Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Angel Maker by Alex North

13 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

    Another great thriller by Alex North. When an old man is murdered around the same time a woman's brother goes missing, the police wonder if they're connected. And are they connected to the attack on the brother as a teen?
     I liked how everything tied together in the end I saw some of the threads coming together pretty early on, but not all of them. But we still had some unanswered questions I would have liked answered.
    I'm glad that this book was a bit more diverse than his other thrillers. Since a lot of UK adult thrillers don't have queer characters, and sometimes no POCs either, this had both!
    I guess I just felt a bit unsatisfied with the ending and not getting more answers on the serial killer and whether the book really tells the future question.
    Overall a great edge-of-your-seat thriller. Though I'd recommend reading an eBook or a print copy if possible, I may have missed something listening to the audio.

 Extra ratings: Fluff- NA   Heartfelt- 4/5   Helpful-NA    Horror- 1.5/5   Inspiration-NA   Love- NA    Mystery- 3.5/5    Predictability- 2/5   Spice- NA      Suspense-3.5/5    Tear 3/5    Thrill-4/5    Humor-1/5  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Child abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jazzsilvestri's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I wanted to love this book because it was interesting, however, it was way too confusing. 

There were too many characters who all had their own chapters for the POVs. This made it hard to remember each character and made it hard to connect with them.

This may have been a better experience reading a physical book, but that’s not an option for everyone. I gave up halfway through with trying to understand and just accepted I’d be confused the whole time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Stalking

unboxedjack's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Child death, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, and Murder

zosiablue's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was a time-twisty mystery and what I liked about it was that the magical element wasn't overly explained. There was a book that told the future and that's about all you knew about it. And all you needed. I wish - and maybe in a sequel? - the serial killer dad / fortune teller and his sons backstory was there. It almost felt like the author didn't get the gist of her story until the end. Regardless, I really enjoyed this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Stalking, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

jraley_writes's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Torture

mirificmoxie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Addiction, Stalking, Drug abuse, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Child abuse, Infertility, Gore, Stalking, Torture, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

kris386's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, and Abandonment

Minor: Infertility, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Suicide

paronomaniac's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Child death

Minor: Abandonment

readingwithkaitlyn's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Stalking, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia