A review by ctgt
The Black Angel by John Connolly

4.0

This series just keeps getting darker. Not the type of book to read if you're in the wrong frame of mind.

The fat man smelled peculiar. He hadn't noticed any stench from the other one in blue but the tubby guy had an unusual body odor. He smelled earthy and Ruiz involuntarily found himself picturing pale worms breaking through damp clods of dirt and black beetles scurrying for the shelter of stones.

9/10

re-read 2020

They identify what they believe to be the flaw in God's creation: God has given man free will, and so he is open to evil as well as good. So the war against God continues on earth, waged through men.

The problem is that, like cancer, a little corruption of the soul will eventually spread throughout the whole.
The problem is that there are no small evils.