Started Reading: March 4, 2008
Finished Reading: March 5, 2008

FINISHED. Now I can function properly, study for a math test tomorrow, write a conclusion for my paper, and sleep (hopefully) earlier. Loving Requiem for the Devil was like loving chocolate. It was impossible not to love. The book reminded me of Vamped — not because it was about vampires but because it gave me a very refreshing perspective that I didn’t really expect. Only better.

I’m Catholic but I never really gave much thought about Lucifer being Lucifer, the fallen angel, instead of Lucifer being Satan, the Prince of Darkness and snake plus countless of other evils he is identified him. Basically, in Requiem for the Devil, Lucifer is just Lucifer, Darkness Almighty, disguised as a human and plotting slash spawning evil on earth. But this Lucifer also does the unexpected. He falls in love. And that singular fact makes this novel far too hard to put down (i.e. I couldn’t concentrate on math so I had to finish this first before I tried to study).

There are some quotes that I particularly loved:

“Don’t look at me. Look at yourself, because in the end, that’s all you have, and you have to accept everything that you are, the beautiful and the ugly, the noble and the depraved. If you don’t face your sins, they will consume you as they have consumed me.”

“A spontaneous proposition deserves a spontaneous response.”

“Sure,” I said. “Conflict begets growth.”
“No, conflict begets more conflict. What’s wrong with a little peace?”
“Peace is overrated.”

The book was not for religious enlightenment. However, it made me laugh, made my heart ache, made me feel helpless, made me feel double-unfairness, made me hope for Lucifer. Maybe the book wasn’t perfect — but there was nothing I didn’t love about it.

Tags: Jeri Smith-Ready

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