A review by a_novel_idea11
The Angel Maker by Alex North

4.0

I love Alex North's writing and The Angel Maker was no exception. The concept here - that fate is preordained and nothing we do is ever not already planned - was fascinating and really well executed. The philosophy was fairly complicated, but I love the way it was presented and how it all fit together.

This is a dark book and the alternating time periods and narrators helped keep any one part too intense. It also help build suspense, make me question everything, and constantly wonder how each piece fit in the whole.

I always enjoy a book with a good investigation and North definitely delivered. That the investigation spanned past and present and held so many different moving parts was just a bonus.

The character development was also really great. There were unreliable narrators and many red herrings that kept me guessing.

I listened to this novel on audio and thought the narrators were good. The accents were a bit thick so I had to slow some parts down and I may have missed some bits here and there, but ultimately, this one worked great for audio.

Thank you to MacMillan Audio, Celadon Books, and NetGalley for the copy.