Absolute rubbish. I mean it. If you are not ridiculously blinded by your religion's views and have no brain you might be able to enjoy this book. Maybe, if you're utterly, and completely, idiotically dimwitted and deficit.And that's an insult to dimwitted people.I picked up this book because I am an obsessive supernatural fan and hey look! Stories about archangels. Season nine is a long way away, may find myself some other way to get my daily dose of angel.My first impression of the novel is that the writing is hilariously bad. I swear... is there no other way to describe "one hundred enormous white owls". Or the honestly ridiculous and endless descriptions of jeweled everything. Every description seemed to be filled with endless lists of various jewels.Bad writing I can forgive. Not everyone who has an imagination is gifted with the ability to convey it with words. Totally understandable. And I understand how difficult it can be when you have a good plot in your head, and you dream up these amazing worlds, but words fail you. THAT IS OK.I was very disappointed (at first) there was no mention of everybody's favourite angel Castiel (or Cassiel). But then the novel delved from ridiculous into horrendous and I was glad my baby escapedBut there are some things I cannot forgive. Page 200 of my copy, when the good angels are reporting what Lucifer (or Satan) has done to the human race. "The forbidden angelic illuminations of the scientific arts... knowledge of the clouds, the celestial bodies, the signs of the earth astrophysics, earth sciences, electricity"So basically you know, established facts about our universe, obviously Wendy Alec missed the fact that humans made these discoveries themselves.But then it's made out like God set rules against these things being known to humans. Um... WHAT THEY ACTUAL FUCK. She likens scientific discovery to teaching humans how to kill each other. Basically to spell it out for you "OMG SCIENCE IS SIN".I'm not trying to make statements about religion and what is correct and all that.But to say that this human construct, this complicated, wonderful thing we do were we give things names, we explore and look at this universe around us, and try to make some sense of something we barely understand, is a sin? That is offensive to me firstly as a human being and secondly a scientist. When I got to do a study on something, I;m not sitting in a lab laughing like a maniac and saying "WITH THIS DISCOVERY I SHALL DRAW MAN AWAY FROM GOD AND CONDEMN THEIR SOULS TO HELL". No. I do it because I want to understand. And there are some religious people who don't want to understand the world they live in. They are happy just believing that a god made everything and gave them these rules and that's their life. i think it's silly and stupid to silence curiosity, but they do have a right to chose how they live their life! And I am no worse, for being curious, and wanting to understand and learn about things.I'm not a Christian, but I do know many who see their science as an exploration of the world they believe they were given by God. And I think, according to a lot of Christian belief, that if our amazing world is a gift, I highly doubt a loving, benevolent creator would refuse us the right to seek to explain it in ways we understand! To suggest otherwise is completely stupid.I do know there are religious people who blame science for the loss of faith in their institutions. But honestly science is not the cause of the problem. I didn't leave church because science led me astray, I left church and do not go to church because it is not in line with my personal beliefs! Maybe one day, I might! And if that is the case, I will not renounce science for blind faith, I will continue to love science and study and seek out knowledge.I feel that to demonize something that is so beautiful displays a profound lack of understanding of what science is. To say that evolution is an ungodly science I can to some extent understand, but astronomy? Meteorology? Biology? Physics? Chemistry? Electricity? All of these things impact your life Wendy Alec. If they are gifts not from your God but from your Satan, than I expect you live in the wild, live some sort of caveman, completely removed from all the wonderful scientific discoveries and fields that make your nice, easy, 21st century life a breeze, an enable you to write inane novels full of mindless dribble. And this book is not going to help you with your faith AT ALL. In fact, Supernatural does a far better job of portraying Lucifer's fall and struggle, and his complex relationship with Michael and Gabriel.
I had never before heard of this book, nor this author, until one of my youth leaders randomly came up to me and handed me the book (last week) saying that he thought that I would really enjoy it. I started the book the next day without even reading the synopsis (which is really strange.....) and finished it in roughly 5 hours. Having said that, The Fall of Lucifer is probably the best book that I have, or ever will read, aside from the Bible itself. The author opens your eyes and gives understanding to so many things that leaves you in a "lightbulb" moment. The book focuses on the three archanglels, princes of Heaven, Michael, Gabrial and Lucifer. The author fictionalizes the story of the universe as she uses scripture to guide the story as well as the attitude of the book. But, as a disclaimer, this book is still fiction and therefore you cannot take everything she writes as solid proof; nor do I think that the author would want you to. She still had to use her imagination for what heaven looked like, how certain things operated, and of course there are characters that are not mentioned in the Bible playing big roles in this book. However, the author was anointed as she wrote this book and it greatly opened my eyes to how much Luficer is really loved and how much he hates mankind. It will also reveal how much God loves each and every person as the book travels through time, touching events such as, The Fall, The Flood, the Tower of Babal, The Crucifiction, and many, many more events. I would keep the maturity level of this book about 13+ because of the things mentioned/shown. There are places in the book where the angels discuss how humans "replicate" in a scientific manner (explaining pretty completely how children are conceived but without mentioning the physical part), but there are scenes where Satan causes unwholesome relations, however the author does not actually show these scenes. The battles are also a bit grusome at times and decently detailed. Overall, I absolutely loved this book and anxiously encourage everyone I know (especially Christains and those of you who are Chuck Black fans) as you will not be disappointed! 5 out of 5 stars. Fun fact: There is supposed to be a movie coming out within the next couple of years so get ready!
What do You think about The Fall Of Lucifer (2005)?
I've just reread The Fall of Lucifer for the third time. It is still amazing. I keep going back to this book because the imagery is incredible, and I don't use this word lightly. Wendy Alec has opened up a whole new world to me. I can see the heavenly realm, and I can see how the fall of man all began. The entire epic series is a must read, and one that I have all the printed books for. I am about to begin the fourth book in the series, so I wanted to reread the other books in the series. It's not necessary to do so, but the series reminds me of the Lord of the Rings, so it's always fun to go back to the beginning and get re-immersed into the story world before I begin the next segment of the epic. In addition, every time I read the books, I notice more and more detail. I love these books! Thank you for writing these books, Wendy! They are brilliant.
—Shari
The title and cover of this book captivated me from the shelves. I decided I should give it a try and bought the first three books of this series all at once.What looked promising and, let's face it, kind of obscure, quickly turned into a fable and an eternal compilation of adjectives, descriptions, precious stones, gold, nectar and no story.The book became a flop before even the first page. I accidentally read the author's bio before the book and found out she is deeply Christian and discovered that the entire book revolves around God's perfection. I'm not an atheist but I would have preferred less gloss and more of the story.25% into the book and yet, nothing has happened. We find out minimal things. Fast forward to 50% and we find the core of the book (The fall of Lucifer) written in one chapter or less.The rest of the book is more repetitions of descriptions and diamonds and stuff. The few "interesting" parts like Noah's story, Babilon, or anything mildly related to men is quickly addressed and dismissed. And by quickly I mean just a couple of lines. Once that is mentioned, we go back to an endless plethora of the perfection of heaven and the meetings between the -surprisingly humanesque- structure of Angels (kingdoms, councils, servants, investigators...).Throughout the book we are also confronted with an incoherent mix of vehement language and courtesy, and completely modern terms and manners (say, software, for example). I really wouldn't recommend this book. It was a total nightmare just trying to finish each chapter, let alone the whole book. I kept reading solely because of my undying hope it would improve, but it didn't. Not good.
—JanaMarga
I grew up in a radical Christian environment, filled with the Holy Spirit, but still there was a separation in my mind between everyday living and spiritual experiences. This book opened up my perspective of the dynamics of the heavenly realm and brought it to my heart. I've heard it called Faction- fictitious accounts based around fact. I know the Word and have heard of many, many miraculous accounts that line up with much of the descriptiveness in this novel. It brought the spiritual realm out of story book mode and into reality, changing the way I view everything. It doesn't get a full 5 stars because I had a difficult time focusing through the insane setting discriptions Wendy Alec used, but definitely worth pushing through.
—Sarah Parker mcilhenny
