Reviews

The Angel Maker by Alex North

lizbiff92's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

misswinchester84's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

reviewingwithv's review

3.0

I admit, the beginning of this book was a little confusing. There were so many characters being introduced all at once and it took a while to figure out who was who. But once I was 70-80% into the book, it was all coming together.

Alex North is an amazing author. His writing and his twists are incredible and very shocking. I wish I could rate this book higher, but it was just a good read.

nancygbf2023's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

bethmorvant's review

3.0

I went into this book expecting a five star read. It has all the elements I enjoy in my books, but sadly it fell extremely flat.

Some major things I disliked was 1. Too many characters. Not only that, too many characters that start with the same letter.

bigpapadouglas's review

5.0

Wow!!! Didn't see that coming. The first 3/4 of the book have you trying to figure out where all the pieces fit and wondering if it's a little scattered. A lot of potential for loose ends. BUT, North does a great job of bringing it all together and tying up every loose end left dangling. I would recommend this to anybody who enjoys a good thriller.

melwill94's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

katiekay915's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

bee_kay25's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

kpesch's review

2.0

I am so confused. I don't know if it had something to do with the narrator, who I struggled to pay attention to, or the book itself.

I really struggled to follow each storyline and see how they connected to one another. Then the timeline jumped around, and I got thoroughly lost.

Someone was murdered at the beginning, right after he fired his entire staff. Another person was brutally attacked some years before, he survived the attack and is now estranged from his family. His sister is married with a child, and the children at the girl's school see someone watching them in a car, which is somehow related to the brother, maybe, or something else? Then there are the detectives who are looking into the murder, it's their storyline that brings it all together.

Expect, I didn't follow how it was all connected.

All that said, I am very much in the minority with this review, but if you find yourself struggling to follow along, just know you aren't alone.

Thanks to NetGalley I got an arc of the audio version, if this hadn't been an arc I would have DNF'd 33% in.