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The Angel Maker

Alex North

3.39 AVERAGE

dark slow-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Way to take a bunch of interesting elements and mash them together in the most boring, unengaging way possible. Huge disappointment.
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Spine tingling, creepy and full of evil Angel Maker should be a slow and deliberate read for several reasons. It contains some interesting and thought provoking philosophical/religious ideas that I had never heard of – those of Determinism. The way these ideas were presented required a lot of thought and reflection. The storyline involved a lot of people and a lot of action over different timelines which also required a lot of going back and re-listening. And finally it was so intense at times that a time to calm down and relax was a good thing. When the story lines did finally merge I was definitely taken by surprise but considering what I knew about the evil characters and the main philosophical premise I shouldn’t have been.
dark sad tense medium-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: Yes