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A review by finnyautumns
The Angel Maker by Alex North
4.0
“You started by drawing a cross. You added a dot in each of the four open squares that created, and then a curve on the top, like the end of a shepherd’s crook. Finally, you drew a series of curling lines that ran around the whole shape, joining this dot up to that point of the cross, and so on. The lines became increasingly complicated, weaving between others, but were always guided by the endpoint they were curving inexorably toward. If you followed the instructions carefully, you created a simple maze.”
This story was complex, heartbreaking, nerve wrecking, and much more. There are two vastly different sibling relationships, both effecting the other and sad in their own ways. Every event, from the very beginning, is intertwined and messy— until it isn’t. Though I enjoyed it, there were some parts that fell flat and questions left unanswered, on purpose but would have benefited more from being answered.
This story was complex, heartbreaking, nerve wrecking, and much more. There are two vastly different sibling relationships, both effecting the other and sad in their own ways. Every event, from the very beginning, is intertwined and messy— until it isn’t. Though I enjoyed it, there were some parts that fell flat and questions left unanswered, on purpose but would have benefited more from being answered.