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The Angel Maker
by Alex North
Katie has been filled with guilt ever since she was a teenager and left her brother Chris to walk home alone from school one day and he was attacked. As an adult, he has had a rough time of it battling addiction and homelessness, and their relationship has been rocky. When he goes missing, Katie starts looking for him more out of duty and for the sake of her mother than anything else...until she realizes there is actually something bad going on. Even her own daughter might be in danger! Turns out, it's more of a twisty mess than she ever imagined.
As another reviewer said, I do not recommend listening while multitasking. I can often listen to a thriller while I'm working but I was so terribly confused. There are a few reasons this book requires focus.
a) There are a lot of characters.
b) The author switches between referring to them by their first names and last names.
c) The story switches between timelines, often multiple times in one chapter, and if you miss the date....you will have no idea what is going on. This happened to me many times with the audiobook. Whoops!
I had to go back and listen to several chapters again, and I took some notes so I could clarify and remember who all of the characters were. After a little homework, I got back on track. But if I got a little distracted and missed a minute or two....I had to go back and listen again.
Now, I could blame that entirely on myself, but I don't think a book HAS to be quite that confusing. The author could have made things slightly clearer without dumbing things down for us.
I thought the story was mostly twisty and turny and devious and good! The end wasn't a cop out and there were no cheap tricks. It's definitely something more original than the standard fare domestic thrillers going around these days.
But I was still left with some questions when it finished, and there were some loose ends that were not tied up. Since I was so confused before that, I just can't give this TOO high of a rating. Maybe read a physical copy of this one rather than the audiobook, and you'll have better luck.
As another reviewer said, I do not recommend listening while multitasking. I can often listen to a thriller while I'm working but I was so terribly confused. There are a few reasons this book requires focus.
a) There are a lot of characters.
b) The author switches between referring to them by their first names and last names.
c) The story switches between timelines, often multiple times in one chapter, and if you miss the date....you will have no idea what is going on. This happened to me many times with the audiobook. Whoops!
I had to go back and listen to several chapters again, and I took some notes so I could clarify and remember who all of the characters were. After a little homework, I got back on track. But if I got a little distracted and missed a minute or two....I had to go back and listen again.
Now, I could blame that entirely on myself, but I don't think a book HAS to be quite that confusing. The author could have made things slightly clearer without dumbing things down for us.
I thought the story was mostly twisty and turny and devious and good! The end wasn't a cop out and there were no cheap tricks. It's definitely something more original than the standard fare domestic thrillers going around these days.
But I was still left with some questions when it finished, and there were some loose ends that were not tied up. Since I was so confused before that, I just can't give this TOO high of a rating. Maybe read a physical copy of this one rather than the audiobook, and you'll have better luck.