids stop the Apocalypse. . . and redeem the Fallen?

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