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Tekijän teokset

The Devil's Apprentice (2005) 61 kappaletta
The Die of Death (2008) 31 kappaletta
The Wrongful Death (2009) 26 kappaletta
Himmelherren (2004) 14 kappaletta
Ondskabens engel (2010) 13 kappaletta
De Hvide Mænd (2007) 9 kappaletta
Slaget i Caïssa (2001) 8 kappaletta
Julemandens død (2013) 5 kappaletta
Åbningen (2006) 3 kappaletta

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Syntymäaika
1976
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
Denmark

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stenbackeskolan | Oct 13, 2020 |
Book source ~ Tour

When last we left Philip, Satina had been kidnapped by his (and Lucifer’s) arch enemy, Aziel and taken her to the Outer Reach and the ruins of Enoch where he has created his New Hell. Philip is determined to get her back but Lucifer has forbidden it. Too bad for Lucifer that Philip has his own plan.

Philip has changed since we first met him in book 1. Changed quite a lot. In this installment of The Great Devil War Philip has to go to great lengths and risk endangering himself to rescue Satina, but he doesn’t hesitate. As the war between Hell and New Hell heats up Philip’s focus is solely on Satina, but while he’s doing that he learns things about his enemy that could help Lucifer. But before he can really do that, it all comes down. War. Will Aziel succeed?

Man, I really loathe Aziel. So he makes a good villain. Lucifer is a bit of an idiot and has gotten way too complacent. Philip may have changed, but deep down he’s still a champion for the downtrodden. And he’s a pretty smart cookie. The writing is great, the plot decent, and the ending both satisfactory and not. I’m very curious as to how book 5 will play out. If you like YA Fantasy then this book (and the ones that came before) are not to be missed!
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AVoraciousReader | 1 muu arvostelu | Jul 16, 2020 |

"The Devil's Apprentice" is like no other Young Adult book I've read. It takes you directly to the Christian Hell and then makes you think through what exactly Hell is and how and why it works the way it does.

It sets Philip, a (very) good boy, who seems to have been sent to Hell through a misunderstanding, a series of challenges where to save Lucifer from death, he has to learn to make the evil choices rather than the good ones. Philip's challenges confront him with a variety of ethical problems, some simple, some not.

In the beginning, Philip's goodness blinds him to the choices he should be making but when he's put under pressure, experiencing anger and jealousy and betrayal and just how terribly unfair everything is, other choices open up for him.

When he's not being tested, young Philip is out and about making friends and enemies of demons and devils and falling in love with Satina, a young temptress devil who is trying to help him solve the puzzle of why the immortal Lucifer is dying.

I liked the fact that the book goes beyond the simple humour of making Hell and inversion of our world - making everything tonight or yesternight rather than today or yesterday, praising demons for behaving even worse than they're expected to, having rotting food as a delicacy - and takes an, often gruesome look, at the nature of endless, pointless, punishment.

The longer he is Hell, the less clear right and wrong is to Philip. He is innately good but even good people stumble over some choices, especially when some of the devils and demons around him are so likeable and so welcoming and when he has the opportunity to acquire huge amounts of power.

The plot is clever but it's the fearless world-building, underpinned by rigorous subjecting difficult situations to an examination that often seems to pit logic against ethics that sets the book apart.

It's hard to imagine "The Devil's Apprentice" getting published in the US, never mind finding its way into school libraries. The US struggled with Harry Potter (not because it constantly pitched decency and courage against power and privilege but because it used witchcraft), what would they make of a YA series that generates sympathy for the Devil? As for having King David in Hell because he arranged the death of the husband of a woman he desired, while the logic is unassailable, my guess is that it's too much of a dog whistle item for American school libraries. The banned book folks would be lubricating their corruption of youth arguments with glee.

Fortunately, this book is Danish so it not only made it into print but spawned the hugely popular series "The Great Devil War" series since its publication in 2005. The first English translation of the six books in the series was published in October 2018. I'm hoping it's going to attract a huge following.
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MikeFinnFiction | 8 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 16, 2020 |
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Book source ~ Tour

Philip Engel has died twice. The first time was a mistake when the boy Lucifer picked for his heir is supposed to die, but Philip does in his place. After he’s restored to life he dies a second time when Mortimer (or Death) needs his help to find his lost Die. Now, Philip is back on Earth (again) when he has to die (again) in order to save the school bully (now his friend) from a death that he caused. So, Philip dies and when he goes to the Underworld he has to find Sam. Except the Underworld is vast and it’s next to impossible to find Sam on his own so he enlists the help of friends he’s made there. Except, even they can’t find Sam. Lucifer suggests that God should know where Sam is so off they go for a quick visit in Paradise. But their journey doesn’t end there. Grab a copy and join Philip on his 3rd death adventure.

This story just gets better and better. You’d think it would get a bit repetitive, having Philip die so many times, but it doesn’t. Not for me anyway, since I’m a Supernatural fan and we all know how many times people die and come back to life on that show. Anyway, Philip’s journey this time is a good one. He has to fix what he screwed up (Sam’s death) and I got to see way more of the Underworld than in previous editions. There’s trouble brewing in Hell, Paradise isn’t what everyone thinks, and in the end, Philip’s personal journey takes a huge leap. So huge that I’m dying (hehe see what I did there?) for the next book!
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AVoraciousReader | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 4, 2020 |

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