Angel Killer
2014 • 368 pages

Ratings16

Average rating3.7

15

This just wasn't my type of book.
In the beginning, I did find the writing enjoyable and truly intriguing. I wanted to know. I was in her world and looking through her eyes. Yet, it just couldn't keep me.

I was listening to this as an audiobook on my way home from commutes so, it is common for my mind to wander here and there but, this book... there were times I even skipped forward because the main character was still rambling on. I didn't think a lot of her thought process was even important to her character development. Yes, we learn about her background which can be interesting, we understand why she knows what she does but, after a while I was so done.

I did find the tricks/crimes fascinating and wanted to know how they were done. I hung on to these instances like a lifeline. The interesting parts that forced me to keep going. Sometimes all Jessica's thoughts and fears would overshadow it. I still do not completely know how the first trick was done –but again, I might have drifted.

Spoiler??? Not really though??
Honestly, I almost put this book down twice and the last time I only had 40 minutes left of the book. It was supposed to be a major event and possibly even incite panic and worry within the reader yet, I was bored.

The other characters were backdrop,not really given dimension. The only other character I liked was Daimion (?) and he is Jessica's stalker. Seriously now, I surprised the FBI didn't just hire him! He was doing most of the work...

Anyhow, I powered through.
Not a book I would recommend people except though you really love mystery and detective stories looking for something to hold them over until the book they really want to read is available.

March 6, 2016