Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Angel Maker by Alex North

31 reviews

audreyleighreads's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Violence, and Child death

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

wperdue92's review

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, and Child abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, and Drug abuse

Religious fanaticism

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

kaitsbooked's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

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

arireadsitall's review

challenging dark fast-paced

2.5

I liked the chaos of this book but it was a bit too confusing for my liking. The past and present blurred togerher and the web of whose who was a lotttt. I think the story was a great concept and the twisty ending was solid but not I’m still sitting here feeling a bit wait what from it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

carmenvillaman's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Murder, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

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