Ángeles caídos (El fin de los tiempos, #1) in PopSugar Reading Challenge en Español

Mar 15, 2015 Shii rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley

Rating: 3 ½ stars

“Angels are violent creatures.”
“So I noticed. I used to think they were all sweet and kind.”
“Why would you think that? Even in your Bible, we’re harbingers of doom, willing and able to destroy entire cities. Just because we sometimes warned one or two of you beforehand doesn’t make us altruistic.”

Angels being the bad guys, humankind's evil enemy. Not the most innovate idea ever, but it was surprisingly well done... at least the little part that we actually get to see.
Ever si Rating: 3 ½ stars

“Angels are violent creatures.”
“So I noticed. I used to think they were all sweet and kind.”
“Why would you think that? Even in your Bible, we’re harbingers of doom, willing and able to destroy entire cities. Just because we sometimes warned one or two of you beforehand doesn’t make us altruistic.”

Angels being the bad guys, humankind's evil enemy. Not the most innovate idea ever, but it was surprisingly well done... at least the little part that we actually get to see.
Ever since the angel's attack, the world has sunk into chaos. We open up with 16 year old Penryn trying to take her family to a safe place, since their old apartment is sure to be attacked either by the many recent blooming street gangs or by night-time evil things.
Ee paints an extraordinary grim-ish picture (as grim as YA can be, of course) and, because that was not enough, gives Penryn the most depressing family she could have. Of course, this latter trait is obviously written to add to our heroin's personality.

Penryn is not the most charming character around, this cruel world where she lives in has made her selfish and uncaring for anyone but her little sister Paige (and, just sometimes, her mom). But who needs a charming lady when we have a total bad-ass! Seriously, those fighting scenes are SO well done!
Suddenly, something terrible happens and Paige and Penryn end up separated. Rescuing Paige becomes Penryn's only mission, and forcing a badly injured angel called Raffe to help seems to be the only way to succeed.
Aside from this two, the rest of the cast of character are really forgettable. Very unidimensional, appearing briefly just to fill a little into the plot. Some of them might be interesting, but I'll never know until book 2 or 3 where there might be some getting to know them.

The romance (yes, let's not be naive, of course there is romance) didn't seem quite believable. Our Penryn suffers from the very typical hormonal attack that good looking angels cause on leading ladies. Of course, as it's a first person narration, we don't really get to know what the angel is feeling for most of the time, which really works because it leads to a good heart wrenching scene at the end.

All in all, this books is a page turner. Good paced and a really light, fun read.
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Jan 18, 2017 Juli rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016, 2017

Es sin lugar a dudas un libro lento al principio pero una vez que te metes en la historia, es impresionante.

Creo que habla muy bien de la crudeza del ser humano en situaciones extremas.

Una distopía que no endulza nada, que muestra el terror y la crueldad del ser humano. Que demuestra que en situaciones de este tipo solo nos preocupamos por nosotros mismos y un pequeño circulo alrededor nuestro

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Dec 10, 2015 Leon Enciso rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sangre-sangre-y-mas-sangre

3,5

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Jan 24, 2016 Valen Silva rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, read-in-2016, series-trilogies, fictional-boyfriends

No se bien que decir sobre este libro pero ¡ME ENCANTO! Te mantiene enganchado desde la primera página hasta la última. La acción, los sentimientos, el romance e incluso las decisiones algo tontas están en perfecto equilibrio.
Espero poder escribir algo más parecido a una critica constructiva en los próximos días, ahora me es imposible, no puedo organizar todo lo que pienso sobre este libro...

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Jan 22, 2016 Betza Chial rated it really liked it

Shelves: challenge-2016

4.5 /5

Leído para el 2016 Reading Challenge: Bestseller Young Adult.

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May 04, 2015 Viviana Almendra Rehbein rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Cuando leí la sinopsis, tenía ya claro una idea de lo que me esperaria... PERO NO! SUSAN ME HA HECHO GIRAR EL CEREBRO! Me trolleo por completo, este libro no tiene censura, te muestra algo apocaliptico en el momento, no esperar un lapsus largo de tiempo en que los humanos ya se adaptaron y sobreviven, al contrario, vemos sangre, carne por todas partes, cosas escalofriantes y descrpciones que te pondrán los pelos de punta.
Ya quiero el segundo y aun no llega a Chile! Necesito más de Penryn y Raffe ...more

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