On the hunt for the latest Eddings book at the city library (I’ve tried to find it three times at the central city one), I stumbled across this book (I, Lucifer). The premise of the story is an interesting one, where the fallen angel (and now head of the underworld), is offered a chance of redemption by initially spending a month in the body of human writer, Declan Gunn (a weak and sufferable fictional writer) before being faced with an ultimate choice.

The author does well to slip into the lead character and puts an interesting spin on a number of the traditional biblical stories. Each page is dripping with wit, and is really difficult to power through because you are required to absorb the most minute details and implications to fully understand the sarcasm, cynicism or perhaps schizophrenic-like personality of this other-worldly being bound in to a human shell. Beware the extremely strong language and topics the author approaches, as it is all too easy to take offensive, yet there were many other times I still found myself laughing out loud.

I, Lucifer, is definitely one of those books I could not recommend for everyone, and although I was disappointed by its ending, the delightful (and sometimes teeth-grinding) moments in the book made it worthwhile finishing.

The Kua Rating: 7.5 out of 10