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A review by mmarlborough
The Angel Maker by Alex North
Did not finish book. Stopped at 42%.
I love a solid thriller and had seen tons of rave reviews for North’s “The Whisper Man” so I jumped on this ARC from Netgalley. Unfortunately, this book was a slog for me. I DNFd it a little less than halfway.
Katie grew up with a happy, normal childhood until her younger brother Chris was brutally attacked by a stranger just before she graduated. Decades later, Katie is still haunted by the violent attack and her own guilt. Chris is now an adult but he is suddenly missing and Katie jumps at the chance to help her brother in ways she never could before.
I cared about Katie and Chris but they were such a small sliver of the first half of the book. There were way too many timelines and characters to care about anyone or anything going on. I felt so disconnected as the book jumped around. I feel like I read a lot of books with multiple POVs and timelines, yet I was lost here. Makes me not want to check out North’s other works…
✨Trigger Warnings: Murder, Child Abuse, Death, Violence (probably way more but this is what I got to)
Katie grew up with a happy, normal childhood until her younger brother Chris was brutally attacked by a stranger just before she graduated. Decades later, Katie is still haunted by the violent attack and her own guilt. Chris is now an adult but he is suddenly missing and Katie jumps at the chance to help her brother in ways she never could before.
I cared about Katie and Chris but they were such a small sliver of the first half of the book. There were way too many timelines and characters to care about anyone or anything going on. I felt so disconnected as the book jumped around. I feel like I read a lot of books with multiple POVs and timelines, yet I was lost here. Makes me not want to check out North’s other works…
✨Trigger Warnings: Murder, Child Abuse, Death, Violence (probably way more but this is what I got to)