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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett
5 reviews
disguisedposer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Abandonment, Police brutality, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
lautodd_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
A story about a famous true crime novelist— persistent and doggedly and dangerously determined— writing an exposé novel about The Alperton Angels case: an 18-year old satanic cult case involving several murders-by-suicide-pact and a surviving teenage couple and their 2-month-old baby.
I’m not usually a true crime or mystery/thriller fan, but the story towed the tense line of eerie and practical very well.
In hindsight, it wasn’t a book that moved me so deeply as it was engaging and pleasing. Writing the novel with mixed media— WhatsApp messages, transcribed audio recordings, emails, hand-written letters, excerpts from the book-in-progress—was such a clever, befitting choice for this story and is probably would provoked me to read through the night. There’s something enticing, felt-morally wrong, and revelatory about reading messages and writings and recordings— the ins and outs— of a circumstance or a life. Perhaps satisfying our desires to be caught up in other lives and stories, not necessarily because we are disappointed with our own, but because there are other billions of stories and worlds out there outside of our own, and bearing witness to that— whether a lovely or gruesome one— is beyond fathomable; particularly proving that there’s so much of the finite that is infinite and outside of our control or imagination.
Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, and Blood
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Mass/school shootings
embey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism, Gore, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Gun violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Blood
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship
taylormoore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Abandonment
alisonannk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexism, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail