A review by hawkia75
The Angel Maker by Alex North

2.0

I thoroughly enjoyed Alex North’s previous book which felt like early Stephen King to me. In common with that novel, these characters revisit an earlier horror that has stunted a young life. The possibility of supernatural influences at play lend an eerie aspect. The denouement comes with a natural explanation, although we might wish for an unearthly cause if only to avoid seeing the darkness in men’s hearts! Unlike his previous novel though, the plotting here was unnecessarily complicated. I didn’t feel drawn in, just confused. North also applies a thin veneer of philosophy, the kind of thing with which fictional serial killers love to varnish their bloodlust. Normally I can appreciate that, but I found it too annoying to get into causal determinism while trying to follow the labyrinthine plot.