false \ 6457090 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 2170979 8 4030679 8 4 2008 The Third Angel total:1831|5:260|4:641|3:619|2:245|1:66| 1831 6277 2891 499 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 3 3 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 11:29:10 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 11:38:10 -0700 2008 At Risk), but this book disappointed me. It seemed sloppy. Her writing was grand(iose) but completely without subtlety, so it didn't pack as strong a punch.

Take this sentence: "Seeing him, Frieda felt h...more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 5 4 false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 10:58:56 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 11:10:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 3 1 false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 07:39:54 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 19:41:59 -0700 2008
He could tell she was listening.

"He's nothing fierce or terrible or filled with light. He's like us, sometimes we can't even tell him apart. ...more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 2 2 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 12:13:09 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 12:49:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 3 2 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 12:22:40 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 16:04:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:56:31 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:56:31 -0800 2009 Some readers may dismiss Hoffman as a romance writer, but "so were Flaubert, Proust, the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen," responds the Baltimore Sun. Hoffman's graceful writing, beautifully drawn characters, and intricate plots raise her work far above typical romance fare. Critics laud he...

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But I didn't think The Third Angel was her best. (Publisher's Wee...more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 5 0 false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 17 09:38:33 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 09:38:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 3 0 false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:00:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:13:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 4 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 20:31:03 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 20:40:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 4 0 false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 20:34:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:24:36 -0700 2009
I thought that the layout of the book was interesting. Each of the three sections was broken up into different time periods within the lives of the main ...more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 17:14:53 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 15:41:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 3 0 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 05:50:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 19:13:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 4 0 false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 06:24:19 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 11:19:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 5 0 false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 19 16:38:27 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 16:39:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 5 0 false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 09:56:39 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 09:48:46 -0700 2009 twice so far
It's a sad book--lots of bad stuff happens. And it's a complex book.

I hope it's not a spoiler if I say that ...more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 3 1 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 12:05:28 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 12:05:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2170979 0307393852 9780307393852 1790 486 3.43 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792210m/2170979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2170979.The_Third_Angel 3 0 false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:03:13 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:10:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6457090