Angel Interrupted (Dead Detective, Bk 2)
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Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Book Type: Paperback
Patricia S. reviewed on
A boy abused by a pedophile became a pedophile, kidnapper and murderer who enjoyed seeing the man he burned alive suffer. That's the Angel referred to in the title.
The "hero" - the dead detective is impotent and does nothing but watch the story and the tragedy of these peoples lives slowly - very - dreadfully slowly - unfold.
Would have been a good short story (15 - 20 pages).
We figure out everything early on - VERY VERY early on. Then, there is 300 hundred pages of dead, dull wait, dull weight, while we all get to ponder pedophiles and the bad that they not only cause and but also set in motion.
It was like real life - long long lengthy agonizingly s-l-o-w that we can see the damage pedophilism does but we, like the author and like the hero, like most of the people affected, can do nothing but watch it in agonizing slowness. slowness. Agonizing slowness while the dimwits in the book trudge on, blind to, well, everything. They must have IQ's in the single digits.
It almost tries to shock us in the end, talks to us like we've never been exposed to evil in the world. The final insult to the readers' intelligence is that "oh! the parent found their child after 16 years! Everything is ok!!" Never mind the kid is a kidnapper, pedophile and murderer who enjoyed watching a person being burned alive and suffering! Everything is peachy! The angel that was interrupted has returned! All is great!
So depressing and so poorly written both in words, expectations and format (a very short story drug out to 330 pages) that I just put it in the trash can. I would feel guilty about taking a credit for passing this slow, poorly written, insulting tome on to another reader.
The "hero" - the dead detective is impotent and does nothing but watch the story and the tragedy of these peoples lives slowly - very - dreadfully slowly - unfold.
Would have been a good short story (15 - 20 pages).
We figure out everything early on - VERY VERY early on. Then, there is 300 hundred pages of dead, dull wait, dull weight, while we all get to ponder pedophiles and the bad that they not only cause and but also set in motion.
It was like real life - long long lengthy agonizingly s-l-o-w that we can see the damage pedophilism does but we, like the author and like the hero, like most of the people affected, can do nothing but watch it in agonizing slowness. slowness. Agonizing slowness while the dimwits in the book trudge on, blind to, well, everything. They must have IQ's in the single digits.
It almost tries to shock us in the end, talks to us like we've never been exposed to evil in the world. The final insult to the readers' intelligence is that "oh! the parent found their child after 16 years! Everything is ok!!" Never mind the kid is a kidnapper, pedophile and murderer who enjoyed watching a person being burned alive and suffering! Everything is peachy! The angel that was interrupted has returned! All is great!
So depressing and so poorly written both in words, expectations and format (a very short story drug out to 330 pages) that I just put it in the trash can. I would feel guilty about taking a credit for passing this slow, poorly written, insulting tome on to another reader.
