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This is a good book...of course the fact that I gave it 5 stars probably gave away my feelings on that score.....

I have only read one other book by Connolly, "The Book of Lost Things", which I also liked greatly, but I really think that this one could be rated, "more enjoyable" at least in some ways. It's not so "deep" as the aforementioned "other novel" but neither is it quite so "down". And this might be considered odd for a book about the gates of Hell opening into a small English town foreshadowing the end of the world....

Read this book for the enjoyment factor (not as a theology lesson or morality tale) and you'll be rewarded. I think the "foot notes" may have actually been my favorite part...for example upon mentioning a demon's rank a foot note informs us that we find in the book "Dragon Rouge" or Red Dragon that there are 3 levels of demon. The Red Dragon is a spell book of Black magic and is called a grimoire. For grimoires to be powerful they must be written in red ink and bound in human skin. So, your local book store probably doesn't stock them.

I'll probably look for other books by Connolly now. I considered going 4 stars here instead of 5 as this isn't what I'd call "a great book" but I rated it based on enjoyment factor as I've done some others. I liked it.